My Terrible Kitchen Challenge: Utah Jell-O Cookies
Much to my surprise, these were not as terrible as my kitchen.
Continue ReadingMuch to my surprise, these were not as terrible as my kitchen.
Continue ReadingLove to bake? Bake. No matter how terrible your kitchen is.
Continue ReadingFruitcake! Have you even tried it? Take a few minutes to peruse the lore and lure of the fruitcake–with music!
Continue ReadingApples from Kazakhstan, wheat from Iraq, and lard from Spain. Is there anything from America in an American Apple Pie? History and food nerds need to share this at your Thanksgiving feast.
Continue ReadingCooking is a great hobby for young makers and crafters, as it gives them skills they’ll need anyway, and it may seed a real passion for the art.
Continue ReadingPerfect Bake brings the Internet of Things to the Kitchen with a connected smart scale that wants to help your cookies come out perfectly, every time. Do they deliver?
Continue ReadingYou ready for Shiri to lay the science down about Magic Shell?
Continue ReadingThe thirteen year old boy who lives in my head is telling me to tell you that that bread’s delicious fluffiness is, essentially fungus urine and farts.
Continue ReadingWith only a week until Christmas, here I am with one last great baking recipe hack that’ll get you an amazing treat to serve your guests without too much work.
Continue ReadingIf you thought Alton Brown’s holiday fruitcake was good, how about making a pie out of the best parts (fruit & booze)?
Continue ReadingI love cooking and baking, but I seem to only find the time and wherewithal to get to it around the holidays. That’s okay; everyone knows holiday calories don’t count.
Continue ReadingBaking is geeky! Here’s a very geeky way our son baked his way through his 4th grade history project.
Continue ReadingTis the season to be baking cookies. Gingerbread cookies. This recipe will help your favorite cookie cutters become cookies that still look like the cutter design.
Continue ReadingIt’s pretty easy to come up with a funny concept for a novelty recipe book, especially when a show as iconic as Breaking Bad is your inspiration, but do the recipes actually work? I’ve spent the last week finding out.
Continue ReadingTired of the pumpkin spice craze? Get out of that funk with these gingerbread-flavored delights.
Continue ReadingWhat is a crupcake? It’s part cupcake, part croissant. I know, right?! How can these two things not go well together and why didn’t someone think of doing this sooner?
Continue ReadingSeen the Instagram of cookie shots showing up at SXSW today? Here’s how to make them if you’re not in Austin, as well as some thoughts on not being a Pinterest-perfect mom.
Continue ReadingTara Theoharis, the self-proclaimed Geeky Hostess, is looking to fund her Geeky Sprinkles on Kickstarter.
Continue ReadingWho wants the same old gingerbread house? Not GeekMom Sophie.
Continue ReadingOur friend over at ournerdhome.com show you how to geek up your holidays and make a “Gingerbread D20,” more or less step by step.
Continue ReadingOne type of product certain to send my geeky heart a-flutter is bakeware. When Lakeland announced their exclusive range of Doctor Who products, I may have danced for joy.
Continue ReadingBaking can teach you a lot of things. Following directions, measuring, fractions, and even chemistry.
Continue ReadingIf all today’s Wonder Woman posts are inspiring you to add a bit more Wonder Woman into your life then maybe a craft project is just what you need. Whether you’re looking for something you could create in an afternoon or a more long-term project there should be something for everyone here.
Continue ReadingIn case you missed it last week, the Internets blew up at Hasbro when they responded poorly to McKenna Pope’s petition. McKenna, and about 40,000 other people, would like to see a version of the Easy Bake oven that appeals …
Continue ReadingThere’s also nothing quite like fresh-baked muffins on a cold day or first thing in the morning. Although there are old standards I make every year, I’m always looking for tasty new recipes. Moufflet: More Than 100 Gourmet Muffin Recipes That Rise to Any Occasion provides a selection that will keep me happily baking until Spring.
Continue ReadingThe business quickly outgrew that first shop and the sisters expanded to a larger store nearby, but now they’re expanding outside the DC area and opening shops across the US. In addition to Bethesda, Maryland and New York City, the most recent shop on Newbury Street in Boston, Massachusetts opened last weekend. The grand opening was celebrated with a preview night with mini cupcakes galore and champagne.
Continue ReadingAn excellent recipe for no-knead sourdough bread from the GeekDad Community.
Continue ReadingI’m a biscuit geek. Full on biscuit-obsessed. I couldn’t even begin to count how many biscuits I’ve made in pursuit of biscuit perfection. Thus I share that wisdom with you, such that you might jump ahead a few steps.
Continue ReadingCupcakes are hard to resist. Those tasty bits of cake with frosting and colorful little sprinkles on top seem to beckon with their cheery, sweet goodness. As a Mom, I almost always have them on my to do list for a party or a bake sale. Sometimes I bake the quickest thing I can manage, but it’s […]
Continue ReadingMaking beer is a lot like making tea. Except when you’re finished making tea, you drink the tea and throw out the leaves. When you’re finished with the first step of making beer, you put the brew in a giant bucket and throw away a massive glob of wet grains. Or do you? It’s a […]
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