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Lemon Verbena Ice Cream
Happy Labor Day weekend! I hope you are all enjoying a day off from work as we unofficially say goodbye to summer. In keeping with last week’s theme, I am still trying to get through the abundance that is my summer garden harvest. This was the first year I have a dedicated bed just for herbs, and I went a bit crazy at the nursery. I had so much room that I wanted to plant everything! One new herb I tried is called lemon verbena. The plant grows like a small shrub, with leaves that release a sweet lemon/citrus flavor when touched. It seemed like a great way to get…
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Meyer Lemon Pound Cake
Spring has really arrived now. When it isn’t windy and rainy, the weather has been perfectly mild and sunny. I guess it might be spring fever, but I got it into my head that I needed to make lemon pound cake. In particular, I wanted to make one like the one sold at Starbucks, with a thick drizzle of lemon icing. But I’ve always thought that cake looked better than it tasted. Mine would look pretty, but it would also have a perfectly tender crumb and a bold lemon flavor.
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Lemon Lavender Madeleines
I really enjoy baking with citrus in the winter. In general, I try to bake and cook with ingredients while they are in season: berries in the summer, apples in fall, etc. So my interest in oranges and lemons in the winter months is partially because most citrus is in season at this time. But there is also something really cheering about baking something bright and citrusy when the days are dark, cold and short. It feels like adding a little homemade sunshine into my life. Who doesn’t love that? So when I decided I wanted to make madeleines, small french tea cakes, I knew my classic vanilla recipe wouldn’t do. I…
