Half-Whole-Wheat Cornbread Recipe

Hearty, healthy (kinda), crispy, buttery cornbread!  Perfect for days when crockpot chicken is on the menu. Ingredients: 1/2 c. whole wheat flour 1/2 c. all-purpose flour 3/4 c. corn meal 2-3 Tbs sugar 2 1/2 tsp baking powder 3/4 tsp salt 1 Tbs butter 2 eggs 1 c. milk...

Baking Day Update #3, Things Are Being Finished!

Granola bars are cut up. Half-Whole Wheat Honey Oat Flax Bread (aka Bread With Longest Name Ever) is cooling. Zucchini bread is baking.  I totally spaced and make it all white.  To make up for the lack of nutrients, I added two tablespoons of ground flax seed.  There,...

Pie Crust is Better with BUTTER

More expensive, yes, but BETTER. Ingredients for a double-crust: 2 1/4 c. flour 3/4 tsp salt 2/3 c. butter 8-10 tbs COLD water* *The main thing to remember when making a butter vs. shortening crust is to keep everything as COLD as possible.  Shortening does not...

Baking Day Update (and Child Melt-Down) #2

The children helped me pack down the granola bars. Benjamin threw a fit when I told him he couldn’t eat it with a spoon. The bread came out of the machine to rise in a warm, draft-free place. The Cinnamon Crunch Granola came out of the oven to cool on racks. The...