What is absolutely required: flourbaking sodabaking powdersalt2-3 bananassugar (or honey or whatever….I use maybe half a cup)butter or vegetable oil2 eggs Optional stuff: chopped up applescranberrieswhatever nuts you find in the cupboardbuttermilkvanillablueberries or any other kind of berrieschocolate chipscinnamon anything else that makes you happy… Read More
Today I made Blueberry Shortbread bars. As with the scones yesterday, I learned to make these from a video on Food Wishes, which is a great resource. I’m pretty good at cooking but I don’t have so much experience baking so I usually need some… Read More
Our Saskatoon berry bush just keeps on giving. Last night Tuffy P baked a Saskatoon berry – red currant pie. Delicious!
Tuffy P suggested I make a Saskatoon lemon nut loaf. I tried it today. This is like a cranberry lemon nut loaf except with Saskatoons instead of cranberries. it is seriously good. And the great news is that I have enough berries ripening on the… Read More
When I was growing up, my mom made a very cakey bread at Easter – called babka, usually with a glazed top, a very open texture and a smattering of raisins. While I learned to cook most of the savoury Polish dishes she made for… Read More
Every year at this time we make up a batch of coffee can paska. We don’t do all the fancy braids on the top of the crust and we bake our Easter bread in old coffee cans which we use over and over again, a… Read More
I rolled out of bed this morning and staggered downstairs….to the delightful smell of home-made biscuits, with herbs from our neighbour Nadia’s garden. One more reason why Tuffy P is fantastic!
We don’t do any fancy-pants braids or anything but our paska still rocks….
Tuffy P did some Christmas baking today, with the help of our nanogenarian neighbour, the amazing Alma.
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