The whisk is our magic wand, the kitchen aid our enchanted cauldron, our cinnamon sugar shaker a veritable vile of pixie dust - we bakers have greater charms about us than we often realize.
Read moreButtermilk Apple Cake with Cider Glaze
I will willingly pass up digging my way through thorny blackberry bushes, perspiring as I squat-crawl through the strawberry patches, and forsake the wasp-ridden rows of peach trees, but nothing - nothing can coerce me out of apple-picking.
Read moreMini Cherry Almond Crumb Scones
Here we find ourselves basking in the blazes of July, devouring popsicles faster than we can freeze them, and, in my case, toting sunscreen around wherever I go. On these days, scones are likely the last thing on our minds, even if they do vaguely resemble circus animal cookies.
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