The January 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Lauren of Celiac Teen. Lauren chose Gluten-Free Graham Wafers and Nanaimo Bars as the challenge for the month. The sources she based her recipe on are 101 Cookbooks and www.nanaimo.ca.
Today I was sitting in a dentist chair waiting to have my teeth cleaned. Now, there isn’t [...]

I think graham crackers are the most misunderstood cookie ever eaten.
This is such a simple little cracker/cookie that never has gotten enough attention. Kind of like Cinderalla. Add some buttons and bows and dress her up and she becomes a beautiful young lady. Well, you can do so many things with this plain little graham [...]

The 2009 October Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to us by Ami S. She chose macarons from Claudia Fleming’s The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern as the challenge recipeOOKS
This is my first attempt at making French Style Macarons — will I make them again?
I call these M&M Macarons for two reasons. First they [...]

I’ve been in search of a great macaroon for years.  Recently I tasted the best I have ever had at Katz deli here in Texas.  It was big, moist and a heavenly cloud of coconut.
 
Here is my attempt to do something with this pile of beautiful unsweetened coconut.

The unsweetened coconut is beautiful when it is [...]

If you like nuts, these are for you.  If you like peanut butter, these are for you and if you like chocolate and especially Nutella, you cannot walk away from these.

I found this huge can of Planter’s mixed nuts in my pantry this morning. They were left over from our anniversary party a couple of weeks [...]