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  • How To Roast Hazelnuts

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    Hazelnuts are one of those nuts whose flavor is dramatically improved by roasting. Raw, hazelnuts can be bitter and grainy. Roasted, they are fantastic. Here’s how you do it: Ingredients Raw Hazelnuts Method Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Put a single layer of hazelnuts on a cookie sheet. Put them in the oven. Wait…

  • Spelt French Bread Recipe

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    Sometimes when I’m a little confused, having trouble working out a problem, or just can’t engage with a design, the thing I need most is to disengage my brain. To just let the ebb and flow of natural events wash over me until the mental grit and grime has floated away. So, this morning I…

  • Super-Fudgy Small Batch Spelt Brownie Recipe

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    I know the idea of making an extra-small quantity of something as delicious as brownies seems counter-intuitive, but really, it makes perfect sense. Unless you have the metabolism of a shrew, you probably don’t want to eat a whole pan of brownies before they get dried out, so a smaller batch is better. Or, if…

  • Spelt Banana Bread Recipe

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    This banana bread always gets rave reviews, and today was no exception. The secret likes in the addition of ginger and orange juice to the batter. It’s subtle enough that you don’t notice it in the final product, but it gives a little depth to the flavor making the bread something special. Ingredients 1 cup…

  • Cranberry Sauce with Orange and Port Recipe

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    I have to admit, I’ve never understood the appeal of cranberry sauce. I didn’t grow up eating sweet dressings and sauces, so I didn’t have a taste for it. Plus, the only cranberry sauce we ever had as a kid was that gelatinous stuff that comes out of a can. Definitely not something that I…