GBBO Bake – Millionaire Jaffa Shortbread

January 24, 2018April 21, 2020 ~ mindyqs ~ Leave a comment

I am obsessed with the Great British Bake Off. Like, so obsessed I've probably watched each episode of EACH season about 12 times. And as a baker myself, I find what they create so inspiring. A while ago my friend Barbara and her son made the Millionaire Jaffa Shortbread desserts that Sophie made on season … Continue reading GBBO Bake – Millionaire Jaffa Shortbread

Strawberry Muffins

April 25, 2016April 25, 2016 ~ mindyqs ~ 1 Comment

My boys love strawberries. Nothing delights them more than when strawberry season is in full swing and we can go berry picking. For several days now the youngest has been asking for strawberry muffins. He's gotten tired of the usual blueberry, my slam bang cinnamon muffins "aren't spring muffins, Mommy," and the chocolate chip variety … Continue reading Strawberry Muffins

Mrs. Winters’s Snickerdoodle Cookies

April 18, 2016April 18, 2016 ~ mindyqs ~ 3 Comments

Snickerdoodles. The cookie with the name that is just as fun to say as it is to eat. It's a cookie of every Iowan's childhood. Today it is supposed to be spring. Yet, it is 50 degrees outside and rainy and crap-tastic. There is only one remedy and it is the snickerdoodle. When you bake … Continue reading Mrs. Winters’s Snickerdoodle Cookies

Sweet Bretzels: The cookie that almost beat me

May 24, 2015May 24, 2015 ~ mindyqs ~ 2 Comments

By now all of you know how much I love to bake. It's calming and therapeutic for me to cream together butter and sugar with eggs and then mix in flour to form any number of cookies or cakes. I get it from my mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. My DNA isn't pairs of ATGC like … Continue reading Sweet Bretzels: The cookie that almost beat me