Love is in the air — and it's not even related to what I'm baking out of my cookbook collection. No, it's the magic of Valentine's Day. Truly, I look for any excuse to celebrate. Winter is so blah as it is. Why not? I scoured the web and my collection for the best Valentine's Day cookbooks. I u ...
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Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookie Recipe
Making homemade cookies is a typical occurrence in my house. This time, I received a sugar cookie request from a friend at my run club. I decided to try a new-to-me recipe for a chewy and soft sugar cookie. It was a gamble, but wow. This bakery-style sugar cookie is from "The New Family ...
Italian Bread Machine Recipe from The Bread Machine Cookbook
This Italian bread recipe from "The Bread Machine Cookbook" by Donna Rathmell German is a go-to in my cookbook collection. Bread baking smells homey, cozy, and good. Did I mention that whole irresistible factor it's got goin' on? Breakups, work stress, papercuts — it doesn't matter. I bake bread ...
The Nitty Gritty Cookbook Series
I will sing the praises of the Nitty Gritty Productions series of books. I love them. LOVE them. I own several of them, as you can view in the link to my collection of cookbooks. No, the series of Nitty Gritty cookbooks aren't pretty. You won't want to show off these cookbooks on your coffee ...
Bread Machine Cookbooks List: Go Bake Bread
My bread machine is my BFF, which is probably not a surprise given that one of my website slogans is, "Come to the carb side ... we have cookies." Since my mom gave me my first bread machine and cookbook (long before I began my cookbook collection) in the early aughts, I've been hooked. I'm on ...
