Tag Archives: Baking

Kolaches

By now everyone has heard of the horrible explosion that occurred in West, TX. Like many others my first thought was “I hope the Czech Stop is OK.” For anyone who ever travelled between Dallas & Austin (in our case it was Sherman & Austin) the Czech stop was the place to stop. It had clean bathrooms but most importantly- Texas Kolache.
Needless to say since the horrible explosion I have been craving them. I found a recipe & attempted my own. The result is below.

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The next time I make them I will use higher quality sausage- but otherwise so yummy.
Recipe from- Confections of a Foodie Bride.

Banana Bread

Bananas-I hate having to find the perfect bunch. You know the ones that aren’t super green or the ones that won’t turn brown in the drive home from Wegmans or Price-Rite.
That being said we had bananas that went bad (no they weren’t hanging out behind the garage smoking & drinking MD 20/20 but close enough). So what to do? Make banana bread.
I of course go to Pinterest & find a promising recipe- Graham cracker banana bread. I was trying to stay away from a nut bread because I’m not a huge fan of nuts (insert giggle I said nuts) & even though we have no nut allergies in the family I still am careful around girl child.
One thing I forget about making banana bread is how it looks while being mixed.

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I can’t be the only one that thinks vomit am I? And why do Pinterest & blogs never show the vomit looking stage of baking?