Although some of my favorite cakes are made from scratch, I’m not beneath taking a box mix and adding a little here and there to jazz it up. The original recipe called for using yellow cake mix but I always change that to French vanilla. The butterscotch chips were also in the original recipe but I decided to add a little crunch with the walnuts. Here’s the result:
An excellent way to boost the hardiness factor of any soup or stew is to add dumplings. Whenever I see my bowl has these floating bits of heaven, I am a happy eater. Whether you prefer making gnocci (a form of pasta, really) or the huge biscuit-sized dumplings in farmhouse stew,
It's December and that means I get more than my average number of "baking urges." There's something therapeutic about baking cookies, cakes, and muffins. This goes way back to my childhood. The first recipe I ever learned - and memorized - was for sugar cookies. I...
Rosemary is often used in savory meat dishes but it can also shine in sweet treats. To see what I mean try this recipe for rosemary shortbread, adapted from a recipe in Recipes from a French Herb Garden, by Geraldene Holt. Rosemary is the perfect herb to use during...
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