Cumin Cornbread

¾ cup all-purpose flour1 cup yellow cornmeal2 teaspoons cumin seed1 tablespoon sugar1 ½ teaspoons baking powder½ teaspoon salt1 cup milk1 large egg, beaten1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted and cooled to room temperature Preheat oven to 425°. Mix dry ingredients in bowl; add milk, egg, butter, and stir until just combined. Put in a greased 8-inch… Continue reading Cumin Cornbread

Oatmeal Pancakes (Laurel’s Kitchen)

1 1/8 cups milk1 cup rolled oats2 tablespoons oil2 eggs, beaten½ cup whole-wheat flour1 tablespoon brown sugar1 teaspoon baking powder¼ teaspoon salt Combine milk and rolled oats in a bowl and let them stand at least 5 min. Add the oil and beaten eggs, mixing well. Then stir in the flour, sugar, salt, and baking… Continue reading Oatmeal Pancakes (Laurel’s Kitchen)

CORN BREAD (The Vegetarian Epicure)

This is a pretty standard recipe for cornbread, but it’s our family favorite. The book it comes from, “The Vegetarian Epicure” by Anna Thomas, is worth checking out.  1 ¼ c. unbleached white flour¾ c. whole-grain corn meal4 tbsp. sugar5 tsp. baking powder¾ tsp. salt1 egg1 c. milk2 tbsp. melted unsalted butter Butter a nine-inch… Continue reading CORN BREAD (The Vegetarian Epicure)

Our Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies (which we got from a certain TV show)

I was going to send everyone to the website belonging to that certain TV show, as a gesture of goodwill and indebtedness to them for the method detailed below, but you have to join their website and give them your credit card number (so they can claim their payment in case you forgot to cancel… Continue reading Our Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies (which we got from a certain TV show)