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!
Scones — especially for Christmas morning!
I bake only for the holidays. All my family’s favorite cookies!
I don’t bake that much but the Penzey’s cocoa is great for hot chocolate.
I love making my mother’s pumpkin pie and her gingerbread cake.
I love to bake cookies. My Mom taught my brother, sister, and I how to bake when we were little kids. I made some chocolate chip cookies last night and have more dough in the fridge.
My favorite thing to bake is bread. It is so satisfying to get right and warm bread out of the oven is amazing. I also love making Danish and pastries. : )
My new favorite thing in the kitchen is watching my ten year old daughter. She’s become a bit of a pastry chef this year, and I love seeing her confidence and curiosity, even if my waistline is struggling with the almost daily muffins, cakes, and cookies!
Krispy Kreme Doughnut Bread Pudding…there’s only 5 other words which are better to hear: All Your Books Are Free!
I have a horrible oven so I rarely bake, but when I do, I make these little brownie treats with peanut butter centers. My hubs found the recipe on line, then printed it out with a note “we must make these”. They are so yummy.
Steak. Rawr!
Apple sauce…so yummy!
Oh, Please. I just gotta win this one. I adore historical cookbooks and have never seen one from France.
My favorite thing to cook is a recipe taught to me by my Neopolitan grandmother. She spoke no English. I spoke no Italian. But she taught me to me The World’s Best Lasagna.
I am dying of curiosity: what is Baking Spice?
I love to bake. Anything really. I make cookies more than anything else, just because they’re pretty quick, and forgiving. I’d love to make a creme brulee at some point…
Lately, I’ve been on a brownie-making kick. So simple, so delicious.
I’d like to enter the contest but I don’t see the entry form on my phone
I love to bake, pie, bread, muffins, everything, but one of my favorites is my mother’s sour cream coffee cake, it’s made in a bundt pan.
I like making pierogi, especially with fruit like strawberries and blueberries. I have really nice memories of making these with my babcia while she stilled lived with us in the U.S. I just about cried when she went back to Poland.
I really want the apron . . . okay, so I don’t cook. I live alone and I got into the habit of lunch being my main meal, so I graze breakfast and dinner. having said that, I cook once/year for company and I go from not having even an onion in my refrigerator to cooking an entire meal for a dozen or more people (seriously: chicken, rice, salad, 1-2 veg, 3 baked desserts, and 5 appetizer-like courses made from good-luck foods). I should not be allowed into the kitchen unprotected, and yet I find myself intrigued by all the baked goods listed above . . . if only I had someone to share with . . . sorry, I digress . . . anyhow, back to the question: I actually like reading new cookbooks and trying out new recipes – there is always something new and something delicious (sweet or savory) to be discovered.
Gingerbreadcookies = a must for the holiday season!
I love to bake, and particularly if the item contains chocolate. It is hard to decide which is my favorite – triple chocolate mousse cake, fudge bottom pie, death by chocolate… The list is nearly endless! I really love to stay up late and bake when everyone else is asleep. I make many fewer mistakes that way!
Brownies and cookies are my favorite things to bake, especially Christmas cookies
Thanks to Red Headed Girl for all the historical recipes and info this year!
This time of year I am baking All The Cookies (well, I bake them all year, never leave a cookie jar empty, say I! but I make a lot for gifts during the holidays) but really my favorite thing to bake is bread. Homemade bread is such a sensory feast – the feel of the dough, that special, blissful scent of baking, the texture of warm bread with butter. Bonus, it helps me stave off arthritis with the warmth and motion of kneading and the enzymes from the yeast that get absorbed into my hands.
Pies! I’m so into pies right now. They’re lots of work if you do them right but totally worth it.
I love baking yeast cake, my family’s every day version of Cornish Saffron Cake. The smell of sweet yeast raised cake is heavenly.
I love baking sugar cookies. You can do so many amazing things with a pretty simple recipe.
Pretty much the only thing I regularly bake is this apple and pear pie. I am always glad I baked something when I’m eating the pie, but generally I’m way too lazy for it.
Now that serial is back, maybe I’ll start baking while listening to episodes again. I’ll make a really bloody looking raspberry pie.
Brownies
I love baking just about anything with sugar in it, but my favorite is a classic chocolate chip cookie. (Because it’s my favorite dough to eat, of course.)
I will bake anything sweet, but I am partial to pies. And the smaller the pie, the better.
Cookies and fresh hot coffee!
I love making chocolate chip cookies. But most of my baking time is spent on decorated sugar cookies.
Biscotti and shortbread. One batch of each can be divided into several different flavors, so it’s easy variety. Both recipes are simple–though biscotti is time-consuming–but tend to impress people at parties.
Also, cookies from refrigerated cookie dough, though that’s about half-and-half baked to just eaten straight-up.
I love making Millionaire’s Shortbread, but I only make it to take to parties or places, because otherwise I might eat the whole thing.
Italian Sesame Cookies. They are easy to make and everyone loves them. Usually make them around the holidays to share!
I love making bread. Kneading the dough is therapeutic, the smell of fresh bread is wondering, and eating it with butter is the best!
This time of year I’m a bit obsessed with gingerbread. Last year, I made Star Wars gingerbread cutouts, which was fun. This year it’s ninjabread men and a gingerbread bundt cake. So, so good. There will also be other cookies – I bake enough that I’ve created my own recipes for some stamped cookies, and some bundt cakes and stuff. But right now, gingerbread is where it’s at.
Banana bread! Love to make banana bread!
My favourite things to make are cinnamon rolls – so delicious and such a great way to start a holiday morning!
I make a mean stroganoff, but I like to cook in general – big meals for friends are always fun.
Baking cookies today for a party tomorrow. Question will they last the 24 hours before the guests arrive?
I like baking cookies the best. I have a recipe for gingersnaps (with TWO KINDS OF GINGER!) that I plan on making this week as a test for Christmas gifts. I, of course, will valiantly eat those tests.