tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138843692024-03-23T13:28:11.660-05:00The Baker's RackMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.comBlogger146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13884369.post-52938364207852176092008-12-17T10:42:00.003-06:002008-12-17T11:20:02.240-06:00Wish Me Luck!Have you ever loved to do something but quit only because you have found that there are not enough hours to do what you love? That is what I have been thinking about for quite some time now. I love to cook and used to keep up with this blog faithfully until things felt like they got so complicated. Between ball games, work and home life I felt like I didn't have time to do anything I loved to.Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13884369.post-51621479239792330952007-05-06T21:31:00.000-05:002008-12-11T06:33:26.801-06:00A birthday cake of a different kindThis year my dad didn't get to spend his birthday here at home with us since he was working out of town. I wanted to make him a cake for his birthday so we could celebrate a belated birthday with him. I came across this recipe and decided that it would be an excellent cake to try. I did make a few changes in it though. I used Splenda rather than sugar since my grandmother was here with us and sheMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13884369.post-86603675521412151892007-04-24T22:10:00.000-05:002008-12-11T06:33:27.011-06:00Raspberry Butter CakeI have once again began my baking spree. Tonight I decided to try out a recipe from my Cooking Pleasures magazine. It was a very pretty cake but the top was a bit too mushy for me. I am not sure if it was supposed to be that way or not. I personally think that maybe I didn't let it cook long enough. I think the top was supposed to be like a cheesecake. I did happen to taste it while it was Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13884369.post-73758804179796336802007-04-21T00:32:00.000-05:002008-12-11T06:33:27.213-06:00Okay, so it isn't banana cream pie...My first creation in my new found kitchen didn't turn out to be a Banana Cream Pie. It was totally opposite of a creamy, sweet pie. It was a fluffy, fruity cake. I get the FOODIE email from Central Market all the time. I love Central Market. We don't have one anywhere near us, but I sure do love to go when we go up to see my sis. I was browsing through their recipe index and came across this Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13884369.post-52512712938193740132007-04-18T23:49:00.000-05:002008-12-11T06:33:27.648-06:00It is almost done!I am so excited!! We are almost done with my kitchen! I now have a workable kitchen. I am so anxious to bake and cook. I don't know whether I want to make a cake or some cookies or a great dinner!!! I actually went to the store today to buy the ingredients to make a Banana Cream Pie. I figured since it was so hot today a nice light pie would do the trick.I love the look of my floor. It is Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13884369.post-78343521616998204702007-03-30T12:28:00.000-05:002007-03-30T12:29:59.564-05:00Hello? Is anybody there?It is me….I am still here, although I can’t say for how long. I am certainly hoping to have returned for good though. I have been struggling with myself on whether or not I want to return to my love of baking. When we started with the kitchen remodel I had realized that I wouldn’t be able to bake and cook like I used to. Time has passed and my kitchen still isn’t completely finished. I stillMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13884369.post-65228992985064695092007-01-04T21:59:00.000-06:002008-12-11T06:33:27.978-06:00The Essence of Chocolate!!!I was asked to review a cookbook by John Scharffenberger and Robert Steinberg called The Essence of Chocolate>. This book rocks!!! I sat down to read it as soon as I got it. It is the kind of cookbook I love to have that not only has excellent recipes, but also has lots of information about chocolate like how it is made, where it comes from and different ways of cooking with it. This book is a Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13884369.post-3835785617298680262006-12-23T21:44:00.000-06:002008-12-11T06:33:28.168-06:00Back in the Kitchen Again!Well, the kitchen is fully functional now and I am back in the baking mode again! It feels so good to just do what I love. We haven't finished the kitchen, but it is where I can now cook again. I am glad too because that eating out stuff is getting pretty old. Today I decided to start with one old and a couple of new recipes to bake to get this Christmas spirit revved up! I made some