Grandma’s Kitchen Table

                                                             The sixth recipe I made with the Tuesdays with Dorie:  Dorie’s Anytime Cakes group is Corn Toasties and can be found in Dorie Greenspan’s newest cookbook, Dorie’s Anytime Cakes on page 241.           Ingredients:  cornmeal, flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, eggs, buttermilk, butter, olive oil, and honey.        Well, it’s that time of year when televised college football games determine the timing of meals around here. I have long ago given up trying to figure out who is watching what when to figure out a plan for everyone to sit down to eat together so the chili pot comes back into play on weekends as chili is easy, gets even better with reheating, and can be scooped and served by anyone anytime. Where the...

        The fifth recipe I made with the Tuesdays with Dorie:  Dorie’s Anytime Cakes group is Mix-It-Up Citrus Loaf Cake and can be found in Dorie Greenspan’s newest cookbook, Dorie’s Anytime Cakes on page 61.            Ingredients:  flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, sugar, citrus fruits (I used 2 lemons, 2 clementines), eggs, honey, olive oil, and optional citrus glaze.        I love TWD weeks when No Chocolate Is Harmed…and even better when it’s LEMON week, my most favorite flavor of all. This little loaf cake comes together quickly with ingredients I always have hanging around, so when I needed a quick dessert to serve, I knew this would be perfect. And it was…perfect in every way a cake should be, easy, moist, delicious, and not too large. The recipe gave an optional marmalade glaze but I decided to just sprinkle some powdered sugar on it as I'm not that fond of a sticky glaze. D efinitely rep...

          The fourth recipe I made with the Tuesdays with Dorie:  Dorie’s Anytime Cakes group is Bran-Berry Muffins  and can be found in Dorie Greenspan’s newest cookbook, Dorie’s Anytime Cakes on page 213.         Ingredients:  whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, wheat bran, baking powder, sea salt, baking soda, sugar, eggs, honey, milk, yogurt, neutral oil, blueberries, and turbinado sugar.        The recipe comes together quickly with ingredients I always have on hand. I made half a recipe (6 muffins) as that seemed more manageable for just 2 people over a few days. It worked out well for dividing in half, I made it as written, and the muffins baked in the 20 minutes she suggested. The flavor is excellent (we liked the whole wheat forward taste). Quick, easy, delicious: d efinitely repeat-worthy.         If you would like to join in, just make it, bake it, and leave a link to ...

       The 73rd recipe I made with the  Tuesdays with Dorie: Baking with Dorie  group is Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies and can be found in the  Baking with Dorie  cookbook on page 151.         Ingredients: flour, baking soda, butter, sugar, brown sugar, salt, vanilla, eggs, chocolate pieces, and walnuts.        This recipe came together easily with ingredients I normally have on hand in the pantry. I did take the time to get some good chocolate in chunks to chop rather than just tossing in chocolate chips which is what I usually do, so I’m thinking I’m a class above in chocolate now.  The recipe suggested using a scoop with a capacity of 1-1/2 Tablespoons and to bake the cookies 2” apart…these cookies do spread and as you can see, there are three cookies on a regular size dinner plate, they are rather large. Not that Mark was  complaining, he thought the size was just great. I made half a rec...