Tag Archives: baking

Simple Sunday – Friends & Pie

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Shoes

Yesterday was our first Annual Summer Pie Day.  After breakfast we grabbed some buckets and bowls and walked to our neighborhood blackberry patch, a place the boys have coined Blackberry Alley Instead of saying stop picking in reference to his … Continue reading →

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Summer Pie Day

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Shoes

We have celebrated National Pie Day, which falls on January 23rd, for the past two or three years ever since I learned of it’s existence.  Every year my pie enthusiast friends and I lament that the holiday falls during a … Continue reading →

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Mmmmm, Pie…

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Shoes

“The pie is an English institution which, planted on American soil, forthwith ran rampant and burst forth into an untold variety of genera and species.” ~Harriet Beecher Stowe~ Yesterday, January 23rd, was National Pie Day.  Created by the American Pie … Continue reading →

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My Attempt at Gourmet Baking

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Shoes

I am a nervous cook. I read and reread a recipe ad nauseum.  I set out the required ingredients before I start.  I am more that a bit compulsive.  Seriously people, I was well into my 20s before I stopped … Continue reading →

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Mini Muffins & How I Will Never Feel the Same About Gak.

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Shoes

Several weeks ago I attended a meeting at Cody’s school. In attendance were two kindergarten teachers, the three other room moms, and various parents all there to organize the classroom Halloween party. Cody’s classroom shares one of those accordion type walls … Continue reading →

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And the Winner is…

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Shoes

I entered a give away contest several days ago on Love From The Oven, a blog I regularly drool over, and got notified today that I won.  I will be receiving three bags of whole wheat dark chocolate chip cookies … Continue reading →

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