by Brian | Nov 1, 2023 | Recipes
I love biscuits. And now, how do I love scones? By the dozen. Scones are a Scottish creation from the 1500s but in recent decades they have advanced around the planet. Your classic, basic scone recipe has 7 ingredients: flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, butter heavy...
by Brian | Oct 31, 2023 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
It’s Halloween and, one way or another, you are likely to have a new mound of candy sitting in your kitchen tomorrow morning. What do with it all? Besides eating it directly. I bet you’ll have some candy corn, that delicious symbol of fall and surely of this holiday....
by Brian | Oct 18, 2023 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
There is this book, The Cookie Book by Holly Garison, published in 1996 that Suzi and I still use. Weekly. I think I posted a review once, long ago, and I try to find that for you. But, as I said, we still turn to this book for ideas. While she lives in Olive, NY...
by Brian | Oct 12, 2023 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
The things you find. I was going back 10 years for this week’s Throwback Thursday blog and I found this recipe. Which was never posted. It’s been sitting in my directory as a draft and for 10 years you haven’t had the pleasure of this...
by Brian | Oct 11, 2023 | Recipes
It is apple season. Bushels of apples are in your supermarket and, even better, at your local farmers markets. Or, best of all: you can go pick your own. You know, get a ladder, steady it on uneven ground, trust that your spouse won’t let you fall. Suzi and I pick. We...
