Baking

I turned to my favorite cookbooks recently. "The Cake Bible" was opened last night and I made a terrific chocolate cake. Today I used "The Pie and Pastry Bible" to make apple pie. I am using all of my will power NOT to eat the HOT pie. I know if I eat the hot pie, I will burn my mouth, but the smell is soooooo good. I also have a loaf of poppy seed bread in the bread machine.

My house smells good.

Rose Levy Beranbaum is the author of both cookbooks from above. There are so many reasons why I love these books. First, so far whatever I have made has been terrific. Second, is that she explains why certain things need to be done (freeze the flour and butter prior to making the pie crust). Whatever she does, it works. I highly recommend both books.