TBB - Lemon Posset Shortcakes

February 22, 2015 by Monica in Baking, Baking Club, Cookbooks, The Baking Bible, Sweets

Tom and I are celebrating our second wedding anniversary this coming Tuesday. I’m sitting writing those words, and I still cannot believe it’s been already two years since our wedding.

Tradition says that you should give something made out of cotton for your second anniversary, but seriously – whose husband would be excited about new pajamas or a bath robe or bed sheets? I know mine wouldn’t.

TBB - Gingersnaps

January 25, 2015 by Monica in Baking, Baking Club, Cookbooks, Cookies, Cooking Club, Sweets, The Baking Bible

I think all the Alpha bakers gave a little prayer when Marie posted the next baking assignment and flagged it with the “Q&E”(quick and easy) stamp.

After the Golden Panettone, I think we were all looking for some breathing room.

So this week it was a cookie recipe.

TBB - Golden Orange Panettone

January 18, 2015 by Monica in Baking, Baking Club, Bread, Sweets, The Baking Bible

You all know my Italian roots, so it may come as a surprise that as an Italian family, none of us bakers in the family ever made Panettone at home. We all knew that baking this at home was time consuming and even my paternal nonna, who was a very serious baker, would leave it to the pros.