Something I miss from my home state Texas are breakfast tacos. I especially miss being able get breakfast tacos at Taco Cabana as soon as the clock struck midnight. I don’t make Taco Cabana runs anymore because I don’t live near one and I’m asleep when the clock strikes midnight :). The reason I got … Continue reading
I’m not gluten free but I was having people over for s’mores and needed a gluten free option. I was at the store browsing the gluten free aisle trying to find grahams that were gluten free and found a 5lb bag of gluten free flour. I’ve always wanted to try gluten free flour but it’s … Continue reading
Fellow bloggers, have you felt like you just don’t want to take a photo of everything you bake/cook/eat? I feel like I hit a ‘blog wall’ around September 2013 and had no desire to blog for a while. I was moving to a new home…life happens…I took some time to just cook for myself. Below … Continue reading
I’m back in the kitchen and I’m beyond excited. A lot of my stuff is still in boxes but I had to bake something this weekend. I just had to. So as I’m surveying ingredients that I have in the house I realized I don’t have flour. Uh…okay so what am I supposed to make … Continue reading
Hi friends. It has been a while. I haven’t forgotten about you….life just happens and I haven’t been playing around in the kitchen. I’m actually transitioning to another home and all my cooking and baking supplies are packed. It’s driving me crazy. I have such an itch to make something but I can’t. Because I … Continue reading
Here is part 2 of how to make a pie crust. Did you miss part 1? You can find it here. After you made your dough and it has been refrigerated for 1 hour or overnight, it’s time to roll out. These instructions are for a 9 inch bottom crust. 1. Take the dough out of … Continue reading
Pie takes a lot of a patience, knowledge and experience to be really good. I’ve made several pies this summer but I haven’t posted most of the recipes. I feel like I haven’t ‘perfected’ the recipes so I’m waiting to see what works best. Even though I don’t have a lot of pie recipes to … Continue reading
Here I will show you step by step how to make a pie crust. The following recipe makes two 9 in. pie crusts. Above are the basic ingredients: 4 cups flour 2 tsp salt 3/4 to 1 cup cold water 2 cups butter, cold and cubed Directions: 1. Combine flour and salt in a large … Continue reading
Have you ever wanted to make a something that required ripe fruit but the fruit you just bought is rock hard? Well, to help fruit ripen faster, place the fruit in a brown paper bag and close it loosely. They should ripen in a couple days. As fruit ripens it gives off a gas. When … Continue reading
I made a blueberry pie last week and it was amazing. I saved the scraps of the pie crust and decided to make peach hand pies since I had an overripe peach that needed to be used. To start you’ll need your pie crust scraps and a peach pealed and sliced. I rolled out my … Continue reading
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