I’m sorry for the almost three months of nothing on the blog! It’s the usual excuses: life, illnesses, not having time to bake, baking things I’ve baked before, not having the “spoons,” as they say, to document steps and write up an entry when I do bake something new. I’ve contemplated changing the format of…
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What I Baked for Christmas 2021
From my traditional stollen and cutout cookies to a Bananas Foster-inspired snack mix, I was busily baking this holiday season.
What I’m Baking for Christmas: Stollen (A World of Cake)
A traditional German Christmas (or Weinachten) fruit bread, stollen is full of dried and candied fruits, nuts, and spices.
Taste of Home: Simple Stollen
More akin to a biscuit with its baking powder-leavened dough, this stollen has a soft, moist crumb with almond and vanilla flavor and sweet bits of candied fruit and raisins.
What I Baked for Christmas: Part One
Almost every year I knock myself out baking for Christmas. Past journals tell of exhausting marathons through homemade candies, batches of cookies, rum cakes, stollen, and other treats to send to friends and bring to family gatherings. In years past I’ve sent care packages to friends, usually including four different things but often stollen, rum…
Bake on Through to the Other Side 