The Pie's The Thing... (with apologies to W. Shakespear) - 3

If there's one thing I've learned over the years, it's that you have to bake while the oven is hot. Yes, I went there! Corny twists of phrases aside, I thought it would be best if I didn't wait too long for the next egg custard pie attempt because I wanted to serve it for dessert at Christmas dinner with Michele's family. So, as soon as the pie plate was drying in the rack, I assembled ingredients for version 2.0. Monique (a.k.a. Mony, a.k.a....

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Cookie Interlude (What? Again?!?)

Yes, again with the ginger lemon creams! Remember, I said I wanted these to be my snack cookies, so I'll be baking them fairly often. That is not the reason for this post. The reason for this post is to mention the fact that I'm baking a new batch to take home to San Antonio with me next week. My oldest niece is graduating high school (boy she and her mother are getting old) and I wanted to have something to share at the celebratory bar-b-cue. What would be better than the ginger lemon creams? To be honest, though, I'm tempted to try to bake something...

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The Pie's The Thing... (with apologies to W. Shakespear) - 2

Due to circumstances beyond our control, this installment  has been unavoidably delayed. We now return you to the scheduled pie-filled melodrama already in progress .  Cooking for family is always different for me than cooking for friends. Since I don't get to visit with my father or siblings very often, I rarely have the chance to show them that I've evolved from that kid who made pretty decent french fries (they're amazing now)...

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Have Cookies, Will Travel!

Last month, Michele and I took short trip (darn you, nine-to-five job!) to Barbados to celebrate our one-year anniversary. I wanted something tasty to snack on for the flight, so I loaded up a bag of ginger lemon creams. It turns out that I'd actually bagged enough for the flight down, the entire stay and the flight back! What can I say? I love traveling with snacks! Just A Guy Who Bakes goes to Barbados! And brings some friends...

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