baby i'm a fool.

Hello blogworld! Today was super productive. I went to work (way too early) and ate a cinnamon muffin, ran + swam at the ymca, and made food with dad! We made huevos rancheros with home fries for dinner and my Great Grandma Adele/Great Aunt Lily's oil cookies for dessert. :) 

I didn't take any photos of dinner because we were hungry, and also my camera was upstairs. It was really quite great, and I am officially in love with smittenkitchen.com. Check it out!! 

Here are the oil cookies! I attempted to make them a week ago but didn't twist them correctly. This time we have successfully modified the recipe, which I'll post next time. They're nice and light and buttery, with cinnamon sugar on top. 

And a few weeks ago I made the easiest bread EVER: Irish Soda bread. 30 second knead, doesn't need to rise... pretty much just mix the ingredients together and pop in the oven! It was absolutely wonderful fresh out of the oven with honey on top. 

Here's the recipe. I felt like writing it, so let me know if you can't read it for any reason. 

And this is the wheat seed bread I made with a really sweet cinnamon honey butter. :) 

To make the butter, just melt about 4 tbsp butter until soft, mix with a sprinkle of cinnamon and a bit of honey. Blend with a spoon, and refrigerate until use. 

Hope everyone has a good 4th of July! 

all of my days.

I guess the summer got off to sort of a rocky start, but June has been wonderfully great so far. :) 

Jen and I took a road trip to Kerrville, Texas, in the hill country. We went for the Kerrville Folk Festival, but mostly to reunite with our best friends. Kerrville is gorgeous, and the folk festival was so much fun. 

This is a photograph of the camp- there were tents and flags and recycling bins everywhere. 

That night we drove in the cold night air to Waltonia, to the cabins. 

We swam in this beautiful river, and I got a great sunburn. :) 

When we got home, I decided to make bread. My first venture in bread baking, and this was my first loaf! I used this New York Times recipe for no-knead bread. It came out pretty well, although it would have been better if I used bread flour and stored my bread in a paper sack. :) 

Fresh bread + Laughing Cow cheese. 

My next venture was more complicated- baguette. I bought a great bread book by Paul Gayler and started the sponge starter last night and finished this morning. 

pear + brie cheese + honey + baguette! 

In other news... 

&& The Away We Go movie looks great, and features beautiful music from Alexi Murdoch

&& check out Joe Pisapia! Summery folky music- River Song is the best. 

&& I'm pretty upset I missed Pushing Daisies tour, but check out the site for pie recipes!