During our move to Maryland in 2009 our gas smoker was damaged. At the time, we chose not to replace it. We still have not found a good enough reason (yea, really good food is actually not good enough) to budget that replacement. But I miss smoked meat so much!! So last night I decided… Continue reading Poor Man’s Smoker
Category: Food
Spiced Cider/Wine
Homemade Gluhwein Autumn is here and the temps are falling in Germany (but no snow as yet). As the trees begin to change color, we begin bringing out the warm beverages like spiced cider/wine. Some folks refer to this as mulled wine, but our recipe follows a more traditional German hot wine known as Gluhwein.… Continue reading Spiced Cider/Wine
Cinnamon Rolls
I love making anything bread, which is probably why I nearly snatched this recipe out of my friend's hand when she waved it at me a few years ago. It was a famous cinnamon chain knock off recipe and of course I had to check it out! In this recipe, the butter can be substituted… Continue reading Cinnamon Rolls
Homemade Turtle Desserts
Homemade Turtles [wc_image attachment_id="1684" size="medium" title="" alt="" caption="" link_to="post" url="" align="right" flag="" left="" top="" right="0" bottom="20" text_color="" background_color="" font_size=""][/wc_image]Making homemade turtles is easy as soon as you catch the hang of making homemade caramel. I showed you guys how to do that earlier this week, so let's get going on the whole dessert ;-)… Continue reading Homemade Turtle Desserts
Homemade Dinners
Make It From Scratch Today on making it from scratch, I am hoping to encourage you to make your meals at home. Does it take time at first? Of course it does. My best friend is a full time reference attorney and her homemade dinner skills have been honed over a longer period of time… Continue reading Homemade Dinners
French Bread
[image source_type="attachment_id" source_value="1618" align="right" size="medium" autoHeight="true"]Making homemade French Bread is not as scary as it sounds. There are very few ingredients (5) and no thermometer is required for getting the water temp 'just right'. Homemade is also best because you can control what ingredients go into the bread. This recipe has no dairy, no nut,… Continue reading French Bread
Buttermilk Biscuits
These biscuits go with a wide variety of foods, either along the side or right in the main dish. A few tricks with these things are: like all quick breads, don't over beat them; the dough should be tacky in feel; don't twist the cutter till you have gone all the way through the dough;… Continue reading Buttermilk Biscuits
Kay's Little Korner 