This recipe winds up being in lunch kits for my kids for a week. I make it into scone(ish) shapes and send it as part of a larger lunch with hard boiled eggs, peanut butter, cheese, apples and grapes. I always get caught by the amount of time this one takes to prepare and make. In a perfect world, you should allow for …

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Ingredients 3 to 4 ripe bananas 1/4 cup melted butter 1 cup sugar 1.5 cups flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 egg, beaten 1 teaspoon baking soda Chocolate chips (as many as you want!) Process Preheat oven to 350 F. Mash the bananas in a bowl. Add the remaining ingredients except for the chocolate chips and mix well with a …

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Ingredients 2 1/8 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1 1/2 cups regular bittersweet chocolate chips 1 1/2 cups walnuts, finely chopped 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature 1 cup light or dark brown sugar, tightly packed 1/2 cup white sugar 2 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla …

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Some words I don't really remember where we found this recipe; it's been saved as a PDF on my computer for a while, and the URL in the footer is incomplete. These are a favourite in the house, and some family members have been known to .. reverse snack .. after eating too many. This recipe is halved from the original …

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Some Words These are my notes and instructions on managing and making a sourdough boule. This is loosely adapted from the notes from "The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread" by Peter Reinhart, but capturing a few changes that I've found work for my climate, kitchen and …

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Some words Sourdough Bagels are tasty, but they depend on having a mature starter going, have had recently been fed and otherwise in good shape. Sometimes that's just not realistic, so we'll go for these ones instead. Ingredients 1 and 1/2 cups (360ml) warm water. Should be around 100f, not so hot that it kills the …

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I've made a Focaccia from "The Bread Baker's Apprentice" before, and it was a good recipe to get going on.. but this one is much easier, and needs overall less care and attention. This recipe is adapted from https://alexandracooks.com/2018/03/02/overnight-refrigerator-focaccia-best-focaccia/, but the process …

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I wish I had a picture of these, because they were awfully tasty.

I set out to make these the night before, not realising that they didn't need prep the night before. These were quick and easy to make in the morning.

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Tasty pita pockets This all started out after not receiving our typical pita pockets from our grocery order. Grocery orders during pandemic time have been highly variable, and we've been left to figure out how to "close the gap" in cases where the grocery store just hasn't had stock (or the employee wasn't …

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