A few years ago, I was at my sister's house for  Christmas. We were  making dinner on Christmas Eve, and she handed me a recipe and said "You know how to make polenta, don't you?" I said I knew you had to work very quickly with it or it's useless. She said "Good, make this." It came out perfectly, which is such a rare thing, it's become one of my ( Read more... )

Brownies are God's baked goods. Forget the fussy stuff, and even the not-so-fussy stuff like sugar palmieres, which only look fussy. Brownies are proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

I've been baking brownies for years. Making them from scratch is almost as easy as using a mix, so you might as well go for the real thing. The recipe I ( Read more... )