Sugar Cookies
Classic sugar cookie recipe, adapted from Martha Stewart.
Category Baked Goods
Gluten-Free Blueberry Coffee Cake
This recipe makes a rich, not-too-sweet cake. The buckwheat and cornmeal lend texture and complexity of flavor. Ingredients Instructions Occasion: when your GF friend invites you to coffee at her newly renovated home and is serving croissants and you want…
Eggless Buckwheat Chocolate Cookies
Who doesn’t get tired of wheat flour once in a while? To keep things interesting, I’ve been experimenting with buckwheat, chicpea, pearl millet, and oat flours (among others), with some great results. Beat together, until light and fluffy: 1 c…
Eggless Chocolate Cookies
1 c. sugar1/2 c. cocoa powder OR 2 2/3 oz. baking chocolate (unsweetened)6 T butter (if using baking chocolate) or 8 T (if using cocoa powder)6 T milk1 t. vanilla (optional, but adds depth)1 1/2 c. all purpose flour1/2 t.…
Best Eggless Cornbread with Buttermilk and Maple Syrup
This recipe makes a rich, slightly sweet corn bread that can be eaten fresh or toasted after the first day. Best that I have found. I always think of the exciting cornbread-making scenes from The Fields of Home by Ralph…
Almost No-Knead Bread (revisited)
I first wrote about Mark Bittman’s no-knead bread recipe more than two years ago. Here’s the version I’ve been making for the last year or so . . . this version incorporates wheat flour and takes about 8 hours for…
Hazelnut Scones
My mother shared this recipe with me a while back. It came from a magazine, but I don’t remember which one. These scones are delicious: not too sweet, light, and moist. Definitely the best scone recipe I’ve seen. Hazelnuts can…
Cinnamon Rolls
This August, we had a visit from some cousins from England: Daksha Hathi and her daughters Krishna and Nirali. Jagdish (her husband) couldn’t make it, and these cinnamon buns were for him. This recipe comes from my mother, and is…