so to speak: she makes the dressing, stuffs it into the turkey. She makes hernever-fail pie crust, which we fill with pumpkin, eggs, evaporated milk, brown and white sugars and spices and with
In a separate small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and dry spices. Then add half of the flour mixture to butter mixture. Add in fresh ginger, vanilla, and milk. Combine loosely and then add in rest of the flour mixture. Stir until completely mixed together. Divid...
Hannah Glasse’s ‘light Wigs’ are very similar to Elizabeth’s, but she also includes a richer version (‘very good Wigs’) containing egg, cream, spices and sack.[6] Some recipes ask you to egg wash the wigs and sprinkle coarsely crushed lumps of sugar over them.[7] I opt for a...
The flower petals have dropped. Tiny, hard berries are taunting me with their promise. It will be quite some time before they will be ripe and ready for picking. Normally, when I can’t stand the wait for this summer’s fruit, I usually have last year’s berries stashed in my freezer...
While peaches scream summer to me, the addition of cinnamon graham crackers and warm spices makes this ice cream taste just a little more like fall. Roasting the peaches (or grilling!) beforehand also adds a richer, sweeter flavor to the peaches. It’s a step you don’t want to skip. ...
Combine dry ingredients (flour, oats, baking powder, baking soda, spices). In a separate bowl, add sour cream, pumpkin, cream cheese, brown sugar, oil, and egg. Beat for approximately 2 minutes to ensure blending of the cream cheese and to get air into the egg. Pour one bowl into the...
“Yellow Bathtub” but could well be renamed ”Big Bird” onto the back of the 4WD and we headed off to Patonga Creek, a tributary of the Hawkesbury River about 15 minutes drive away. This was a great choice, because although part of me wanted to party, I can also go contemplative ...
gingerbread person by adding a little more flour to the recipe. You can up the spices as I always do as I like a nice spicy cookie and add or subtract any of the warm spices that you like. This cookie emits such an amazing fragrance when baking and the aroma says “holiday” to me...
greenhouse. I love it. There are tomato and pointed red peppers seedlings, broad beans, parsley and nicotianas to come (maybe) and more. One of my uncles once told me: “Gardening is a matter of luck and cosmic force, Rachel.” So true. Let’s hope both come through for me. ...
Sprinkle sugar, spices, and lemon juice over apples, toss them together. Mix oats, flour, and brown sugar. Cut butter into small pieces into the flour-sugar mixture using two knives, until coarse crumbs. Put the sliced apples into crusts, and sprinkle streusel evenly over the pies. Bake fo...