11 posts categorized "Teacher Gift"

Chocolate Bark Three Ways: December 12, 2011
Categories: Chocolate, Dessert, Teacher Gift
Normally at this time of year we are baking furiously, making cookies to package up and give away. Along with a bottle of Black Ankle wine, these are our favorite gifts to take along to a party or to give...

Molasses Cookies: January 26, 2011
Categories: Cookie, Dessert, Season: Anytime, Snack, Teacher Gift
Much gratitude for all of your kind words in response to my last post. There are such good reminders in those comments about how important it is to be honest with our children and about how resilient those little ones...

Mexican Chocolate Tea Cakes: December 8, 2010
Categories: Chocolate, Cookie, Season: Anytime, Teacher Gift
Mexican tea cakes -- sometimes known as Russian tea cakes -- are among my favorite cookies. Loaded with pecans and filled with light powdered sugar, they are a bite of delight. Really, there's not much that could be done to...

Chocolate-Hazelnut Macarons: September 24, 2010
Categories: Chocolate, Dessert, Season: Anytime, Teacher Gift
As promised, here is a macaron recipe for you chocolate lovers. Chocolate is a challenge for me because I adore it, but I have become very susceptible to the effects of caffeine. I'm not sure if the cause is all...

Blackberry-Ginger Jam and a Respite: August 3, 2010
Categories: Breakfast, Condiment, Farmers' Market Find, Ginger, Season: Summer, Teacher Gift
Along with that flat of raspberries, we picked a second flat and a couple of smaller flats of blackberries. We went on one of those hundred-plus degree days that we have had so many of in Washington this summer. With...

Handmade Gifts: Hand Warmers: January 15, 2010
Categories: Out of the Kitchen, Teacher Gift
One of my goals with my children has been to give them a gift for Christmas each year that I have made. This would probably be easy if I were a knitter, a sewer, or super crafty. But I'm not....

Stained Glass Cookies: December 14, 2009
Categories: Cookie, Party Food, Season: Winter, Teacher Gift
If I were ever to create a book of family traditions (hmmm. . . there's an idea!), it would definitely include this recipe. We all have our favorites, but this one has universal appeal in our house. I'm sure that...

Fig and Port Jam: September 3, 2009
Categories: Condiment, Farmers' Market Find, Fig, Season: Summer, Teacher Gift
Fresh figs are a rare treat for me. I love their gentle, subtle sweetness. Biting into one is a delight, with its soft texture on the outside, and burst of tiny crunchy seeds on the inside. I remember being with...

Roasted Heirloom Tomato Sauce: August 26, 2009
Categories: Basics, Easy to Freeze, Farmers' Market Find, Garden Variety, Season: Summer, Teacher Gift, Tomato
We have struck it rich in the tomato department. All of those heirloom tomato plants that we planted in the garden at Black Ankle are producing like mad. Mary has been bringing us a large basket every week filled with...

Strawberry Preserves, Lemon Optional: June 24, 2009
Categories: Basics, Condiment, Farmers' Market Find, Season: Spring, Strawberry, Teacher Gift
One of our favorite outings is going fruit or vegetable picking. For those of you that are local, our favorite place is Larriland Farms, a pick-your-own farm in Woodbine, Maryland. We went last week and loaded up with strawberries. As...

Oscar's Brownies: May 11, 2009
Categories: Basics, Chocolate, Dessert, Easy to Freeze, Party Food, Season: Anytime, Teacher Gift
This post is kind of cheating because this isn't my recipe. I haven't modified it one iota. There was no reason to because these brownies are perfect as is. So I'm just going to provide you the link to the...