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Fresh biscuits on a Camp Stove? Absolutely!

We’ve talked recently about cooking when car camping in this post. One of the things you need to think about is what you can cook. A two burner camp stove gives you lots of options. One of things you can do is bake fresh biscuits.

It’s all about time

In a recent post, we talked about having to get a new stove. One thing that I hadn’t much considered was the timer features. It’s an important but often overlooked feature of a modern stove.

In Memorium – Kenmore Plus

We regret to inform you of the passing of a trusted home appliance, our dear stove, Kenmore Plus. It has featured on this blog many times, being the background for many of the pictures of posts on cooking.

So I may have a little addiction…..to cookbooks and recipes

I’ve written a fair number of posts on cooking and recipes. I thought you might appreciate a glimpse into how I store my cookbooks and recipes.

Talkin’ ’bout my substitution – oops I ran out!

I try to do a good job with menu planning so that I know I have all of the ingredients I need to make a dish. Sometimes, you don’t have what you need to cook a recipe. So what do you do? How about a substitution?

Decoding a sugar cookie recipe

Last year, I posted about making cookies around Christmas time. This year one of the cousins shared a recipe that is supposed to be Grandma Link’s recipe. Of course, we made sugar cookies this weekend.

Making a Better Banana Bread

I have always liked the flavor of my banana bread recipe, but it was somewhat dense. Also nuts or chocolate chips fell to the bottom of the loaf. So I decided to try to use kitchen chemistry to see if I could fix those issues.

A light cake for two – orange cake with glaze

I do a lot of batch cooking and freeze items for later. Sometimes it is nice to do a smaller recipe, especially for desserts. We don’t want to be eating a cake for two weeks! Here’s a quick orange cake treat for two.

Orange cake with orange glaze and dark chocolate shavings

Stollen – a German holiday tradition

Stollen is a traditional German holiday bread with nuts, dried or candied fruit and spices. Most recipes are fairly similar, using flour, water and yeast as a start, then adding various other ingredients. The recipe I use comes from The Better Homes and Garden New Cook Book. The copy I own was published in 1989.

Christmas cookies – a holiday tradition

Cooking and baking for the holidays is a tradition for many. Whether it is cookies and candy for Christmas or latkes and kugal for Hanukkah, many cultures enjoy special foods around major holidays. Decorated sugar cookies are always a favorite of ours.

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