Soft Crust White Bread Just a very short blog today, a recipe that I made for my sick husband. He asked for just some plain white bread, and we have not had any bread for about 5 days now, and it was a pleasure to make. With the wood stove running it was easy to bake and adds a certain flavor that does not come from electric or gas. And the place smells divine. If you like what you see
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Week 4, the next recipe installment of trying to make and photograph a recipe from my 1971 Edmonds cookbook. I am finding it a struggle to keep up with the challenge of doing one every week. But when I do it is worth the wait. Apple Shortcake is an old favorite. When I was a kid, we always used home grown apples. I used apples from my tree for this blog. I found the pastry a little hard to roll
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Keep calm and bake. And it’s sweet, so go ahead and get out your bowl and wooden spoon, whipped up some fun. Post a photo of your creations to my Facebook page or write a comment here. I want to know what you baked. Happy baking!
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Fruit Bread Mmmmm fruit loaf, who does not love a slice of fruit bread? The wanting starts when I grind up spices to make my spice mix, the smell just wafts everywhere, there is just something about freshly ground spices, then grating the orange rind, juices are starting to flow. Then I make the bread, then comes the baking. Now I cook on a wood stove, so our bread is wood fired bread. Now, this is a smell that no
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Current Biscuits This recipe is from the New Zealand Edmonds cookbook. An old favorite in our place. These are a nice easy biscuit, they improve with keeping and freeze well. I like to grind my cinnamon fresh, but you can use powdered. See full recipe (and save and print it ) here See full recipe (and save and print it ) here
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