Snickerdoodles December 21, 2008

I asked a favor of some actor-friends today. After their matinee of Peter Pan this afternoon, they came and did a talk-back with some Girl Scouts. I asked DV? what his favorite baked goods, and he said, without pause, SNICKERDOODLES.

I happily baked some for him (and my boyfriend) today. Light and buttery with a crisp outside and a soft center. The trick to perfect ‘doodles is figuring out the exact baking time… depending on the size of cookies they could take six to ten minutes.

I’ll post the recipe a little later once I find where I stuck it!

I hope you also noticed that pictures are back! PLUS I also used my awesome non-stick silicone baking sheet (my Chanukkah present from my older brother – along with a pastry blender, and oval cookie cutters).

Lemon Bars December 14, 2008

My older brother told me at Thanksgiving that he really really really (really) was craving some lemon bars. Since his birthday was this past Tuesday I agreed to make some for him – but I didn’t get around to it until today.

They’re in the oven at the moment, but they smell pretty good. I love things that are tart, so these are one of my favorite treats. This recipe is from the Better Homes and Garden’s cookbook.

Vegan Lasagne?! YES!!! December 7, 2008

Last night I had some co-workers over for a holiday dinner party. I made the focaccia, artichoke dip, ham, latkes, meatless lasagne AND vegan lasagne, apple pie (also vegan) and cheesecake.

As you can tell by the list of foods, I had a vegetarian and a vegan in the crowd.

I decided that there HAD to be an easy way to make a vegan lasagne, so I did my internet research. Turns out it actually is pretty easy, provided you have the right ingredients. The vegan was impressed and ate the whole (small) lasagne. She kept going back for more. While I was making it, I sent a text to my friend Greg to tell him and Christina (they’re vegan).  I was asked to let them know how it turned out and to pass on the recipe.

I made about 1/3 of a normal size lasagne, but I’m including the list for a full-size.

Enjoy!