Cracked Wheat Rolls
Posted by Tracy | Filed under breads & pastries
I was so excited when Bridget announced that the theme for this month’s Flavor of the Month would be traditions – the perfect theme for Thanksgiving! I decided that since I was hosting Thanksgiving for my family this year, I’d make my mother-in-law’s cracked wheat rolls so that I could also bring a little of [...]
Tags: bread, flavor of the month
Daring Baker Challenge: Cannoli
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
The November 2009 Daring Bakers Challenge was chosen and hosted by Lisa Michele of Parsley, Sage, Desserts and Line Drives. She chose the Italian Pastry, Cannolo (Cannoli is plural), using the cookbooks Lidia’s Italian-American Kitchen by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and The Sopranos Family Cookbook by Allen Rucker; recipes by Michelle Scicolone, as ingredient/direction guides. She [...]
Tags: chocolate, daring baker, fried, Italian
Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted by Tracy | Filed under holidays
Hope you have a safe and happy holiday!
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Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
When I started thinking about Thanksgiving desserts, I knew that ice cream had to be on the list. Instead of picking up a carton like I usually do though, I decided I wanted to make my own. Or to be more accurate, Dorie Greenspan’s. Her vanilla ice cream is out of this world – in [...]
Cranberry Sauce
Posted by Tracy | Filed under soups, salads, & sides
It’s just not Thanksgiving without the cranberry sauce. However, this is my first year making real cranberry sauce. You know, instead of the can-shaped stuff I grew up on that you can slice, and which makes that “schloop!” sound when it pops out of the can and on to a plate. This year, since it’s [...]
Tags: cranberry
Creamy Mashed Potatoes
Posted by Tracy | Filed under soups, salads, & sides
In order to make some room on the stove for all the cooking I’ll be doing on Thanksgiving Day, I decided to prepare the mashed potatoes ahead of time. Mine aren’t really anything fancy, but they’re definitely a staple for our Thanksgiving Day feast! I like mine nice and creamy, so after mashing them by [...]
Tags: potato
Cinnamon-Raisin and Ginger-Cranberry Bagels
Posted by Tracy | Filed under breads & pastries, breakfast & brunch
This weekend got to be a lot more busy than I thought it was going to be, so (as you can see) I wasn’t able to post yesterday. To make it up to you though, I’ll be posting twice today! I’ll start off with what I’ve decided to have for breakfast on Thanksgiving Day: whole [...]
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