Oatmeal Molasses Bread (recipe) Last year, for Mother's Day, my daughter made me a flower bookmark. On the back, she wrote, Dear Mom, Thank you for making bread. Love, Elly. I don't need flowery poetry or a string of xoxo's. This bookmark was perfect. I have similar happy memories of my mom baking bread. Even now, the smell takes me back to my mom's kitchen, where everything was good and warm and right. I want to create those same memories for my kids. Maybe when they are adults, it will remind them to call their mother. I have often been surprised how certain scents can instantly transport me back to specific points in time. For me, most of Keep Reading
Best Banana Bread (low sugar recipe)
Best Banana Bread (low sugar) Spring brings out the crazy in me. One sunny day is all it takes, and I'm running around in flip flops throwing open windows, hanging laundry on the clothesline, flipping burgers on the grill, and dragging lawn furniture out of hibernation. Then the following day, the temperature drops 20°, accompanied by torrential downpours. With some hail and thunder thrown in for good measure. And I never see it coming. Suddenly I find myself in the kitchen, stirring a pot of soup and pulling on a pair of wool socks. It's like those weird dreams where you switch location without warning. Where am I? What just Keep Reading