Tweet  When things sound too good to be true, they usually are, right? Fellow Pinning fanatic, Ninfa, came across a pin linked to Simply So Good’s Crusty bread recipe. In the pin, it was described as “insanely easy”. But is it really? And more importantly, how does it taste? Lets see……         The ingredients for this recipe are truly easy; flour, salt, yeast and water. The only catch in this recipe might be the enamel covered cast iron. I’ve admired the beautiful colors of this kind of cookware in the stores, but I’ve never took the plunge to buy one. I did some research and pots are safe in ovens up to 400 degrees. The recipe instructs you to have the oven set to 450 degrees. This Calphalon enamel dutch oven is safe up to 500 degrees.     Janet of Simply So Good recently added to her post that readers have used deep ceramic dishes as well. Again, I would just be careful to make sure the dish and the lid can be used in an oven at 450 degrees.   Ninfa’s advice When baking this bread: She found that she needed to add about 1/4 cup more water because the dough was kind of stiff, and not as loose as the pictures on the tutorial at Simply So Good showed. Use a very large bowl because it was more than doubled in size when it rose over night. The dough was very sticky just as

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TweetA few simple ingredients and a little time was all it took make a fabulous breakfast. The whole family was together this past weekend for breakfast. The hubby and I thought about going out for breakfast but after looking at my Pinterest boards for a while, we deiced to stay in. The pin that caused us to change our minds was this one:         When I first came across this pin, it wasn’t the picture that got my attention, it was the description.  I LOVE crepes and I really like Alton Brown. I was lucky enough to go to Paris with my husband many years ago. There, we bought crepes from a street vendor. It was so romantic walking hand in hand down the cobble stone streets of Paris sharing our chocolate crepes.  That was the first crepe and the best crepe I ever had. Since then, there’s always been a special place in my heart for crepes. A while back, we introduced our kids to crepes and would make them every now and then. We even ordered a large cast iron pan to make them like the vendors do. It is similar to this one.     But as happens sometimes, our lives got busy and our crepe making days were fewer and fewer.  Until now…   Alton’s recipe calls for 5 simple ingredients, flour, eggs, milk, water and butter. This seemed too simple. Other recipes we’ve tried called for oil, vanilla, salt, and sugar. Those didn’t always have great results, so, I was a bit skeptical

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