Jan 1, 20234 min read
Sugar Cookie Cutouts with hot chocolate frosting: a Baking with Toddlers adventure
Several days after Christmas, I was on the hunt for a fun indoor activity that wasn't coloring on the walls, and I decided to finally...
Jan 15, 20222 min read
I'm making homemade bread the easy way, and I'm not sorry
Everyone took up bread baking in the pandemic. I took up slinging flour and hitting buttons.
Dec 12, 20213 min read
Christmas Cookie Disaster: Five pounds of dough right in the ol' compost bin
I try to recreate a holiday favorite, with disastrous results.
Mar 20, 20211 min read
(Not) Baking with Babies
Maybe we can bake our way through every bake-off cookbook every published, though at this point improved hygiene on my part is a more worthy
Oct 17, 20202 min read
Experiment No. 7: GBBO Pinneapple Upside-Downery
The Great British Bakeoff is back, and just in time for fall baking season. COVID protocols mean the bakers must quarantine together in a...
Sep 3, 20202 min read
In search of the Pannieegoogle
Significant parts of my childhood were marked by the Pannekoeken Huis (Dutch: Pancake House) on Robert Street in West St. Paul. It was...
Jul 22, 20202 min read
Star-Spangled Sugar (Experiment No. 6)
About 37 seconds after I started, I realized I have never actually made these by myself before. But they are hard to mess up.
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