I dedicate this post to the Ross Valley Charter School parents who are coming in to our school this coming week to help the kids bake these cookies for our annual Gratitude Feast. Recipe credit to teacher, Emily Korrell. You need: Two mixing bowls A large wooden spoonMeasuring CupsMeasuring SpoonsA spatula or bowl scraperA rasp…
Author: Stacey
A Strawberry Birthday Cake in December
Nothing fills a parent with panic like a birthday cake request that sounds hard to find and hard to make. It’s December and both my own son and his BFF had birthday parties this weekend I was baking for and they both asked for strawberry cake. Not a strawberry shortcake or a Victoria Sponge… oh…
Flakey Simple Pastry
There are a million recipes out there but this is the one I make over and over for both sweet and savory pies and galettes. The important thing is to use butter at fridge temperature, and very cold water. Handle the dough sparingly and don’t make it on a hot day, crank the a/c if…
Pizza Crust
This is the basic pizza crust I make almost every Friday afternoon. Before we go any further here, let me talk gluten. This is a recipe that needs high gluten flour — 13% or higher. Less gluten will make crusts that aren’t stretchy and will tear and they won’t have that chewy texture. I love…
Baked Chocolate Doughnuts
It’s July 7th, International Chocolate Day. Breath it in. Yes, a day devoted to chocolate. I can get behind that. I need to decide what chocolate baking project I need to embark on today but before I leave you to dive into a cookbook, here’s a peek at an easy one I did last year….
Baguettes
I always thought I needed a legit bread oven to do baguettes. It turns out, with my trusty cast iron skillet sitting in the bottom of my oven with water steaming up, I have a pretty good proxy. I found the baguette recipe on King Arthur Baking perfect for my needs and they turned out…
Pear Cardamom Maple Finnish Pancake
Making a Finnish Pancake is my short-cut to getting breakfast on the table when we have guests without having to stand over the stove making each pancake. One batch serves four adults, and did I mention it’s dead easy? So this is my own version of the classic recipe adding a few extras for a…
Classic Sandwich Loaf
This recipe is so easy I make it nearly every day and I don’t measure the flour, I just toss it in there till it feels right. I measured my random scoops of flour to write out this recipe but it will vary based on your humidity levels. Before you begin you need: 7g or…
Gluten Positive 