Have I ever mentioned I have a dog? I’m sure I have. (I’ve recently noticed I can no longer recall if I’ve told a story to someone. Same thing on this blog. I start to write a post and think hmmm…have I written this before?? I guess it comes with aging. And parenting.)My dog’s name [...]
Knoepfle
June 18, 2011 By 7 Comments
Happy Father’s Day! On Mother’s Day I showcased one of my mom’s recipes, so I thought my dad shouldn’t be left out on Father’s Day. Hence, I give you: You probably tried to read that and gave up. Don’t worry; I would have too. In fact, until I did research for this post, I had [...]
Boston Cream Cupcakes (with some Cake Balls thrown in)
June 13, 2011 By 14 Comments
When I was growing up, there was always dessert. I learned to bake from my mom and I got my love of all things sugary from both my parents. As an adult, I have always looked forward to birthdays and holidays and visits with my parents because I can bake treats for them. Then, a [...]
Dessert Pizza (Cooking with Kids, week #1)
June 10, 2011 By 9 Comments
Normally, I do all of my baking while Jordan is at school. I find it’s just easier that way; I can go from baking to cleaning to photographing without worrying that I’m neglecting her or that she’s watching too much TV. It’s quiet and I can take the time to photograph and make recipe notations [...]
Bake Sale
June 8, 2011 By 4 Comments
About two months ago, a cousin of mine passed away from liver cancer. She didn’t even last two months after her diagnosis. She is not the first person in my family to be touched by cancer. We’ve got it all in our family, on both sides. As it often is when someone dies, I felt [...]
Peanut Butter Pie
June 6, 2011 By 15 Comments
When I was a little girl my family had an RV. We would spend two weeks each summer driving around the western states, stopping in a new location each night. Every other year we would go either north or south from San Francisco. North meant a stopover in Tacoma, Washington to see my Uncle Joe [...]
Oatmeal Cookie Brownies
June 2, 2011 By 9 Comments
So, today is my daughter’s last day of Kindergarten. I know, you’re probably tired of hearing about it. I wrote about it last week, when I posted my Word Card Cookies. I wrote about it on my other blog. But I’m not done yet.I’m sad. I’m sad my baby is growing up. I already see [...]
Hi there! I’m Dorothy, the crazy gal behind the blog. If you didn’t already know, I’m crazy for crust…and cookies…and brownies…and pretty much
anything with sugar.