Popcorn Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13884369.post-1165975128989856342006-12-12T19:34:00.000-06:002006-12-13T10:30:33.536-06:00Just a little update....Well, I thought I would give you all a little update on my kitchen. It is taking a little while to finish because we are doing the remodel ourselves with a LOT of help from my wonderful dad! (Thanks dad! We couldn't do it without you!) I love the way it is coming out, but I really can't wait until it is done. We currently have the lower half of my cabinets put in (please ignore the old white Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13884369.post-1164212823693267342006-11-22T10:26:00.000-06:002006-11-22T10:27:03.720-06:00Update!!Hello everyone. Sorry for the lapse in posts. I thought I might let you know what has been going on. We are currently in the process of remodeling the kitchen. I no longer have the use of my oven or stove so I don’t really have anything good to post about. I do hope to be back in my NEW kitchen soon cooking and blogging! I am happy with the new look of my kitchen and everyday I see the new Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13884369.post-1162354147228116042006-10-31T21:39:00.000-06:002006-10-31T22:20:26.070-06:00Outrageous Peanut Butter Cup BarsI thought I would take a break from my "pumpkin phase" and try something new. Everyone loves peanut butter and chocolate right? Well, I got this recipe from my new calendar from Cooking Club of America. I for one love a good Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, so I thought this would be an excellent recipe to try. I fell in love with the frosting, but the brownie was just a regular, plain ole brownie.Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13884369.post-1161867281869841052006-10-26T07:51:00.000-05:002006-10-27T09:45:40.020-05:00Spiced Pumpkin CupcakesWith my love of pumpkin I searched my favorite sites for a new pumpkin recipe. I wanted to try something different. I found this recipe for Spice Pumpkin Cupcakes on the Williams Sonoma website. I love that site. Anyhoo….These cupcakes were really good. They are supposed to be topped with a white chocolate frosting, but I just couldn’t get myself to do it. I don’t really care for White Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13884369.post-1161143192637163492006-10-17T22:19:00.000-05:002006-10-17T22:46:32.686-05:00Pumpkins, Pumpkins Everywhere!This past weekend we attended the Floydada Punkin Days Festival. We had so much fun. The festival was in the middle of downtown and was full of food booths, craft booths, entertainment and of course...Pumpkins! There was a huge trailer full of different sizes of pumpkins that everyone could guess on how much they weighed. The winner would receive $100. It was overcast and sprinkled a little Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13884369.post-1160529270838836482006-10-10T19:59:00.000-05:002006-10-10T20:14:30.856-05:00Yummy, Yummy, Yummy I Got Love In My Tummy...In sticking with the pumpkin theme I started for myself earlier this week, I once again searched the net for a new recipe I hadn't tried. I came across this one on the Allrecipes website. It was a fairly easy recipe and let me tell you...Aside from the fact that I accidentally burned the cookie crust, these were excellent! It was like eating a pumpkin pie! I ate around the burned crust and itMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13884369.post-1160395731146625132006-10-09T06:53:00.000-05:002006-10-09T13:30:47.353-05:00Better Late Than Never....I know it has been a long time since I last posted...a little over a month to be exact. I apologize for that. I have been so busy with Football and work and have had very little time to do any baking. I decided to make something with a sort of "fall" theme. I searched the internet to find a good recipe that included pumpkin. On the Epicurious website this little recipe popped up. It turned Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13884369.post-1157238086540874452006-09-02T17:51:00.001-05:002006-09-02T18:01:26.563-05:00Gotta Love Martha!I have been wanting to make these cheesecake squares for some time now. I finally decided to do it and lo and behold...I lost the book the recipe was in. I went and visited my dear friend, the computer, and found it on-line. I gotta say, these were really good!! I wasn't really impressed early on because I wanted to let my cheesecake lovin' dad try them so I cut them up before they were Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13884369.post-1156992265974897692006-08-30T21:34:00.000-05:002006-08-30T21:44:26.016-05:00Chocolate-Peanut Butter CookiesMMMMM...Chocolate! I got this recipe from the Cooking Village website. Not only did these cookies sound good, but they also looked