The first thing you need to know about these cookies is that they are highly addictive. They’re just about the right size to pop in your mouth. Very dangerous to have sitting on the kitchen
Roasted Peaches with Biscotti & Pistachio Stuffing. This is a quirky little recipe that I rediscovered cleaning out some “files” of recipes. Yes, “files”…in quotation marks. You know the ones. Pages and pages ripped out
Happy Birthday to Idiot’s Kitchen. We turned 2 yesterday! 2 years, 194 recipes, several cat photos, and many many nice people like you reading, trying, and suggesting great recipes. Let’s celebrate with some awesome chocolate
Happy Zucchini Summer! If you garden, know someone who gardens, have ever seen a garden, chances are you are up to your eyeballs in zucchinis right about now. Internet food sites are certainly all a
Lemonade Cake. All glistening, moist, crumbly, and delicious. This is an amazingly good and amazingly easy cake to bake. As much baking as I do from scratch, I have absolutely NO problem with cakes like
Blueberry Streusel Bars. Or, if we’re being honest, Blueberry Butter Streusel Bars. It’s berry season and these bars take full advantage of the tangy goodness that blueberries have to offer. The crust has a bit
Raspberry Orange Muffins. I love them. I wish I had one right now but they went pretty quickly. Good thing it’s easy and quick to whip up a batch of these beauties. Moist and tender,
Fudgy Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chip Cookies! A new cookie inspired by my friend Gary, the awesome potter. A few weeks ago, he blogged about adding cocoa powder to his favorite oatmeal cookie recipe which I
Pinterest. Or as I like to call it, Six Degrees of Martha Stewart. Are you hooked yet? If you’re into food, recipes, pictures of food, pictures of gardens, pictures of Robert Redford, etc. you’ve probably
Peanut Butter Cookies are good. Chocolate Chip Cookies are good. Oatmeal Cookies, also good. Put them all together and you go from good to AWESOME! Nothing fancy here….I started with a good old standard chocolate
Spring Strawberry Cake. If you don’t mind me saying so, it is a thing of beauty. If you’re not ready for spring, this cake should do the trick. It will magically get you in the
Life Lesson – Do someone a favor and you might get a great new recipe in return. It’s true! During this recent opera season, my friend Mimi asked to borrow some cardamom to make a
There’s a little story behind this rum cake…. I originally got the recipe from my friend Melissa Taylor who is an incredible baker even though she never eats dessert. That is will power that I
Pot Pie #2 – with crust. Hot from the oven! As you know, last month we started the Great Pot Pie Debate: Crust, Biscuits, or Puff Pastry. To make this discussion more scientific, I figured
Maple & Almond Granola. Scrumptious Maple & Almond Granola. I can’t remember the last time I was this excited about a recipe that didn’t contain chocolate or bourbon. Hands down, this is the best granola
