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Holiday Cookies – Basil, Lemon, Cloves, and More

Today’s recipe for cookies:
1 cup Earth Balance
3 cups self-rising flour + 1 tsp. baking soda (plus additional flour to make the dough stuff enough to drop by spoonfuls)
1 cup almond meal
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup honey
1 tsp. vanilla
2 T. dried sweet basil
4 T. lemon juice
3 T. finely chopped lemon zest
1 [...]

Recipe: Chocolate Oatmeal Sesame Cake

This yet another adaptation of my mother’s oatmeal cake recipe. I have just put it in the oven and have no idea how it will come out, so we shall see!!
I wanted to make it as low on the gluten as possible, no oil or margarine, and no eggs. Can science bring me the gift [...]

Recipe: Oatmeal Cake (Adapted from mom’s old recipe)

Ok, I bought a bunch of flours and stuff I don’t know what to do with..yet. It is quite a pricey collection, so I want to learn how to use them properly and have some good food be the final return on my investment.
In the past couple of years I have become very bored with [...]

Recipe: Cooking for Fun – Shandy Bread

I think I found the perfect diet. It’s called The Midlife Crisis Cook Like a Crazy Person diet. I have been in such a mood to cook lately, and the thing is, the more I cook home made food, with real stuff like butter, oil, lard, crust, cream, etc. the less [...]