Tip of the Week

My tip of the week is if you are baking and run out of brown sugar. This happened to me yesterday and I remembered reading somewhere about making your own brown sugar. It is super easy. Take 1 cup regular sugar and 1-2 Tablespoons molasses and mix them well together with a fork or mixer. If you want lighter brown sugar use 1 Tablespoon or 2 if you want it darker. I did this and my blackberry crisp turned out awesome.
If you don't have molasses in the house, you should b/c it comes in handy with making baked beans.
Hmm...I think I am getting hungry.

Tip of the Week

I love reading tips other bloggers write about. It helps me to try new things and is nice to hear what real people are doing.
Here is my tip for the week: When baking, use 1/2 the amount of flour as whole wheat flour and the rest as regular all purpose flour.
I bought whole wheat flour using a friends recipe where it was soaked in yogurt to help cut the taste but it was awful (sorry Abby, maybe if I used Kefir like you did although honestly I have no idea what that is:-). So now I have this 5 pound sack of whole wheat flour and it is sort of expensive. Instead of using the whole amount, I have started substituting 1/2 whole wheat for the flour amount and you can taste it a little but not enough for the kids to really notice.
I have used this in banana bread and gingersnap cookies. Both were a big hit. Maybe as we get used to the taste, I will start adding more. We will see.
It's a small thing but I figure, every little bit helps. Happy baking!