It's getting to the time of year when I pretty much stop baking. We don't have AC, because for the most part, we don't really need it. Our summer temps do sometimes climb into the 90s and a couple years ago we had more than a week of over 100 temps, that is not common here. And usually, it cools down enough at night to get the house down to a comfy sleeping temperature - we have a few kind of miserable nights sometimes, but not enough to make us willing to invest in air conditioning. What ... Read More about Lime Butter Cookies
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Chewy Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies
Why, I wonder do we associate lemons with spring? Like all citrus, lemons are freshest and most plentiful in the winter months, right? Not here of course - lemons are never fresh here, unless you own a greenhouse or have a conservatory or something. Here, all the lemons are in the grocery store. Boo! But, they are there all year long. Yay! 'Cause we love our lemons and even if they are grown very very far away and have to be carried to us on the backs of baby seals, we aren't giving them up. You ... Read More about Chewy Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies