The temperature of your ingredients in baking affects texture, shape and taste.  Understanding which basic baking ingredients should be at which temperature – and why – can change you from a nervous baker to a confident one who whips up cookies on a whim. Read on…you may want to preheat your oven before you start. Baking ingredient temperature cheat sheet Butter: Room temperature for cakes and cookies. Butter should be at room temperature for most cake and cookie recipes

No I actually don’t. Bacon is pretty much at the top of my list. If you are a bacon hater go away… seriously, go away now. No one needs friends that hate bacon. If you can put nuts, raisins and even chocolate in butter tarts then why not bacon? It was that random thought and the new bottle of small batch smoked maple bourbon from Knob Creek that magically found it’s way into my shopping bag that led to these bacon and pecan butter tarts. I have to say that the sweet and sal

My gramma was the master biscuit maker and as I was going through my piles of old cookbooks, I stumbled across a little hand written paper tucked in one from my Gramma.  She passed away many years ago, but I still have memories of her delicious baking. I wanted to do her justice, so I had to be sure that I knew all of the tips and tricks and could confidently recreate this recipe and help you all with any questions that arise. That takes time. I have literally made over 10 b