Cooking from Scratch
Munch, munch, munch!
When people give up part of their day, you want to give them something in return. It’s only fair. So, when people came to attend a short meeting on a Saturday, we sent down a dozen of these scones; that way, they could have a little bite if they were feeling peckish. Since the plate came back nearly empty, we figure they were a success. And, after tasting them, we’re sure that you’ll want to try them out, too.
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Don’t you love the light, crumbly, flaky bite of a good scone? Along with the taste of nuts, and a bit of sweetness? Not too sweet, because sometimes we like to have more than one. We sure do, which is why we feel fortunate to have the best scone recipe ever. Really. It’s perfect, and it’s super flexible. We’ve used this recipe as the base for at least a half dozen different scones, and all of them tasted great. You can use the same base recipe, too.
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A few weeks ago we were looking through Baking at République, by Margarita Manzke, and, as usual, we saw a number of recipes we wanted to try. We copied down a few to store in our vast archive here at Scratchin’ It Central, figuring we’d try at least a couple, including this one for biscotti. If you’re wondering how we can get recipes from so many different cookbooks, we have two words for you: Public Library.
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We’ve had a lot of pickle recipes lately, but you probably don’t want to live on pickles alone. Neither did the people at the very small luncheon we catered, so we made sure to have something a bit more snacky. We figured that, if we were running late setting out the food for lunch, people could munch on these nuts we placed on the table. We don’t know anyone who doesn’t like nuts (we really do, but we can’t understand it).
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I always think that cheese balls are kind of retro. Sort of a holdover from the 1960s or 70s. That doesn’t mean I don’t like them; I really think they’re tasty, and we happen to think this is a very good recipe for making cheese balls. We’ve had the results, oh, probably a dozen times over the years, but we’ve never made one before now. Instead, we always rely on a relative who makes them for parties and whatnot (and, of course, they’re even tastier if someone else makes them). But, this week, we decided to make up a few for the church social hour.
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We really like putting together mini-muffins when we need to make snacks for the church’s social hour. They’re fast to put together, fast to bake, and easy to eat. What more could you want in a snack? Well, for us, we want variety, too. No one wants the same favor muffin each time; they want to try something new, and so do we. Fortunately, muffins fit the bill for that, too, because it’s easy to change the ingredients that add the flavor, and have an entirely different muffin.
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It doesn’t look as if we’ve created many posts lately, but, we did finish the Black Forest Cake. With that going on, when we were thinking of snacks for our downtown walk on Monday night, we wanted something fairly easy, and something we could mainly make ahead. We couldn’t think of anything easier than some sort of scone.
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