Whole Wheat Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

I made 2 batches of these cookies.  One with butter, and the other with vegetable oil. I found this recipe on The Whole Grain Gourmet.  I didn’t change much in the recipe.  I didn’t have any molasses, so I mixed 3/4 cup dark brown sugar with 1/4 cup water.  I used a tablespoon of this [...]

Healthy Baking

I love to bake.  I love real butter, real sugar, real chocolate, real cream…you get the point.  My sister is big on healthy cooking and baking.  I admire her!  She substitutes applesauce or mashed banana for the fat in recipes, uses whole grains, and sometimes will use egg whites or egg substitute in place of [...]

White German Chocolate Cake

This recipe is from allrecipes.com.  It reminds me a lot of Italian Cream Cake, probably due to the cream cheese frosting I decided to frost the cake with.  The coconut and pecans also make it a close relative to my all time favorite Italian Cream Cake.  By the way, I have an undying love [...]

My Favorite Banana Bread: Part 1

 I have a few favorite banana bread recipes, and they are all very different.  This one has a few frills – coconut and toatsed pecans.  This recipe is the medium frills recipe.  One of the others has zero frills, and the third favorite is chock full of goodies.  You have to prepare yourself for that [...]