Easy! When it’s a pecan tart!
Apple cinnamon breakfast pizza
The other day we had a couple of extra kids around the house for dinner, so I made a triple batch of pizza dough for them to create their own masterpieces. Some of our kid’s friends can be picky eaters, but everyone loves pizza, even more so when they make one that tastes better than [...]
The loaf is still rustic but with a different finish
Made a couple of loaves of rustic bread earlier this week. Same recipe as last time except I brushed them with egg wash rather than dusting with flour. Not only did these ones look lovely but they tasted even better than last time! If you haven’t tried this yet, you MUST make your own bread [...]
Super simple Rustic Bread
There is nothing like the taste and texture of fresh baked bread, yet few people actually make their own bread. Why? Well, if they are anything like me, they are terrified of the process. Baking bread has become one of those tasks that all of our grandparents did that seem entirely too much work in [...]
Big naan on campus
This will be the second batch of naan that I have made at home. Everyone else in the FAB Whitby kitchen thought my first attempt was awesome, but I was nonplussed. Attempt number 1 was somewhat lackluster. Having at the same recipe a second time though, I discovered a couple of things. First off, I [...]
Home made dinner rolls
Those of you who are regular readers have no doubt noticed that I’ve been on a bit of a baking kick lately. Sandy doesn’t bake and my attempts years ago failed miserably, so we just never got into the baking side of food prep. All that changed when OoS convinced me to try making pizza [...]
Adventures in flour: Soft Tortillas
Since I’ve discovered baking lately, I’ve been revisiting some of the simpler pleasures here in the FAB Whitby kitchen to see if we can recreate them ourselves. So far, I’ve been reasonably pleased with the results, so I decided it was time to look for a soft taco/tortilla recipe. My recipe search brought me to [...]
They may not be pretty, but…
Who cares when they taste this good? The quest to learn how to make decent butter tarts continues! I made minis this time. The pastry was lovely and flaky, but I overfilled the little suckers which caused them to be somewhat stuck in the pan. In fact, a couple were fused solid in there! That’s [...]
Penguin tales
When our first two kids were little, Sandy made them some pretty cool cakes. There was a race car and a Tigger and I’m sure there were others that I’ve forgotten. When asked what kind of cake he would like for his birthday this year, he said he wanted a special cake like the ones [...]
Butter Tart attempt #1 = FAIL
Batch #2 of pastry led to my first attempt at the all Canadian butter tart. Well, sort of a modded butter tart, as there were no raisins because we have a kid who hates them. I used the recipe I found at JoyofBaking.com and while the filling went together easily, I was not at all [...]
