3.14.2024

I Melt with You




Back to basics with the humble grilled cheese and a kneaded high gluten bread dough. Often overlooked and deceptively tricky to master, can you name a better duo than bread and melted cheese?

This recipe comes from Sally’s Baking Blog, [simply sandwich bread](https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/sandwich-bread/) with my changes: salted butter and high gluten bread flour. This is a sticky dough but is pretty easy to work with. I doubled the recipe and split the dough after the first rise.





Thanks for visiting and happy cooking!


1.16.2021

Lasagna



While I’ve made variations including zucchini lasagna and veggie lasagna stuffed peppers , this is the lasagna recipe no other can replace. 


I make my own ricotta for the cheese layer. 



Bring one gallon of milk to barely a boil, turn off the heat and stir in 2/3 cup vinegar. Wait 10 minutes before straining in a cheesecloth-lined colander. 






Ingredients





4.01.2020

Alphabet Pie


I baked this alphabet chess pie as part of the 52 Weeks of Cooking challenge on Reddit. 
It was NOT EASY to make but it turned out to be so photogenic that it’s hard to complain. 
The pie filling itself was actually very simple and delicious! Find the recipe here:


And here is the recipe and instructions for the pie crust:
(Note: I used a gluten free flour blend and cut out the letters by hand)


7.20.2019

Pavlova


I couldn't tell you why I thought it was a good idea for my first ever attempt at pavlova to be on a 100 degree day with 85% humidity, but that's what I did and that's why this meringue is showing some cracks.

Inspiration comes from The Great British Baking Show, where I was first introduced to pavlova. I had never eaten one before, but it was so good I promptly made a second one the next day.