This week my Aunt Donna passed away, and as a result I’ve been thinking a lot about my elementary school years. We lived in southern Florida, and my Aunt Donna and Uncle Bill lived just over the bridge. Their house was beautiful and they had a big yard full of hundred year old trees to [...]
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Tag Archives: baking
Pie Dough
Pie dough can be a tricky thing to make. You don’t want it to be too dense, you don’t want to let it get sticky or tacky or gummy. You want it to be flaky and light, you want it to be able to stand alone but not to overpower the pie filling. I know, [...]
Shortbread (or Short’nin’ Bread)
Having five siblings, it’s easy to say that the temperature at home was always… well, competitive. And since I’m mostly competitive about things that my siblings don’t care about, I was not usually the one competing. To make myself feel better, I created little battles in my head that allowed me to come out champion. [...]
