I have a new recipe for a low-fat, diary-free, gluten-free brownie. I replaced the butter with applesauce and even though this brownie may not win any awards, it still has great texture and taste for a low-cal brownie! It is a little more cake-like because the fat was removed, and that is what makes a [Read More]
Archive of ‘Cakes & Cookies’ category
Molasses & Cardamom Cookies
I love molasses cookies and wanted to throw in a bit of a twist using an unusual spice called cardamom. If you have never baked with it I highly recommend it! Cardamom is a unique spice from the ginger family, and a little goes a long way, which is good, because the spice can [Read More]
Lemon-Raspberry Blondies
Life changes when you no longer have children to look after. On a bit of a whim, my husband and I decided to take an overnight trip to McCall on our motorcycle. We stopped at the bottom of White Bird Pass where the wilderness must still look similar to the days when the Nez Perce Indians fished [Read More]
Orange-Cranberry Almond Biscotti in White Chocolate
There’s nothing quite like the aroma of a good coffee house to lure me in. I love the smell of the beans and the sound of the espresso machine steaming up a large cap of foam. Not all coffee houses are the same; I’ve had good and bad. When you’ve had a bad cup it’s [Read More]
La Valencia Orange Rum Cake
It is a funny thing to sit at the computer and blog for the very first time. It makes me wonder if anyone out there in cyberland would care what I had to say, or if anyone would even come across this blog and read it. But if no one does, it’s fun to feel like you [Read More]