good. They took a little longer than normal cookies to make because you have to melt the chocolate and then let it cool. They were well worth the wait though. I really loved them. You get peanut butter with every bite of chocolate. It was kind of like eating a Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13884369.post-1155731537366948152006-08-16T07:30:00.000-05:002006-08-16T13:15:42.160-05:00Mail!!!Yesterday’s mail had an exciting delivery! I received a package from France!! Myrtille was my FoodieSwap partner for July. The swap for July was “the way the cookie crumbles”. We were supposed to send our partner a package of cookies. She sent me a beautiful tin of these delicious cookies. I am not sure how to pronounce them though. I also like that the tin has my name on it! After theMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13884369.post-1155404089582800562006-08-12T12:13:00.000-05:002006-08-12T13:00:42.616-05:00Pecan Pie Coffee CakeI was browsing through the Cooking Light website last night to see what I could find and came across this recipe. Now Pecan Pies are my favorite and there is always time for a good coffee cake, so when I saw this recipe I knew immediately I had to try it! This cake was really more of an actual snack cake than a coffee cake. The recipe says it is best eaten along with a cup of coffee. I guess Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13884369.post-1154903214252765322006-08-06T17:04:00.000-05:002006-08-06T17:26:54.323-05:00Chocolate Peanut Butter CookiesHello again! Sorry for the lack of posts lately, but I left on vacation and then started the back to school duties and haven't really had a chance to bake until today. In my back to school shopping spree I decided to stop in at Hasting's to check on the bargain book section. I love to go there because you can find so many books there at cheap prices. It is how I have EXPANDED my cookbook Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13884369.post-1153444943584922142006-07-20T20:12:00.000-05:002006-07-20T20:30:55.410-05:00An old favoriteI was reminded by my sister of an old favorite that I used to have when I was growing up. Mom would make a barbecue Cup for us every now and then. Crys reminded me of them earlier and I thought it would be a nice change to my usual dinners. I changed it up some since the love of barbecue sauce doesn't exist in my house. I love it, but I am the only one. I decided to make Taco Cups instead.Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13884369.post-1153268976707832302006-07-18T19:27:00.000-05:002006-07-19T16:34:04.166-05:00Chiliburger PiesI wanted to make something a little different tonight so I decided to dig into my cookbooks and came across my old Betty Crocker cookbook. In it I found this recipe for a burger/pie combination. I substituted Black beans for the corn per a request from Kourtney and I added some shredded cheese. They were so flaky and good! A simple little dinner for simple little people. Well, we aren't Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13884369.post-1153185206094915042006-07-17T19:41:00.000-05:002006-07-17T20:23:09.636-05:00Honey CakeI love to read and my most favorite thing to read is a cookbook with a background story. My beautiful baby sister has the most wonderful ways of finding these fabulous cookbooks. I can literally read a cookbook from beginning to end. The one that I love is called "The Neighborhood Bakeshop" It is a book that has recipes and stories of bakeries from around the US. It is great! I sometimes Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13884369.post-1152903755200511892006-07-14T14:00:00.000-05:002006-07-14T14:03:35.436-05:00Meme of FivesI tagged myself for this meme that my sister had on her site because I haven’t baked lately and will be out of town this weekend so I won’t get to bake then either. I didn’t want to just not post so I thought I would let you in on a little bit of information about myself. Nothing important, or fascinating just little quirky things. I am not going to tag anyone, but feel free to post this meme Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13884369.post-1152751559439494852006-07-12T19:34:00.000-05:002006-07-12T19:45:59.470-05:00Graham Crackers!I love to eat Graham crackers so when I saw these in my Rachael Ray Magazine I went bezerk! I knew immediately I had to make these. The only thing I did different was add honey instead of the molasses. (I really don't like the taste of molasses) The recipe is for a s'more, but I just wanted to try the cookies. They were fabulous!! I think I probably made them a little on the thick side Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163868572153545714noreply@blogger.com2