Aaaand summer is officially over, folks. -stares at the calendar for a minute- Anyway. What did my August look like? [the writings] August ended up being a very busy month, so I sadly did not get a lot of writing done. I did write a tiny bit of Golden Boy and I did a little… Read More August Wrap-up 2019
Well, it’s actually been a year since I started doing these things, so I gotta start adding the year to the title now. xD Whoo. April done already, huh? Let’s see how that went. [the writings] Not necessarily as much as I wanted to get done got done, mostly because Passover snuck up on… Read More April Wrap-up 2019
What do we have today? A short post. But it’s cookies. Cookies! So no one can be sad. Because everyone likes cookies. I’m fully aware that I make more cookies than is usual. But there’s no such thing as too many cookies. So enjoy a new recipe to try. -bows out- Peanut Butter Cookies… Read More Peanut Butter Cookies
Well, folks. Tonight is the holiday of Shavout, celebrating the giving of the torah at Mount Sinai. We stay up all night, we drink lots of coffee, we read the Bible… And we also eat heavenly cheesecake. So, I thought it would be a good day to share our family’s favorite homemade cheesecake recipe and… Read More Nerak’s Homemade Cheesecake
It’s spring! You know what that means? Rhubarb. And it’s Purim! You know what that means? Hamantaschen cookies. And I’m blogging! You know what that means? You get both! So, yep. Purim. I’m being Jo March for the part tonight and I’m making these for the Hamantaschen contest. I don’t think I’ll have… Read More Rhubarb Hamantaschen (Smitten Kitchen)
I was taking a few pictures while making this. You know… in case I want to do a recipe post. (Not all documented recipes turn out well) But when everyone starts crowding around the oven before it’s done moaning that apple crisp is their favorite, I think that’s generally a good sign. Plus, it seems… Read More Apple Crisp
The months of December and January are birthday season around here. Five out of our family’s total ten birthdays are within the space of these two months, so we have a lot of birthday stuff going on around here. Though all of our little people have surprisingly good taste with birthday cakes (I mean, really.… Read More German Chocolate Chiffon Cake
Hey, everyone! A recipe was the next thing on the post list from what I promised after succot, so here is my favorite recipe of the week. We were going to make these: Healthy Sugar Cookies but we were out of almond meal. So mom ground up pecans as a substitute, and invented this brilliant little cookie.… Read More Healthy Pecan Cookies
Though it is done a day later than I expected, I have finished the next part of Following Orders: Gingerbread. This one is longer than the others, so I’m not going to take a ton of space up here explaining. Besides, this one can stand alone more than any of the other parts. If you… Read More Following Orders, Part 5: Gingerbread
I made this crisp for shabbat this week and it turned out really well. We have a lot of nectarines and blackberries seem intent on taking over the world as we know it, so I thought this was good use of both. 🙂 And tapioca granules are the thickener in this. You don’t usually see… Read More Nectarine Blackberry Crisp
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