Beautiful Tomatoes from the Garden
When I first made macarons 10 years ago I didn’t have almond meal but I had ground walnuts. I used walnut meal to make my very first macarons. Cookies were delicious. I know true French Macarons are made with fine almond meal and since then I also tried ground almonds and today I’m experimenting again,…
As you all know I’m so behind with posting pictures from our garden, mainly because there is so much to do in there and I just don’t have enough time to go through all the pics in time! Today I spent nearly 2 hours weeding, cleaning and preparing the area for a…
My Favorite Cut Out Cookie Recipes. I first wrote this post in 2011. It was time to update it with new recipes. Enjoy. 1. BASIC SUGAR COOKIES This is a recipe I use the most when I make decorated cookies. Almost always I use Vanilla and Almond to flavor my cookie dough. I like addition…
You either like gingerbread or don’t; there really is no middle ground here, I really hope you like it because that is what I’ll be sharing with you today. I made these for a friend for New Year’s 35th Anniversary Celebration. Pairing gingerbread and lemon comes from my honey cookies, I like to decorate them with…
When I received and email asking for a special cake, along with a picture of Casper, I was puzzled. You see, I’ve never heard of Casper. According to my research Casper the Friendly Ghost is a beloved TV character and first appeared in children’s book in 1939. This is totally off cake topic now, but …
CREDIT: CELTIC CROSS I made these for friends of ours, they are having Christening of their son, and they wanted some simple Celtic Crosses. I don’t have a celtic cross cutter, and wasn’t able to find one that I liked in time so once again I hand cut these cookies using a simple plastic…