• Baking Recipes,  Bread-making,  Lemon Obsession,  The Breakfast Bin,  Yeasted breads

    If only life were as easy as braiding lemon breads

    How goes the first couple of weeks of the new year for you all? Mine has been one heck of a roller coaster ride. Sometimes when I lay down to sleep at night, I feel shocked at how much has happened in the last 11 days since the year began. Work has been absolutely draining and stressful and overwhelming. Sometimes all I want to do is lie down and stop thinking about everything. The weather has been nice over here too, contributing to my desires to take it slow. Maybe I need a change of careers. Or something. I know I told myself that 2013 is going to be an…

  • At home,  Baking Recipes,  Brownies & Bars,  From the books,  Lemon Obsession,  Must-Makes from Martha

    I really like how lemon bars make me feel

    I wonder when this seed was planted. The more I think about it, the more I realize just how unhappy I have been feeling with my life. And I don’t mean it in the aspect of comfort and luxury. I’m grateful for those, sure. I can’t discredit my parents for giving those things to me. But the more time passes, the more I grow anxious: What is going to happen with my life? What about where I’m going? No one has ever attempted to talk to me about this topic. Maybe that’s why I feel a little lost. I’ve been baking because it removes me from all the fears and…

  • Baking Recipes,  Cookies,  From the books,  Lemon Obsession

    Feeding my lemon obsession with Maya’s Lemon Thins

    I love lemon-flavoured treats. I’m certain I’ve mentioned this before. A lot of times, pastries that have the right lemon kick to them wind up at the top of my favourites list. I just can’t get enough of that lovely, sour tang! It gives such a character to what otherwise would have simply been something sweet or something buttery. Take these cookies for instance. At first glance, they look rather simple and average, even something you would possibly overlook if set side by side with the more elaborate-looking cookies. But quite frankly, I find myself willing to try anything with the word lemon in its title at least once, no…