I was gifted with a can of pumpkin to make pumpkin bread. First I soaked raisins overnight in fresh orange juice to nicely plump them. Then I tried to grate crystalized ginger but it made a gooey mess and clump so let’s hear it for the French knife and chop, chop. The recipe is typical … More Pumpkin Crystalized Ginger & Orange Raisin Bread
Time for breakfast this morning and a decision to use Trader Joe’s (sour!) mango kefir as the sour liquid for biscuits along with some cinnamon and golden raisins in the dough. They turned out even bigger than usual and, naturally, tasty with a crunchy shell. Because the kefir is thicker than milk, it was necessary … More Cinnamon & Golden Raisin Biscuits with Kefir
Nestle’s Raisinets in a cookie where one wants chocolate and raisins? Fast dozen? Throw in a handful of old-fashioned oatmeal for the health benefit. (Oh yeah!) There it was. There they were, warm and chewy. A pretty pink blossom photo from today’s walk under gray skies:
My daughter’s favorite ice cream is rum raisin. I invented the cookie I call Rum Raisin Jones around those rum-drunk raisins, and I decided during the Christmas bake that I’d have a go at making rum raisin ice cream without an ice cream maker, using the same freezing process used for the summer fruit creams. … More Drunk Rum Raisin Ice Cream
You don’t even have to see the cookie to imagine it. Those Mariani Sea Salt Caramel Raisins are perfect for the oatmeal cookie variations. We’re fond of the chewy variety that doesn’t have butter or margarine or shortening or other fat excepting that inside the yolk of an egg. These were a success all around, … More Chewy Oatmeal Bars with Caramel Raisins
Early in the week I sustained some type of trauma to my achilles tendon making it very difficult to navigate, especially up and down stairs. It has ultimately led to more creativity in the kitchen since trips to the grocery store require use of the stairs, I’m wary of further injury and avoiding stairs until … More Shredded Wheat Muffins with Oats, Fruits and Nuts
Mark brought me some crystalised, candied ginger pieces all ready to go into a cookie batter and some dried cranberries and suggested an oatmeal cookie would be nice, soon, sometime in the next two weeks. Oh, and some raisins, too, and walnuts. I told him that my oatmeal cookies do not have butter or shortening … More Oatmeal Chews with Candied Ginger, Raisins, Cranberries, Walnuts and Peonies
This chewy cookie — which thinks it’s a candy — is the second of the Molasses Trio. They began life with raisins, which I love with molasses, but Mother changed my recipe, put dates in them because she’s not a raisin fan. For wider distribution, no fruit. Always with a lime glaze or, as above, … More Molasses Chews with Lime Glaze, a Star
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