Anise Buns

A cold and rainy morning like today leads me directly to the temptation for something sweet! Anise Buns Ingredients: 4 ½ C. / 500 gr All-purpose flour / Flour Plain 2 Eggs 1 1/4 C. / 125 gr sugar 4 Tbsp./ 50 gr unsalted butter, room t (read full article)

Flan Recipe -- Flan a la Caramel

Today I want to introduce you to: FLAN, yes, a simple and “Delicious Dessert Hard to resist”. Why? …Well, let say after the first bite, your taste buds will THANK YOU FOR LIFE! Traditional Flan also known as caramel custard is a rich custard (read full article)

Caramelized Apple Sponge Cake"Caramelized Apple Sponge Cake"I baked this cake this morning-And it will be my surprise for afternoon tea for J.-He was asking me for -"tea cake"- since last weekend. So this morning I woke up early-before he woke up-and (read full article)

Milanesas "Argentinean Style"--Beef schnitzelWell, since I was writing about Argentinean Food, I thought it might be nice to share some "Argentinean Recipes" with all of you. I hope you like it!Original Milanesa Recipe "Argentinean Style" Milanesa de (read full article)

Praline Pecan Brownies

Praline Pecan Brownie After making these as part of my early morning baking ritual I am under strict orders not to bake delicious smelling goodies in the middle of the night. According to Michael the scent of baked goods and especially chocolate f (read full article)

Potato Pancakes

When I was a little girl, my mom used to make potato pancakes every once in a while.  My dad always put maple syrup on them and treated this savory dish as a regular pancake.  Always wanting to be like my Daddy, I put syrup on them too....a (read full article)

Zucchini Bread Muffins

I finally found a use for that MAMMOTH zucchini from my Mom’s garden – Zucchini Bread Muffins!   Zucchini Bread Muffins Yields: 12 muffins. Based on this recipe. Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teas (read full article)

Breakfast Strada

Thrift store shopping--One of my favorite hobbies!  I came across a book:  Six Ingredients or Less: Slow Cooker.  For $1 I thought it might give me some more simple ideas.  It turned out to be a very good dollar spent.  Here' (read full article)

Mom's Maryland Crab Cakes

I made these crab cakes while at the beach this weekend.  Absolutely delicious, and surprisingly easy. Enjoy! Ingredients 1 lb backfin or jumbo lump crab 1/2 cup Italian breadcrumbs 1 egg, beaten 1/2 onion, diced very small 1 tsp French's musta (read full article)

Mangia Monday!

Hello! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I did and now back to the grind - does it ever end? I have a quick and easy recipe to share today. Sorry for the short post, my time is limited lately! Enjoy!Zucchini & Corn CakesServings: 12 cakesIngredient (read full article)

Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl

Chocolate and peanut butter, is there any combination quite so delicious? I'm a great fan of this combination and Reese's Cups and Pieces remain among my all time favorite candy. In fact, give me Reese's Pieces at the movies and I'll be happy! Thes (read full article)

Chocolate Chip & Walnut Cookies

Ingredients1 cup butter, softened1 cup white sugar1 cup brown sugar2 eggs2 teaspoons vanilla extract3 cups all-purpose flour1 teaspoon baking soda2 teaspoons hot water1/2 teaspoon salt2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (I used the Hearsheys chocolate c (read full article)

Banana Cinnamon Snack Cake

The 2010 half way mark passed. Can you believe there are just four months until the New Year? I was determined to bake more since you all helped me to overcome my baking phobia in 2009, thanks. Even though it has been “killer hot” down here, hot (read full article)

Lemon Bar Recipe

Close up of a delicious lemon bar. Lemon bars are a delicious and easy to make bakery treat. Serve lemon bars at your next luncheon, tea party or bridal shower. To make lemon bars, first make the shortbread crust, and pre-bake it in the oven befor (read full article)

Burnt Sugar (Caramel) Cake

Submitted by Marilyn Braunger 2 1/3 c. sugar ½ c. water, boiling ½ c. shortening, softened 1 1/3 tsp salt 3 eggs 2 1/3 c. sifted flour 2½ tsp baking powder 1 tsp vanilla extract ½ c. cream 6 tbsp butter 3 c. sifted powdered su (read full article)

Parmesan Zucchini Straws

One of my favorite summer time veggies is zucchini. You can find it every where and chances are, if your neighbor has a garden, they'll be more then happy to share the abundance of zucchini the crop normally produces. Like most squash, zucchini is ve (read full article)

Mustard madness

I wanted to share a link to this story I heard this morning on NPR about a man who’s created the National Mustard Museum (The National Mustard Museum: Passion for a Condiment) in Wisconsin that had me laughing in the car. He’s so passiona (read full article)

Blueberry Oatmeal muffins

I have tried many blueberry muffin recipes to get away from using the packaged stuff.  Up until this recipe I had never found one I wanted to make again.  These are not traditional blueberry muffins – they are even better. Blueberry Oatmeal M (read full article)

Mad Men Retro Fun

I can't believe I only started watching Mad Men earlier this year. After hearing all of the rave reviews, I finally picked up Season 1 on DVD and quickly became addicted. Immediately renting my way up to the end of Season 3, I anxiously awaited the (read full article)

Pão de Queijo

Okay, okay. I made the cheese breads. As promised. Here is the link to the recipe I used, but I will, of course, repost it here, as per usual (with my changes in italics, also as per usual). These things are just awesome. They chewy and happy and nut (read full article)