A Woman Sconed

Cookie of the Month: Buttering up a recipe repeat

By rahoward, on March 18th, 2022

When I consider what the point or theme of my blog is, I can only find one real thing. While others with blogs make clear their theme or niche, I find what my blog is is me, making things I want to make or have always wanted to make. It’s not very focused, . . . → Read More: Cookie of the Month: Buttering up a recipe repeat

Bread of the Month: Changing up soda bread

By rahoward, on March 5th, 2022

Every year around St. Patrick’s Day, Irish Soda Bread is on my mind. It’s too bad that it isn’t on my mind more often. Soda bread is tender, tangy, slightly sweet, and served fresh with butter, there isn’t much better.

While traditional soda bread, served as a round loaf with a cross on . . . → Read More: Bread of the Month: Changing up soda bread

Bread of the Month: Staking a cornmeal claim for ‘Johnnycakes’

By rahoward, on February 28th, 2022

Armed with freshly ground cornmeal from a local historic grist mill (see previous blog entry), I pondered ways to use it. I loved a good cornbread, but I had made many pans in my day, so I was up for something different. One Sunday, I Iooked to something cozy and comforting and breakfast-y . . . → Read More: Bread of the Month: Staking a cornmeal claim for ‘Johnnycakes’

Cookie of the Month: Milling around California history

By rahoward, on February 27th, 2022

Our lack of rain this winter had me nervous and twitchy. I wanted to inspire more precipitation and thought I might get some sort of magic from visiting a place where water was not only flowing, but a source of power and purpose.

Iturned to the Bale Grist Mill Historic Park just beyond . . . → Read More: Cookie of the Month: Milling around California history

Bread of the Month: Mixing lemon, lavender, blueberries

By rahoward, on January 31st, 2022

Occasionally, I stumble across a recipe that reminds me of the versatility and homey comfort of muffins. I don’t make them a lot, and I should, particularly when I find an easy, flavorful version like the Lemony Yogurt Muffins from “Baking with Dorie: Sweet, Salty & Simple,” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 2021) by Dorie . . . → Read More: Bread of the Month: Mixing lemon, lavender, blueberries

Cookie of the Month: Going old-school oatmeal

By rahoward, on January 30th, 2022

Back in the day, the cookies — dropped from a teaspoon — were softer, rounder and, yes, smaller, and the world was good. I discovered this recently when I revisited a retro recipe for oatmeal cookies.

A wee bit of ground cloves (along with a generous dose of cinnamon) gave the Old-Fashioned Oatmeal . . . → Read More: Cookie of the Month: Going old-school oatmeal

Cookie of the Month: Loading my cookie press

By rahoward, on December 31st, 2021

Of all the cookies I’ve wanted to make, Spritz have been on my list the longest. I studied photos and recipes for Spritz as a child…I emerged from childhood, and still I was un-spritzed (I believe we had a cookie press, but it went unused). Young adulthood came and went, and still no . . . → Read More: Cookie of the Month: Loading my cookie press

Bread of the Month: Putting parsnip in ‘Puddings’

By rahoward, on December 31st, 2021

Recently, thumbing through Donna Hay’s delightful book, “Christmas Feasts and Treats” (2018), a book I purchased a few years back and continue to peruse (whether it’s Christmas or not)… I really thought I wanted to make nearly everything in it.

The book is beautiful, so visually appealing in its offering of all manner . . . → Read More: Bread of the Month: Putting parsnip in ‘Puddings’

Downsizing holiday pies

By rahoward, on November 21st, 2021

I’ve been fond of miniatures since I was a girl, and at one point built my own dollhouse (from a kit), decorated and furnished it. The collecting of tiny, to-scale household items, particularly for the kitchen (to which I even made tiny baked goods), was a large part of my creative world as . . . → Read More: Downsizing holiday pies

Cookie of the Month: Biting into Bouchons

By rahoward, on November 11th, 2021

I have been lucky enough to be in proximity to some amazing places. Some are majestic, like the Golden Gate Bridge and the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco; others encompass the beautiful landscape of Sonoma and Napa valleys, where all sorts of treasures can be discovered.

One lucky jewel found in . . . → Read More: Cookie of the Month: Biting into Bouchons

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