What do you do when it's cold outside?
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You bake!
Italian Semolina Cake. It'll cool faster in the three season room.
https://bakerrecipes.com/italian-semolina-cake-recipe/
First time for this recipe.
When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier
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Looks great!
I took one look outside, went downstairs, cranked up the heat and stayed there all day.
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@Steve-Miller It was pretty good, but don't know that it will go into regular rotation. Mr wtg liked the Swedish almond cake better.
I took one look outside, went downstairs, cranked up the heat and stayed there all day.
Good move! One thing I've come to appreciate about winter is to view it as a time to recharge my energy. Live with and by the seasons...
I'll be making these either tomorrow or Wednesday...cold snap continues here for most of the week....
https://bakerrecipes.com/brown-butter-sourdough-chocolate-chip-cookies/
@Jodi might be interested in these as she's a sourdough baker...I wonder how Fred is doing these days....
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It looks terrific and yummy! Recipe looks most doable, will add it to my list to try. Definitely the weather to be using the oven. We're in the single digits over night most of the week, teens during the day. My woodstove is in the living room and it keeps things pretty comfortable, but when it's really cold, the other side of the house cools off quicker. One thing that helps a lot is that I need to distill my well water for the house plants. Otherwise, it turns the leaves yellow. So using my stovetop distiller on really cold days is a great boon, not only for the warmth it creates but for the moisture it puts in the air.
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I made these ginger cookies last week, and it turned into quite a story... Well! Very yummy, but when I went to share the recipe that evening, I realized I had misread the recipe and only used 1/4 cup of butter instead of 3/4 (I thought it seemed quite a low amount! LOL) and 1/4 tsp cloves instead of 3/4. I also misread the oven temp and set it to 350 F instead of 375 F! Lesson learned... grab the reading glasses next time! But they are very good--surprisingly--really good. But the additional butter and cloves will make them even better next time, I'm sure.
3/4 c butter
1 c dark brown sugar, firmly packed
1 egg
1/4 c dark molasses
2.5 c flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp ginger
3/4 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp salt
Sugar(I used superfine sugar)
Cream butter & sugar, beat in egg and molasses. Mix flour, baking soda, spices, and salt together. Add to butter/sugar. Chill 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 375 F. Roll dough into 1.5 inch balls. Dip tops in sugar. Place balls, sugar side up, 3" apart on lined or greased cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, until set but not hard. Firmly press top of each cookie as soon as it comes out of the oven. Cool on wire racks.
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Sharon and I both want to cook when it gets cold like this but it’s been cold for weeks now. We really must slow down.
The freezer is so full of soup I’m going to have to tape the door shut. I worry about what will happen if the power goes out but I figure I’ll just put it outside.
