Tag: baking with kids
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Apple & Honey Sponge Cake with Crumb Topping
Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. For a sweet New Year we eat apples and dip them in honey. This recipe is inspired by that tradition. I made individual sponge-crumb cakes because they are fun for a big dinner and there’s no slicing required, which means less mess and fewer cake bits consumed by the… Read more
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Seville Orange Marmalade
Seville oranges have a high pectic content which makes these preserves have a good set – AKA it isn’t runny. Now, not everyone likes marmalade – it’s deceptively pretty and a bit bitter. I like to keep a few pots of it around to slather on thick toast or to mix with Greek yogurt and… Read more
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Best Noodle Pudding (Kugel) & Welcome Back (Rosh Hashana, School, Fall)
Were we on a break? I didn’t intend for us to part. And yet…summer passed with nary a recipe. Why? Because I was too busy listening to the just-turned-5-year-old breathlessly tell me he has a new pet. “What is it?” “A worm.” He is young enough that he still pronounces it “warhm”. “Quick – come… Read more
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Italian Cherry Pie with Graham and Ginger & Recovering from Tragedy
So, I tried not to think about it. But, like all emotional baggage, tragedy does not fit into the overhead compartment nor under the seat in front of me. Today is year anniversary of the worst day of my life. The night before, I’d gone out when everyone was asleep and bought a super soft… Read more
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Apricot-Ginger Chocolate Chip Scones & Teaching Small
“Uh, Mom? How do you close an ironing board?” This, from Jamie, age 12. I remember how this action baffled me as a kid. You press where? And do what? Perhaps I was or still am challenged by the mechanics. Or maybe no one showed me. I remember my mother teaching me how to iron… Read more
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Semi-Sweet Breakfast Loaf with Carrots and Zucchini & A Threeway
I’m the kind of baker who likes the load a bunch of foodstuffs in a bowl and see what happens. This is the School of Anti-Baking. Sometimes this results in oven explosions or brownies that resemble moose turds but most of the time I have enough of the science down to have it work. “What’re… Read more
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Chocolate Pudding Cake & A Free Cup of Coffee
I go through phases of buying coffee. Most of the time, I’m too frugal to treat myself to a 3$ misto and it’s more convenient just to set the pot up the night before at home. This year, during TYOTS, eating became a real chore for me. So did making anything, including coffee. Sometimes I… Read more
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Train Cake, file under messy baking
Three blind cakes. See how they wait. See the swans the ugly ducklings turned into…listen as I mix my metaphors and nursery rhymes. But let’s face it – those old rhymes are creepy. Clearly, the farm is rodent-infested (and the rodents are blind – suspect farm is not organic). And the cupboard is bare and… Read more