Today, I made some cookies, roasted the butternut squash for the pie, and mixed up the pie dough. With cleaning and laundry in-between, and dishes, oh, so many dishes it seemed. The cookies are a buckwheat gingerbread, called gingersnaps but they are soft. The squash - well, that's a story. A blogger I like just puts hers whole in the oven, so I did. It took an hour and a quarter on three seventy-five and it was perfect. But I forgot about the seeds and didn't cut it in half afterward. So, when it was cool I began peeling the skin off and there everything got mushy and the seeds were embedded in everything and oh what a mess, trying to pick them out, so many of them!
I then got the idea to put it all through a sieve. Well, I've never done that before; it was a bit of work and I was tired. But on the other hand, now the seeds are out, and it's all smooth as can be from the sieving.
Time to rest.
I have a weakness for window pictures. Nice! I also made cookies today - pecan rounds. I usually skip sifting the dry ingredients, but today did it twice. The cookies are better than usual.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mary! I have a liking for window pictures, too; they draw me in. I once saw someone on Martha Stewart's show who said she whisked her dry ingredients together and that was as good as sifting, so that's what I always do. I don't know where my sifter is, anyway! :D
DeleteThat was a productive day, and it sounds fun and satisfying. Buckwheat gingerbread sounds right up my alley! I should find or create a recipe; it would be nice to have them on hand for when my gluten intolerant son is around at Christmastime.
ReplyDeleteI am glad you could rest afterward, though. Standing in the kitchen to cook is surprisingly tiring; I bought a stool recently to sit on next to a table so that if I am chopping a lot of vegetables, etc, I can give my legs and feet a rest for a few minutes. It has always been the natural thing to stand at a counter to work, but -- things change.
Gretchen Joanna