Decided to make banana bread this morning and I wanted to try a few different things. The bananas were ripe but not over-ripe and I wanted to compensate for the flavor loss in that.  I also wanted something really moist.

This came out very moist, very banana-y, very good. The flavor is a little different than regular banana bread -but in a good way.  I baked it in a ring mold pan because I wanted it to look a little different than normal.
I did add chocolate chips to this because Erin is here and that is her favorite..but I much prefer …read more

Cinnamon rolls are the ultimate breakfast treat for me. The way they smell when they are baking, the wayt he icing melts onto the warm, fragrant roll, the combination of sweet/tender/warm/spicy/ gooey when you bite into it…gets me every time. I made them for breakfast this morning…not that big of a deal because in the heat we are having they rise really fast!!

There is no real trick to making them. You want the dough to be softer, and I don’t punch it down after the first rising. I just roll it out gently..it seems to make for …read more

 Our weekend is a little different than most. Since Marc works retail he works on Saturday and then has Sunday and Monday off. Sunday is really not a day off because there is church a good portion of the day.  Monday is our more leisurely day, although I don’t know if leisurely is a word that can be applied to ANY day around here.

  This morning I decided to treat everyone to doughnuts. I used my normal recipe with some adjustments and these were really good. The kids said they tasted like that candy, Circus Peanuts, but I …read more

I have been offline for two days (it seems like a month). Friday I had some shopping to do, then came home and glazed the faux finish in my newly painted bathroom…This morning I got settled in the desk chair to check out some of my favorite blogs and the computer refused to come on…at all. Obviously a job for Superman, altho he is most often known as Daddy, Marc or hey you around here.
Anyway it is all fixed thanks to his expertise in keeping my ancient computer on the go.
This morning while I was waiting for the computer fixer …read more