Maple

I love maple...maple syrup and maple candy.  I have made maple ice cream and it is delicious.  When we were in Vermont I picked up a Vermont maple cookbook.  I had high hopes.  I had visions....and now I have made three disasters.  Each one worse than the previous.  Cakes not coming out of pans....brownies that are raw....and then burn in the center but yet the middle is batter.

For me the magic number is three.  If after three recipes in a row I have yet to make a successful and tasty dish I toss the book.  But I am convinced that the vegetable section must have a good recipe.

I am sure that my coworkers will gobble up the maple nut coffee cake pieces....and I stress pieces.  But I would like to make one good recipe from this book.