We finally finished another little home improvement project – our staircase. When we first moved in, it looked like this: 1970s shag carpet, which was also all over the downstairs floor. We got rid of it downstairs almost immediately, but for some reason we didn’t get it off the stairs until now. Very fortunately, the… Continue reading House Update!
As it turns out, September was a two-pie month. This month’s 2nd pie was Canadian Maple Syrup pie. We recently got quite a bit of very tasty local maple syrup, and I was clicking around the internet looking for recipes to use it in. There are quite a few recipes for Canadian Maple Syrup pie… Continue reading Baking Experiment: Canadian Maple Syrup Pie
I’ve wanted to try making hand pies (aka mini pies) for a while now, so decided to make them this month’s pie experiment. I’ve also been playing around with a caramel apple pie recipe for years, and thought it might make a good filling for my hand pies. I didn’t use one specific recipe, but… Continue reading Baking Experiment: Caramel Apple Hand Pies
This month I am doing two cakes, because August just sort of away from me. So this month – two cakes and a pie. Today’s experiment was chiffon cake. This type of cake kind of builds on the last cake experiment, which was angel food. For angel food, you separate your eggs and use only… Continue reading Baking Experiment: Chiffon Cake
One of the many cool things about Wisconsin is that is has a big long trail (1,000 miles!) that generally follow the outline of the last glaciers in Wisconsin. It does diverge in sections to include some other interesting geological features, but the main idea of it is to give hikers a chance to follow… Continue reading Ice Age Trail
Even though the garden feels like it is starting to wind down, it is still burying us in cucumbers and tomatoes. This is just from today. These things are as big as my forearm. Fortunately, we like tomatoes and cukes, though we have started pushing them on neighbors and on my brother and SIL. We… Continue reading Agriculture Report
Yesterday I gave myself a redo on two baking experiments from last month that were not successful. First, the tart. Last month I made a plum tart that did not turn out great. It was too wet, and the filling was an uneven mix. This month I was not able to find any fresh plums… Continue reading Baking Experiments: Tomato Pie and Peach Tarte Tatin
On Thursday, DH and I took off work and went to the Wisconsin State Fair! It was much bigger than the AK State Fair, and had a lot going on. We did not ride any of the rides, but walked around the whole fair, ate delicious but terrible food, and generally had fun. The fair… Continue reading Adventures in Dairyland: Wisconsin State Fair!
July’s cake experiment is Angel Food. It took me a little while to get going on this because I needed to order the special pan, then I needed to get enough eggs (because it takes more eggs than I would have thought), then I needed to pick a day when I wasn’t too tired. And… Continue reading Baking Experiment: Angel Food Cake
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