Canadian Fried Dough

A unique doughnut made with whole-wheat flour and covered in cinnamon sugar from our great neighbors to the North. A few weeks ago, I wrote about making Ricotta Doughnuts and getting over fears of deep frying.  What I may not have mentioned then is that I really like doughnuts.  And fried dough in general.  Zeppoles,…

Bake on Saturday: Rhubarb-Plum Galette

Fresh summer fruits star in a free-form pie! Sometimes cooking projects don't come out exactly as we want them to. This galette was one of those times.  But after adding extra flour to the crust, and draining some of the excess rhubarb juice, all was well.  And delicious. Now, Reader, Julia Child says never apologize…

Dinner with Friends + Naan Pizza

A new spin on pizza: fresh homemade garlic naan topped with veggies and cheese! During 2011-2012, I studied abroad in Berlin, Germany.  All in all, it was pretty great, though the program had some shortfalls.  Sorry, FU-BEST, but there is really no integration with Germans in your program.  So I didn't make any German friends,…

Refrigerator Pickles

Fresh crispy, crunchy garlic and chili pickles made in the refrigerator, no canning required! Bake on Saturday is on hiatus this week and instead I bring you an easy no-bake snack.  I should clarify: these are easy to put together, waiting for them to become delicious in the fridge is difficult!  They just sit on…

No-Churn Oreo Cheesecake Ice Cream

Creamy and tangy ice cream full of Oreo cookie pieces and mini chocolate chips, made without an ice cream machine. Reader, I don't know where it is you live, but the city in which I am currently residing is notorious for its humid, hot, and gross summers.  Yay. So sometimes, you just need something that…

Bake on Saturday: Vanilla Peach Cupcakes (for Four)

A mini-batch of cupcakes filled with sweet peaches and scented with vanilla. I live an apartment with three other young women (I was about to say girls, but the feminist parts of my brain are trying to get myself to stop using that term to describe fully grown adult females), which is great.  Except we…