Mike, I use the burger bun pan often for individual sized tarts and pies. I take them out of the pan, freeze them on cookie sheets, then wrap in plastic wrap and put in zip-locks. A nice stash for my husband! I am going to make the Irish Apple Cake soon; it sounds really good, and I found the recipe on line easily.
Today I made peach muffins, based loosely on a recipe from Mrs M on the obc. Tomorrow I'll use the same recipe to make raspberry muffins for a potluck. I freeze the berries separately so they don't mush and fall apart when folding them into the dough.
I also made chocolate chip cookies. I'm leaving for Maine tomorrow for a week, so I'm done baking and cooking for a while.
We did the same, and I do use a walker when I'm out, but not in the house.
Thanks for the ideas, Mike. I might try making small tarts in the burger bun pan. I also have a tart pan that I recall is about 5 x 10 or 12" that might work. I'd have to do a little math first!
We designed our house for retirement, so it has a fairly small, efficient kitchen. I do have a separate walk-in pantry, and a large "shrunk" (we brought back from Belgium; it's like a huge china cabinet, 3 meters long, and about 2.5 meters tall) so I have plenty of storage space. But with all the baking I do, I'd love to have more counter top footage. I'm sure you'll get a lot of use out of your new space!
We ended up not getting much of a storm at my house. Heavy winds, no trees down, lost power for 5-10 minutes, about .38 inches of rain, not nearly enough to help the drought. However, some sections of town had many trees and power lines down. We were lucky.
We had chicken burgers, broccoli salad, and cukes.
That does look good! I've been looking at peach recipes today. I have peaches to use up before I leave town on Wednesday, but I have only 3 peaches, which isn't quite enough for much of anything. I'm figuring diced and use in scones or muffins, but probably not enough for a tart or cobbler.
I made burger buns early this morning, before it heated up; 95 here.
We had chicken fajitas, with sides of summer squash and cucumbers in place of the more traditional beans, rice and guacamole. However, the margarita was authentic!
I made two loaves of oatmeal-whole wheat bread.
Dinner tonight was chicken kebobs, corn on the cob, steamed summer squash, and cukes.
Joan, it is amazing! Not very healthy, but the flavor is fantastic! Please try it, and let me know what you think. Use any fruit, but blueberry is my favorite.
I have planted Table Queen in the past -- it's a variety of acorn squash. I just halve and bake it, put a little butter in the cavity, and eat it from the shell. I never ruin my squash by adding anything else to it! LOL You eat cooked squash skin?
We had pork kebobs, corn on the cob, and the last of the potato salad and cole slaw.
I've posted the recipe for Berries and Cream Cake in the Recipes forum. BakerAunt, I think you'll need to make quite a few modifications; the fat content is high, but that is what makes it so tasty! Mike, I think a clafoutis is more like a Dutch Baby, as that has quite a few eggs and no butter, but is also a great way to eat berries. Enjoy!
