A sad confession. Remember the No-Oven Muffins a couple posts back? Well, turns out they weren’t such a good idea. I retract my statement that you can make muffins without an oven and will stick to quick breads in the bread machine. My crock-pot broke. The ceramic cracked and split with a very small bump …

My love of fall and winter is usually celebrated with a bout of baking many yummy seasonal things. It makes me feel all warm and wonderful inside to smell it cooking. This year, however, our oven has given out. I’ve found out that I really don’t need an oven much, as we procrastinate about getting …