On the sixth night of Hanukkah, Smart Bitches gave to me…. cookbooks, gift cards, and spices from Penzey’s!
Hey, that almost rhymes. Nice!
Today we’re celebrating RedHeadedGirl and her love of historical cookery, and also of things that smell good when you bake them!
There’s been a lot of historical cooking this year, and we want to help you make some delicious treats, too!
Here’s the prize pack – ready? Hold on to your aprons!
Included in this giveaway are:
A Penzey’s 4-jar Baker’s Gift Pack, including China Cinnamon, Natural High Fat Cocoa, Baking Spice, Double Strength Madagascar Pure Vanilla Extract.
A copy of The Medieval Kitchen: Recipes from France and Italy:
A Smart Bitches apron, so you don’t get your clothes dirty when cooking all the things!
Plus – a $25 gift card to the bookstore of your choice! You need more cookbooks, right? Of course you do!
So, ready to enter? Leave a comment below and tell us: what’s your favorite thing to make? Do you love baking cookies? Pie? Brownies? Saffron buns? Gingerbread? Anything so long as it’s delicious?
Standard disclaimers apply: I’m not being compensated for this giveaway. Void where prohibited. Must be 18 years of age and ready to tote and read. Open to international residents where permitted by applicable law. No dolphins, kangaroos, small fur-bearing animals or trees were harmed in the production of this giveaway. Only organically-grown alphabetical letters were used. Stiff penalties for early withdrawal. Comments will close on or close to 8:00am EST Saturday 12 December and winners will be announced soon after.
Cheers, happy cooking, and Happy Hanukkah!
ETA: We have a winner! Congratulations to Lisa J! I hope you bake up something terrific. Thank you to everyone who entered and celebrated with us!
One of the things I enjoy eating, but not making as much, is carrot cake. I just can’t get the carrots right. I’ve tried shredding them with a grater, I’ve tried chopping them in the food processor, but to get the consistency just right, I find I have to chop them by hand. Finely chopped. It’s sooo much work — there’s got to be an easier way! But I have to say all is forgotten when I taste the results.
I love to make molasses cookies. Kids like them soft and chewy, husband likes them crunchy and harder. So I have to make multiple batches to give folks the texture they like best.
I love baking (and cooking, and canning). I bake bread most often, a couple times a week. Looking very forward to making marzipan and sculpting a malevolent squirrel for the bûche, a delightful family holiday tradition.
My go to savory meal is moroccunisian chicken (Moroccan spices, Tunisian technique, inspired by the good old days when my brother had an enormous lemon tree in his yard).
My most successful canning this year was either the first batch of rhubarb jam or the bourbon cherries.
I am famous for being responsible for baking the 10-lb. cheesecake in my family. We’re talking 5 bricks of cream–this is not for the faint of heart…or those prone to heart attacks.
I love to bake. At Christmas time, I make marshmallows instead of cookies. They are so much better than store bought.
I know I am in the minority, but I love Collin’s fruitcake. I want to see if I can recreate the recipe at home.
Black bean brownies (puree a can of black beans and mix it into brownie mix, stick it in the oven, the end)–super easy and with all that protein I sometimes pretend it’s a legit dinner.
I love baking, so right now, Rum cake and Brookies are the faves.
I am more of a cook than a baker. Today I made meatballs.
Penzy’s Baking Spice — so mysterious! IT SOUNDS MAGIC.
I like banana bread because it’s so freaking easy (one bowl) and uses up all the unattractive bananas. (I freeze them once the kids turn up their noses, then microwave ’em when i have 3-4 and dump in bowl with everything else.) Was just introduced to vanilla paste (instead of extract or bean — it’s the ease of the former with the seedy depth of flavor of the latter!) and it has changed my baking life.
If I were a GOOD MOTHER (instead of a good-enough mother) I’d make gingerbread with the kids right now. i have a recipe where it suddenly BALLOONS on the stove and the kids go nuts. But ugh, work.
All kinds of cookies, cranberry scones, chocolate stout cupcakes, banana bread, apricot cheesecake, ice cream (bourbon is nice this time of year)…
Could this giveaway be any better?
I love cooking and I bake for a living….it’s hard to choose a favorite….but they include bolognese and one-pot brownies.
Anything easy 🙂
Steak, mashed potatoes. Followed up with a hot pan of chocolate brownies. Can’t forget the red wine. Great now I’m hungry. Lol
Chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter cup filling and peanut butter frosting!
To Violet Bick re: carrot cake and grating the carrots –
I have a wonderful recipe for carrot cake that uses jars of baby food carrots – very moist and so very easy. You might try that to help with the preparation.
Emergency chocolate cake cupcakes. They are delicious, simple and involve making a pot of coffee.
Chocolate chip cookies and shortbread cookies with caramel, chocolate and pecans.
Cookies, for the win 🙂
Most of my favorites are comfort foods: beef stew, salisbury steak, swiss steak, and beef and mushrooms for a start. My baking includes cakes and cookies. Delicious pie fillings but only ever with Pillsbury crust as I can’t make pie crust to save my life.
Put me on the anything as long as it’s delicious list. I cannot make a edible pie crust from scratch though so the Pilsbury Doughboy is my best friend when I’m baking any pie.
Happy Hanukkah!!
The kitchen is calling me — sausage balls and gingerbread await.
My grandmother’s Nussecken (triangular nut bars(?)) are the tastiest treat on earth and this year she finally shared her recipe with me. So this Christmas my family is going to drown in nutty yummy goodness.
I like to make cookies of any variety and shortbread squares.
I enjoy making cookies, brownies & cheesecake.
Cinnamon rolls!
I love baking anything with chocolate and peanut butter – peanut butter blondies, 4-ingredient chocolate chip cookies (pareve and gluten free :)), etc.
I’m going to go with a classic: chocolate chip cookies. yum.
I love to bake bread, but the guys at work always ask me for cookies. Next week they’re getting gingerbread, peppermint cookies, and some form of chocolate chip.
Me and my dad’s favorite–apple pie! 😀
My grandmother’s lemon bars!
Oh, this is a neat gift set. I bake a lot and would love those ingredients. The apron, in particular, would be amazing.
Ugh, and I hit enter (working from tablet) instead of the return. I bake muffins. Lots and lots of muffins!
Every Christmas I make brown sugar rollout cookies, which my kids and I decorate with different coloured frostings and assorted sprinkles, silver balls etc.
Cookies, cookies, cookies. More cookies
Looks so fun!
Fudge cake!
I like a no fuss brownie or chocolate chip cookie.
My favorite food to cook is anything Italian cause I loves me some cheese and garlic and pasta!! Although, really, I just like trying new recipes and I’ve been getting into the Christmas baking thing lately and I want to try some cookies and other sweets. 🙂 This looks like a fun prize!! Thanks for the opportunity to enter! 🙂
I make peanut butter cookies for my family for Christmas. I learned how to make them in Mrs. Jackson’s fifth grade class in Kalamazoo, Michigan. My family loves them!
I like baking brownies best of all. Yum.