The Damsel in Dis Dress
Posted in baking, cooking, old fashioned on Dec 31st, 2012
Sometimes older is better. Someday, this old school oven shall preside over the Damsel’s kitchen. From this angle, she can see no down side. Someday. Someday. Anyone have any info on whether this exists in the real world, or is only found in old-fashioned dreams?
Posted in baking, Uncategorized on Oct 16th, 2012
Pumpkin. So good. In the olden days, October was a time to pull those last bits of harvest in and finally take a deep breath after the year’s hard work. The humble pumpkin has sort of become a symbol of all that, even now, when the most we have to do with a pumpkin is [...]
Posted in baking, old fashioned, Uncategorized on Aug 13th, 2012
Guest blog by Caleb Warnock, author of The Art of Baking with Natural Yeast: Breads, Pancakes, Waffles, Cinnamon Rolls and Muffins and the national bestseller Forgotten Skills of Self-Sufficiency Used by the Mormon Pioneers.© 2012 Caleb Warnock. The contents of this blog post are not in the public domain and may not be used without [...]
Posted in baking on Aug 1st, 2012
You’ve seen recipes before that say “Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Ever.” You’ve seen those words more than once, as a matter of fact. Perhaps you’ve even seen so many recipes like this that the words no longer have meaning. Just stop right there. Take a deep breath. Because this recipe is the one, the only, [...]
Posted in baking on Sep 29th, 2011
What is it with the Damsel and cake lately? She’s always considered herself more of a pie girl than a cake eater. One possible reason: her friend Annette Lyon’s book Chocolate Never Faileth. The Damsel has been baking her way through this book and well, she’s got the jiggle to prove it. (FTC disclaimer: the [...]
Posted in baking on Aug 23rd, 2011
Y’all know about this, right? Pretend you’ve baked a cake or some brownies, and you’re either too lazy to make frosting or you don’t have time to wait for the cake to cool. (Frosting a hot cake is a sad, sad thing to do…the frosting melts and runs and makes a mess. A hot mess.) [...]
Posted in baking, guest post on May 24th, 2010
The Damsel is pleased to share this fabulously talented cook with you. These pretzels are definitely Grandma-approved. Good morning to everyone! I am Jamie Cooks It Up! and am happy to be guest posting today! I run a food blog full of family friendly recipes. Most of the recipe’s are made from scratch with a [...]
Posted in baking on Mar 24th, 2010
The Damsel loves presents. She recently received a box from Ann Clark Ltd., which is a cookie-cutter-making-company in Vermont. Awww! What’s cuter than a bunch of springtime-shaped cookie cutters? Making rolled sugar cookies is way old school. The Damsel has been meaning to do a post about them for a long time. She’s put it [...]
Posted in baking, Substitutions on Mar 15th, 2010
How many times have you skipped a recipe because it called for cake flour instead of all-purpose flour? How many times have you looked for cake flour at the market and either couldn’t find it, or cringed at the price? Could it be true that it’s really THIS EASY to make your own cake flour? [...]
Posted in baking, Uncategorized on Mar 1st, 2010
The Damsel is a little annoyed at granola bars. They’re posers. They act like healthy food, but under that seeming innocence, calories lurk. Plenty of the ones you buy at the market are really candy bars, if you really want to be honest with yourself. These granola bars are not guaranteed to be low-cal, but [...]
