Our last week baking out of Gina’s Dolce Italiano is a transition to our next project — Sunday Slow Scoopers. SSB was the kick in the pants I needed to get over my bias against baking. Prior to this fun … Continue reading →
Gina DePalma has come through with yet another heavenly dolce. The SlowTrav Sunday Slow Baker are at week 9 of our baking odessy through Dolce Italiano. This week was Marta’s turn and she selected the Buttersweet Chocolate and Hazelnut Cookies. … Continue reading →
This week Jan chose Zucchini Olive Oil Cake with Lemon Crunch Glaze, which can be found on page 94 of Gina DePalma’s fabulous book: Dolce Italiano. After seeing our results from these first seven weeks of baking, I don’t know … Continue reading →
I was a little worried that I would mess this up by using mini-tart pans. And the only thing I would do differently next time is to roll the dough thinner. Otherwise they turned out great. They are very rich. … Continue reading →
Our grandsons are spending the weekend with us. Their parents will be here tomorrow for Mother’s Day BBQ. So, I needed to do my Sunday Slow Baking project today. My oldest grandson, Sage, has always loved to help in the … Continue reading →
This week Palma selected pan di spagna con grappa. Page 80 in Gina’s Dolce Italiano. It looked delicious. But, I don’t like grappa. Oh, yeah, and I don’t own mini-bundt cake pans. So, here is my less than perfect rendition. … Continue reading →
This was an easy and fun recipe. Since I prefer it to Parmigiano, I used the Grana Padano. I was able to get 12 bread sticks out of each of the four balls of divided dough. So, I baked three … Continue reading →
Since I messed up Gina’s fabulous recipe by baking a double batch in a single batch pan, I decided to go ahead and roll with it. Here is how I’m using the “brownies”. The brownie is only about 1 inch … Continue reading →
We’ve got a new challenge going on the Food Forum at http://slowtalk.com/groupee/forums. Sunday Slow Bakers. Each week, we take turns choosing a recipe all of us will bake. Then we either post our results on the Food Forum thread, or … Continue reading →
Yesterday, the weather report began calling for sleet throughout the night and snow accumulating at 6 – 10 inches today. It is winter’s last big show of the year in St. Louis. Since all of my schools were bound to … Continue reading →