Monthly Archives: July 2009
Wise Guy Chocolate Chip Goodness!
It’s overcast and that means it’s a great day for baking. Summer always adds that challenge of timing the turning on of the oven with the weather forecast.
Roarke all but erupted when he heard it was baking day. He lunged for recipe books to flip through photos. I managed to convince him to stick with some old tried and trues.
Chocolate Chip Cookies have turned me into my grandmother. I remember being amazed at how she would rattle recipes off from memory, an entire book of them archived behind her salted brown hair. She seemed so wise.
In her honor:
Wise Guy Chocolate Chip Cookies.
- 1/2 c Margarine (opt dairy free)
- 1/2 c Shortening
- 1 c White Sugar
- 1 c Brown Sugar
- 2 eggs
Remaining:
- 1tsp baking powder
- 1tsp baking soda
- 1tsp zanthum gum
- 4 1/2 c Flour Alternative ( see previous post)
- 2c chocolate chips
Mix together till creamy then add “remaining” ingredients in order. Drop on cookie sheet and bake in preheated oven at 325′c for 10 minutes.
This is a standard around here. Careful though.. this many chocolate chips makes for gooie fingers!
June? July? and Holy Carp AUGUST!
I drafted this post in June… Now it is the end of July and I am wondering what the heck has happened to the summer already! Have I really gotten that wrapped up in life that I forgot my online world? The answer is a gleeful YES!
This summer has begun with some amazing gluten free finds. The bakery in Cochrane has become a regular excuse for motorcycle jaunts and the saddle bag on the bike has officially been dubbed the Bread Basket. If you haven't made the trip yet… DO!
The best compliment I can think of was watching a 10 year old boy sink his nose into the middle of a slice of their bread and inhale deeply. " It's BREAD!!!!" He proceeded to munch on the morsel from the inside out. Was hard to give him heck… it's what I did with my first slice of this bread.
So here we are at the end of July. Warm sweet evenings after rich sinful days remind me of Grandma's fresh bread. The indulgent middle was ALWAYS the best part..
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