Food, drink, and geek stuff
I often think of molasses cookies or spice cookies as a cool-weather treat, but these little gems would be just as welcome on your Independence Day table alongside some cool watermelon and a pitcher of icy lemonade! The recipe is from Rumford Baking Powder, in …
This post may contain affiliate links, which cost you nothing, but may earn me a tiny commission. (Except probably not, because I’m super-lame about posting regularly.) There’s nothing that screams COZY! like a plate of Scottish shortbread and a cup of tea. Shortbread can be …
This recipe is another from the 1948 edition of The Rumford Complete Cookbook from Rumford Baking Powder. Now I didn’t grow up in Virginia, but I’ve lived here most of my adult life (except for that 8 years in Vegas) and I was recently shocked …
This coffeecake is full of walnuts and orange peel and Grandma’s love!
If you can wait, let this cake sit for a day to develop the flavors and soften the texture–it’s 100% worth it!
This past Christmas, I made some recipes out of a vintage cookbook from the mid 1960s called Jingle Bells and Pastry Shells. I love these old books with their illustrations and stories about the recipes! This recipe is for a semi-sweet Christmas cake/bread, full of …
Not too long ago, Stephan and I were binge-watching The Great British Baking Show, and I was seriously digging the episodes where the contestants were making cream rolls. Having made cream rolls and jelly rolls before with varying degrees of success, I felt bad for …
I love apple season! We always end up buying tons of fresh, crunchy apples to eat and bake with, but by mid-winter, some of them start to get a little past their prime. Easy fix–make applesauce! This simple cake goes together in a snap, but …
