Category Archives: baking

It’s Christmas cookie time!

Posted on December 5, 2020 by Stella

Do you have a favorite cookie? I tend to stick to bar cookies, like brownies or blondies (see killer recipe, below), but I also like peanut butter, spice, molasses, snickerdoodles … This year I will be making Scottish shortbread and … Continue reading →

Posted in baking, Holidays, Uncategorized | 18 Comments

Desserts for the Thanksgiving holiday!

Posted on November 4, 2020 by Stella

For me, Thanksgiving dessert has always been pie, but it doesn’t have to be. My daughter and grandson bake pies for dinner at my house, but sometimes I make something too. This year I have a new dessert – Brioche … Continue reading →

Posted in baking, cooking, Holidays, Uncategorized | 11 Comments

Baking bread – substitutions during shortages

Posted on October 17, 2020 by Stella

If you have never watched the Townsends on YouTube, I encourage you to do so! Here’s a video about using other foods to substitute for part of the wheat flour at a time when wheat flour was in short supply … Continue reading →

Posted in baking, cooking, History | 19 Comments

One-dish crowd pleasers

Posted on September 7, 2020 by Stella

My daughter and her family visited this weekend and did a huge yard cleanup for me! I am so grateful for all of their hard work! My job was feeding the troops. First of all, I made a new banana … Continue reading →

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Yummy Summer Food to enjoy with family and friends

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Stella

Repeat post. Enjoy, and share your favorites! A couple of days ago our friend Menagerie said this: We need a summer recipe post. Iā€™m craving summer salads with chopped vegetables. Maybe fruit dishes as well. We get so many delicious … Continue reading →

Posted in baking, cooking, Family, Nostalgia, Recipes, Uncategorized | 11 Comments

Baking bread – pandemic edition

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Stella

There has been much in the news and on social media about shortages of flour, yeast and baking powder and how more people are baking bread these days, have you noticed? After I retired, I took up bread baking on … Continue reading →

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šŸ‘‘ Queen Elizabeth’s Garden Party Scones Recipe

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Stella

Every year the Queen holds four garden parties (three at Buckingham Palace and one at Holyroodhouse in Scotland) to honor thousands of her subjects (30,000 people in all!) Sadly, this year the garden parties have been postponed to 2021, but … Continue reading →

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Breakfast options (for a crowd?)

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Stella

I found a couple of recipes I want to try, but haven’t yet, and a couple of others that I have tried. I probably won’t use any of these for just me, but when my family is here for a … Continue reading →

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What’s for dinner – pandemic edition

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Stella

Trying to be thoughtful planning meals these days so that nothing goes to waste, and sometimes have to use ingredients that I wouldn’t usually. It is easier to get grocery delivery now, although there were a LOT of substitutions on … Continue reading →

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Substitutes in cooking – pandemic pantry

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Stella

These days, your pantry might be lacking or running low on items that you normally have on hand for cooking and baking. The following suggestions come from the New York Times. I am including much of the text of the … Continue reading →

Posted in baking, cooking, COVID | 4 Comments