When I was little, my birthday always fell during April vacation. I never got to celebrate my birthday at school, and my name never came on over the announcements so that people would know to celebrate me. However, that always meant that I got to go visit my grandmother in New Jersey for my birthday …
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I have now been making sourdough for about a year, and it has gotten to the point where I have grown a little tired of making the same exact loaf week after week, and I constantly want to try new flavor combinations. As you can see on my Instagram, I have made loaves flavored with …
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Recently, I looked around to discover that Christmas had well and truly ended and therefore all the treats that my grandmother brought were but distant, happy memories. That meant I had a house without a cake in it, and what am I meant to do with that? Clearly, it was time for me to start …
I have been baking almost non-stop during this quarantine. As my Instagram will attest, I have been making loaves of bread and cream puffs and fruit tarts and cookies and even some cupcakes. The other day, there were no sweets in the house and my sister was genuinely confused. However, I haven’t gotten to make …
The other day, my family and I had just finished a pleasant dinner outside when we decided that we would watch the new Netflix movie, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. My mother is German, and my sister lived in Austria for two years, so Eurovision has been a part of our lives …
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This recipe, oddly enough, began with a ball of mozzarella cheese in my cheese drawer that was coming up on its expiration date. I had bought it to make pizzas, but I just didn’t have it in me on an 80 degree day to heat my oven to 500 degrees. That’s when I remembered that …
Every rhubarb season I make my grandmother’s Rhabarberkuchen with meringue and slivered almonds. It’s delicious and for many years has been an official harbinger of spring, but with my first few stalks from the grocery store, I wanted to make something new. (I will, however, definitely be making my grandmother's recipe once my own rhubarb …
Since this whole coronavirus thing began, I haven't baked any large, two-tier, frosted cakes. We are only a family of four, and a giant cake on a regular basis would be a bit much for us to handle. However, now that the weather is a bit nicer, it’s possible to have our neighbors visit at …
With flour still unavailable in almost any grocery stores, I decided to delve into the land of gluten-free baking with these cookies made of almond flour. I have had mixed success with almond flour, such as with this cake, because I always fail to take into account the amount of fat almonds naturally contain, and …
Continue reading Chai(ish) Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies (Gluten Free)
It’s raining and cold so, of course, I’m baking. I’ve also tried to make my house as cosy as possible to keep from slipping into social distancing depression. We have a fire going well before usual and I finally caved and signed up for Disney+, so I’ve had Fantasia on as background baking entertainment. I …
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Whole Wheat Spiced Chocolate Pecan Cookies
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