Happy Valentine’s DayRoses are red, violets are blue, honey is sweet and so are you!
A Cake for All Reasons . . .
Moist, luscious, gluten-free, honey-sweetened Orange & Almond Cake is a great birthday cake, an excellent tea cake, a cake for Valentine’s Day Continue reading Orange & Almond Cake
“Cookies are made with Butter and Love.”
This lovely Norwegian saying most certainly refers to shortbread cookies—and you’ve got to love these, filled as they are with lots of toasted pecans and real maple syrup. Continue reading Gluten-Free Maple Pecan Shortbread Cookies
Not too tart and not too sweet,
A most delicious tea-time treat.
Easy to please and quick to depart,
A rustic, holiday open-faced tart.
I’ve wanted to prepare a Cranberry Apple Crostata (“a rustic, holiday open-faced tart”) Continue reading Cranberry Apple Crostata
A Crust for All of Your Pies & TartsAs promised, here’s the recipe for a tender, light, flaky and mostly whole-wheat crust for all of your pies and tarts throughout the year. Made from both unbleached white and whole wheat pastry flours for a richer flavor, this crust is easy to prepare in a food processor, stand mixer or by hand. Because of its high butter content, be sure to use cold butter, work quickly in a cool kitchen and chill the dough before rolling it out. Today’s post focuses on a fluted-edge bottom crust—perfect for Pumpkin Pie. For more options see pages 76-81 in my book Fruit-Sweet & Sugar-Free. Continue reading A Buttery, Whole-Wheat Pie Crust
The Thanksgiving Count-Down BeginsToday’s post on Pumpkin Pie begins a series of some of my favorite
Thanksgiving recipes. Next week I will share my recipe for an incredibly moist and tender Braised Turkey with Herbs and Vegetables. Week three will feature a somewhat traditional Continue reading Perfectly Delicious Maple Pumpkin Pie
Peanut . . . Peanut Butter!I love peanut butter and I am not alone. We Americans annually eat 700 million pounds—that’s just over 2 pounds per person per year! Good thing that peanuts, having the qualities of both nuts and legumes Continue reading Peanut Butter Cookies—Gluten-Free, Honey-Sweetened, Crisp & Chewy
