The actual title of this recipe is “crunchy cornmeal waffles,” but I found that, with my waffle iron at least, they did not crunch. They did have a pleasant spongy chewiness, absorbing a lot of syrup and butter, but crunchy they were not. I made the sweet version of this recipe simply because I didn’t… Continue reading Chewy cornmeal waffles
June 29 was my last day of work at my old job. June 30 we moved three hours away from our old house. July 2 I started my new job. That may explain my busyness of the last week, but I did have about a month before that where I didn’t blog anything. I was,… Continue reading A month of baking
I had such a busy week that two nights ago I ended up in my husband’s lap sobbing that I didn’t want to do any work ever again. I had to crawl through another day of just finish all the things, just do it, just do it, before I got a good night’s sleep, had… Continue reading Baking catch-up post
Wednesday night, Husband and I had King Arthur Flour’s classic buttermilk waffles for supper. And last night, I made banana bread, a family favorite, for dessert. Both were pretty darn good. I’m not sure either recipe is the best iteration I’ve had, but I will happily eat them again. I received my waffle iron as… Continue reading Waffles and banana bread – two old favorites
Despite the fancy name, The Baker’s Companion‘s pear-ginger clafouti made a very simple (and delicious) Thursday night supper. Though I’ve never made clafouti before, this blueberry Dutch baby recipe is a favorite with similar ingredient proportions. The base clafouti was very nearly the same as KAF’s recipe here, but the fruit used was pears, plus… Continue reading Feeling French: clafouti
While I don’t actually intend to cook through the recipes in The Baker’s Companion in order, I started today with the first recipe in the book: The Simple but Perfect Pancake. Husband and I both like breakfast for dinner, so pancakes are a pretty regular recipe for us. I usually make the recipe that’s in… Continue reading First recipe: The Simple but Perfect Pancake
Adventures in Baking 