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I riffed on my favorite durum wheat loaf by subbing in 10% whole wheat flour, adding sun-dried tomatoes, olives, rosemary, and thyme, and baking in a loaf pan as opposed to a freeform torpedo. The results do not suck. #baking

The cake Hubs wanted for today: "Ouzo Cake" his Mom's recipe. We have not had this in years. It includes retro ingredients like Cool Whip®️ and maraschino cherries. But it's a taste from his childhood. I am not sure about this second sponge attempt either. It's so very light and the bottom layer seems to be under stress from the filling and the top layer. However, a bit of the cake fell off, and it tastes good. #Baking #Dessert

Next pie in the queue is sweet potato. This was the first pie I ever ate. There was always on in my granny’s home. And it was one my mom usually baked. Denser than a pumpkin pie, arguably less defined by the spices used.

This is the recipe I bake for family, based on the family recipe, but tweaked to eliminate a few regular problems sweet potato pie can suffer from, mainly stringiness and an unbaked bottom crust.

#pie #baking #bakestodon #piestodon

yearofpie.com/pies/2018/11/01/

Year of Pie · Sweet PotatoYou always make two

I'm spending wayyyy to much time making my own startpage for my browser.

I also now have two dashboard/landing pages - one on #notion for my to-dos/goals/progress (effectively personal data I want to track and a million checkboxes) and one for links (this startpage, in progress).

I like setting myself up to make good clicking choices, especially when I'm bored and refreshing my browser. I'd rather play geography quizzes or browse an #indieweb links page or my #arena or find a #baking recipe.

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Done and already half of the tin gone 😁
My mom didn't feel like having lasagne but when she heard I made a cherry strudel she couldn't resist 😂
For the record this recipe with yogurt is absolutely delicious 😋

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After making vanilla cream slices (kremšnite), and a blueberry cake with cottage cheese cream on Friday cherry strudel came next.

I have sent my eldest to the store on Friday to get puff pastry for vanilla cream slices but he got pastry for strudel 😁
I had some cherries on the side and decided to put the two together. It will be a perfect addition to an afternoon coffee
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