Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Baking and Desserts covers everything from cookies to cakes to breads to tea (sweet) breads.
I had thought that Zimsterne were a Swiss cookie…. At least, that’s what my mother told me. She had a Swiss grandmother. But borders were a bit blurred back then, around and before WWI. When I looked up the origin of the cookie I discovered it could be Swiss or German or Alsatian – which would … Continue reading…
Think of these as Ginger Snaps (old-fashioned cookie) meet Chocolate Chips and fall in love. I can’t get chocolate chips, of course, but you get the idea. When one can’t buy chocolate chips one makes chocolate chunks. One of the first kitchen utensils I bought at mon mari’s favorite DIY store was a chocolate hammer. … Continue reading…
I would call these Caramel Refrigerator Cookies, but it’s my mother’s recipe and she called them Butterscotch Ice-Box Cookies, so there you have it. Whatever they’re called they are really easy and have a great caramel (butterscotch) flavor. The best part is they can be left in the fridge for a few days, then sliced … Continue reading…
I’ve decided to re-post my favorite Christmas cookies. The original posts are so old that they’re not really ‘searchable’ on Google, Bing, etc. (wrong format – don’t ask). Besides, they’re so good and so easy they’re all worth sharing again, right? And these could really be considered healthy – peanut butter, oats…. Breakfast of champions … Continue reading…
Yes, I know mon mari is a T1 diabetic. Yes, I know that a lot of people believe that he shouldn’t have any sugar / carbs / whatever…. In fact, he can eat whatever he wants as long as he takes the appropriate insulin. In practice, it’s not quite that simple and there are foods … Continue reading…
One of the easiest and best desserts of fall. The scent of apples baking with cinnamon brings back childhood memories of raking leaves and apple picking. Warm from the oven is perfect, with or without some vanilla ice cream or yogurt. Leftover apple crisp should be covered and can, but does not have to be, … Continue reading…
Desserts have never been my ‘thing’. I bake cookies and tea breads and, rarely, a cake, but that’s about it. My mother loved baking and hated cooking. Whenever she had a free few minutes she’d whip up a pie or cake or fancy dessert of some sort. I have her recipe collection and at least … Continue reading…