What Did You Bake This Month....a challenge

I thought I'd shake things up a little and offer you all a challenge. The holidays are over, the winter doldrums are about to descend. Why not join me in a little cooking/baking adventure?

During the month of January, I'd like you to think of a recipe using a certain ingredient that will be mentioned a few sentences from here. It can be one of your tried and true recipes, it can be a brand spanking new recipe that you make up, it can be a recipe that you have had sitting in your list of "I want to try that." The only thing I ask is that you actually make it, write up a post about it and include a picture or two. In "What Did You Bake Today" on January 29, I'd like you to link up your recipe.

I will randomly pick one of the linker-uppers and will feature them the following week here and on my personal blog.

Now, for the mystery ingredient.....seeing it's cold outside....and not much is really in season....it's