Category Archives: baking

A Slice of Summer Heaven–Rhubarb Cream Pie

Hot summer evenings. Supper’s over.  The sun’s going down.  Crickets and cicadas are giving a concert.  It’s time for pie.  Pie a la mode.  Except as a kid you don’t care about a la mode…what you want is ice cream … Continue reading

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Old Fashioned Lard Pie Crust

I’ve been fiddling around with making pie crust for quite a while now.  I love pie and it took me years to start getting the hang out of making crust.  I used to buy those boxes of crust mix and … Continue reading

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Everybody Loves Donuts! Cheap Bastid Makes Baked Donuts!

Everybody loves donuts, right?  They’re tender and warm and sweet.  I especially love raised donuts as fresh as I can get them.  And recently I started to wonder if I could make my own. But, I don’t do a lot … Continue reading

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Traditional Irish Soda Bread Recipe

This is a day late, but most assuredly not a dollar short.  Yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day, the one day of the year when everybody is Irish. There’s one thing about St. Patrick’s Day 2012 that kind of rankles me.  … Continue reading

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Homemade Apple Pie

Every once in a while I get a hankering for pie—especially a homemade apple pie.  I can’t stand the notion of a store bought or frozen pie and from time to time I’m willing to go through the effort to … Continue reading

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