Great package! Love the penzey's stuff! I picked up a small container of the creamy peppercorn dressing mix last time I was there but I have yet to try it (had to use up all my other salad dressing stuff first!!) Everything else sounds great too -- esp. the eggplant pesto!! Looking forward to pix!

OhioMom : I told Kathleen last week, that You don't have to give up food for Lent. It is just the sacrificing, for the things you like to do. When I glanced, I thought you were giving up love, til I reread. Now that's a sacrifice, although I guess for some of us it would'nt be. Makes it a lot easier for Lent though. I don't worry it to much, because I'm always Sacrificing myself here. Testing recipes,to be sure they are safe. I don't know how many times, I put my life in Jeopardy, doing this for you women. Lee: All kinds of things come into my mind. Really, I have a lot of cake mixes and wanted to use some of them up. It would have been easier, just to bake a Yellow Cake but that isn't very creative. I'm glad I did, because I came up with something good and it's easy. Kathleen: Someday, I'm going to sing " Danny Boy " to you. I'm the best, Italian, Irish, Tenor in North America. End wieth aein Iiierish Brooogue, ie'll ave ye !!! When I rolled the Dough into a Log, I had a lot left over. So, I took pieces from it, to fill in the larger spaces, as can be seen, in the Photo. Just stuff them in. I let it rise a little and the Rolls all filled in solid, before I Bake them. I may try dried fruit next time, or just use Raisins and Nuts. Because it was a little soft under the Apples. Was I nice enough !!!! LOU

I tried posting this yesterday and got some kind of maintenance page, so I know this is late. AM, King Arthur Flour sells the cinnamon chips (see link below). I'm sure other online sellers do also, but that's where I usually get them. I've never seen them in stores. That doesn't mean they aren't available, but the selection of baking items is pretty skimpy in my neighborhood. Annie, we have 3 sugar maples along the front road, and if I were to guess, those are probably the only sugar maples for a 100 miles. My DH found them root-bound and neglected in an overgrown "no-man's-land" at the back of an old nursery owned by an elderly gentleman. I doubt tapping those would yield more than a teaspoon. Not to mention we've had almost no cold weather this winter. The crocuses are up and the ornamental cherries and plums are blooming. Hardly ideal for maple-sugaring. Thank goodness for Trader Joe's and the lovely (and well-priced) Grade B maple syrup they offer from our Canadian neighbors. Costco's I haven't tried. Since there are no children in the house, even with baking maple syrup lasts a long time here. Definitely OT, but I'm remembering the homemade pancake syrup we made when I was a child. I think it was some mixture of brown sugar, white sugar, water and Watkins maple flavoring. Karo has its uses, as Annie mentioned, especially for candy-making. I use a small amount in maraschino cherries to prevent the syrup from crystallizing and the same in some fudge recipes. Carol

OOh! sounds good! So many cookie recipes....so little time!!