This will put you in a Cinco de Mayo baking mood: traditional Puerquitos, a soft, light, and slightly cinnamon spiced sugar cookie! The Mexican cookie making video needs no translation: it’s in the universal language of baking love. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh-Wro-uK-E . “Necessity is the mother of invention”: I needed a pig shaped cookie cutter and didn’t want to take the … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Pizza on the Grill – it’s a cinch!
Pizza on the grill is the best: delicious, easy, fast…. You’ll need a pizza stone and wooden paddle, both worth the investment since this is an act you’ll repeat often with increasing confidence and creativity. One doesn’t even really need a grill, although it creates a “wood fired” oven environment, and so texture and taste. … Continue reading
Baked Good / Breakfast / Brunch / Cake / Dessert
Butternut Apricot Tea Bread
This delicious tea bread recipe calls for a favorite new product: Stony Brook Butternut Squash Seed Oil (available at Whole Foods or on-line), and favorite fruit: dried apricots. Fall would be a more logical time to combine squash and stone fruit, but the sunny colors of the oil and apricots plus the rich scent of … Continue reading
Make someone’s May Day!
It’s May 1st! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day All it takes is a little time, paper, and tape to put some spring in someone’s step. Whether you fill the “baskets” with seed packets, pretty hard candies, a gift certificate, fresh blossoms, and/or home baked gluten free treats, your offering is certain to be appreciated. “You must be the change … Continue reading
Baked Good / Breakfast / Brunch / Side Dish / Uncategorized
Cottage Bread
This dense flavorful bread is delicious right out of the oven or thinly sliced and toasted. Serve it with smoked salmon or butter and tangy jam if you like the sweet/savory flavor combination. The recipe calls for 1 cup of cottage cheese, something you’ll have in the ‘frige if you made GF Cottage Cheese Pancakes … Continue reading
Gluten Free Gus 