Isobaking is real and it is a term I foresee being added to the Dictionary next year along with a list of other terms that were invented during the Coronavirus days. I am definitely Isobaking. Are you? I hope you are because I have got a fantastic recipe for a very...
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Best Jam Drop Biscuits
The best Jam Drop Biscuit recipe you will ever need to bake the most perfect crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth, buttery biscuits laden with pools of warm jam! I can vouch for these being the best because I have baked batch after batch of too soft, too chewy, too crumbly,...
Jam Frangipane Drops
What is "Frangipane" you ask? It is a pastry filling made predominantly of the almond meal along with butter, eggs, and flour. The ratio of almond meal is higher creating a creamy, textural paste. It is often used to spread on the base of a tart or galette before...
No-Churn Condensed Milk And Jam Ice Cream
A Basic No Churn Condensed Milk Ice Cream With Jam No-Churn! I love that word. Not because I am lazy. I can churn like a machine, even by hand. But because it means the recipe is more accessible, might get done quickly and I might get away without bringing my ice...
Rhubarb And Vanilla Jam
I once read somewhere that if not prepared properly, rhubarb can be poisonous. So I stayed clear of rhubarb for all of eternity, never giving it the benefit of doubt it deserved - a Google search. When we were returning from mandarin picking last weekend, we stopped...
Apple Chai Spice Jam
Everything in life has a purpose. There is a multi-gazillion dollar industry built on that very fact. A car is for driving and not scuba diving. A hat is to wear and not use as a fish bowl. A frying pan is to fry eggs and not play tennis. But there are...
Rhubarb Jam Butter Cake For High Tea And A Downton Abbey Addiction
I love Downton Abbey. I love the gentle crescendo of the theme song rising and falling in perfect rythm with charming visuals of the romantic age, an era gone but not forgotten. I love the fuss they make downstairs, the chivalry, the poise, the elegance....
Jam Roly Poly Scones
It is picnic weather and even when we can't get to any gorgeous parks that we seem to be surrounded by, we fling out our rattan picnic rug on our lawn and take turns carrying out food and drink for an impromptu Saturday morning alfresco breakfast. These...
Marsala Strawberries
Did you know that if you paint small pebbles to look like strawberries and put them around your strawberry plants in the garden, the birds will stay at bay because they will assume that the ripening berries are actually pebbles? This tiny bit of urban gardening...
Summer Peach And Lemon Jam
Summer in Australia is a stone fruit lover's dream. Markets abound with peaches, plums, apricots and mangoes, sold in trays of luscious golden, sun-kissed goodness. We are big fruit eaters in this house and there is always plenty to eat and blend or bake. When we...