Apricot Coffee Cake Cake: 1 1/2 cups packed light brown sugar 1/2 cup (1 stick) softened butter 4 large eggs 1 cup milk 3 cups all-purpose flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt Topping: 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup chopped dried apricots Preheat oven [...]
Granola I often add dried fruit (raisins, pineapple, or cranberries) to the granola. If you do add dried fruit, don’t bake it; stir it into the granola just after you’ve taken the granola out of the oven. 1/2 cup honey 3/4 cup vegetable oil 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 4 cups old-fashioned rolled oats 2 [...]
Ahh, the sounds, sights and smells of spring – Maine windjammer style. The constant drone of a sander, the bustle of crew trekking into the house on a cloud of sanding dust and the pungent odor of paint thinner wafting through the air. Blowing paint dust buggers, chapped and hardened hands, Carharts so dotted with [...]
Crêpes are one of those ultra versatile meals that can go fancy breakfast or quick weeknight dinner, sweet or savory, planned or using up bits of leftovers. The recipes in the column today tend more toward the informal, however, the one my family has used for years on Christmas Day is as elegant as it [...]
Because what could be better than homemade bagels? I must confess that years ago, before I had the hang of making bread by hand, I attempted bagels. It’s a sure thing that when someone uses the word “attempted” that the results perhaps were not stellar. And by not stellar I mean shriveled, wrinkley and hard [...]
I use this recipe as a base for many different kinds of muffins. The recipe below is as written in the cookbook, but as I’ve proven to myself many times before, I’m not capable of following a recipe, so I mess with it. One change that I especially like is adding 1 teaspoon orange extract, [...]
Lorraine, one of the owners of the Victory Chimes, gave this recipe to me when I was running the galley for them. Lorraine’s Nectarine-Blueberry Bread Bread 3/4 cup sugar 1/3 cup butter 2 large eggs 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon grated orange rind 1 medium nectarine, peeled and [...]
The chickens have hit their stride and are now gracing us with up to one dozen eggs a day. This is most welcome as in the heart of winter, one or two eggs a day is common. A person can only take this ratio so long before they begin to question, “Why exactly: do we [...]
You can also add green chilies (canned or fresh), cheese or corn (canned or fresh). You don’t need to adjust for the extra liquid, this recipe is forgiving enough to not make the adjustment. Golden Northern Cornbread 1 cup yellow or white stone-ground corn meal 1 cup all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon [...]
At our girls’ school, maple sugaring is the responsibility of the third grade. I don’t know if it’s a Waldorf tradition or if its just our school, but the process and the history gets passed down from one class to another. The sugar shack was built a number of years ago by that year’s third [...]
