Tiny Test Kitchen

As it has been a couple of weeks since my vanilla extract post I wanted to give you a quick update. You may remember that the extract was so unbelievably easy to make… split the beans, throw them in some vodka, shake and wait.  I’m now in the waiting stage.  I am absolutely no good […]

I am so excited! This is my 100th post. Thank you so much for reading, commenting and giving me ideas for new posts and recipes. As it’s a special post I thought I would let you into a special part of my life. Enjoy! As I mentioned in my Labor Day Menu Ideas post my […]

Whenever I have to buy vanilla extract, which is fairly often given the amount of recipes I make containing vanilla extract, I always balk the price… Really I say? Ten dollars for two fluid ounces of something as simple as vanilla?? I understand that a lot of work goes into sourcing the right beans, finding […]

Sorry about the lack of a post yesterday. While I was making these delicious brownies, my kitchen seemed to rebel against me, making sure that what should have been a simple twenty minute long recipe into one that took me about forty. The first occurrence was as I was measuring everything out, I had finally […]

The reason these tasty morsels are called Quick Italian macaroons is I have two really good recipes for Italian macaroons but the other one is not quite as quick. It requires granulated sugar as well as confectioners’ sugar and as a result the mixture needs to be aged overnight to allow the flavors to meld. […]

I go through phases of liking different kinds of candy, at the moment I’m still tackling my Christmas candy so I’m consuming a handful of Jelly Belly as I write this (island punch are my new favorite), but I when I am peckish candy isn’t the first thing I reach for. I’m far more likely […]