It’s MLK Day weekend and time to bake a birthday treat and discuss materials with my family in reflection and honoring of the holiday- a tradition in our home. The Birthday Goody: Every year, for this holiday we make a dessert that has an "integration" theme (usually some kind of chocolate, integrated with other colors/flavors). … Continue reading MLK Holiday Celebration: “What is your Life’s Blueprint?” & Flourless Peanut Butter Ganache Sandwich Cookies
I don’t understand TikTok. It entered my life a couple of years ago through my niece and daughter setting up their phones in random spots (in the kitchen, in the target aisle, in the park) to video record dance sequences and lip sync. They would do said dance moves while at the dinner table, while … Continue reading TikTok Cooking Inspiration: Chocolate Krinkle Cookies
MLK Holiday is one I have cherished for years. Each January our family seeks to honor MLK Day in some way- reading a speech aloud, watching footage of Dr. King, baking a birthday goodie representing varying shades of skin tones, etc. We seek to somehow raise our awareness and honor the good work that he … Continue reading Honoring MLK Day & the Fight for Racial Justice (with Resources and Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies)
I have a confession - I’ve been making an incredible chocolate chip cookie with a recipe that I stumbled upon a year ago and haven't posted it on this blog. I have been reluctant to post it because, like the "boy who cried wolf" in the classic children's tale, I feel like it's confusing (at … Continue reading The Baker That Cried “Best Cookie”
What do you write when it's been 3 months since you've written anything? It's been an unusual season for my family. And it feels like we are now in an "in-between". I was already behind on blogging- I had a few batches of photos from foods I had made that were awaiting the day when … Continue reading A Season of Liminality: A Threshold
Last weekend our family braved our first family camping trip. We went with our friends the Snaders (who are experienced campers)! It was a success, though I am not so great at sleeping on the ground. I made some bar cookies for the trip and when I pulled them out for an afternoon snack at … Continue reading Monster Slice (Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip M & M Cookie Bars)
This post is about old recipes that I have updated/improved/tweaked since posting them originally. When I am cooking, I like to write in the margins of the recipe things I discover as I am making the dish, noting changes/additions/subtractions that I made along the way. I 'm not great at cooking with an electronic device as … Continue reading Always Learning, Always Changing: Recipe Edits
This is another recipe passed down to me from Sandi this year. (I wrote about her and her delicious Nana’s Cake and Apple Coleslaw recipes in an earlier post). Sandi had told me about these cookies, that she found on the blog, Chef in Training. She explained how delicious and irresistible they were. She brought them to small group one week and … Continue reading Irresistible Lemon Cookies
Our friends, the McCulloughs, started a tradition several years ago of bringing our family pizza dinner, from Pizza Perfect (a yummy local Pizza shop) on the night of my first day of class each year. What a gift to have someone else take care of dinner after day 1 of class. How thoughtful is that? … Continue reading Turtle Back Cookies
I love Valentine's Day! So fun! So much prettiness and love and sugar! I have written about my adoration of this holiday in years past and have shared some of my favorite traditions, recipes and treats HERE and HERE and HERE So, I will refrain from repeating myself and will make this a short post. … Continue reading Chocolate Shortbread Valentine Cookies
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