Category Archives: Baking

Baked Cherry Doughnuts with a Cherry Glaze and Toasted Almonds

There’s this thing about baked doughnuts… Somehow they are a cross between both doughnuts and muffins. Obviously that means they’re totally acceptable as breakfast, snacks, a mid-morning (or afternoon, or evening) party-in-your-mouth. These baked cherry doughnuts waiver in that doughnut-muffin … Continue reading

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Roasted Strawberry Blondies

Blondies begin with one of my favorite combinations of things: brown sugar and butter. Some folks think of blondies as a counterpart to brownies… but my brain likens them to cookies. Large, chewy, tender, crisp at the edges, bar-like cookies. … Continue reading

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Meatless Monday : Vegetarian Chik’n Pot (Hand)Pies

Last night, I dreamt that someone told me I had to bake a lemon meringue pie. In a state of complete panic, I exclaimed “I’ve never made a lemon meringue pie in my life! How do I get those little … Continue reading

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Triple Berry Cinnamon Swirl Bread

One of my favorite things about cooking is creating foods wherein the smell of whatever’s on the stove or in the oven infiltrates my nostrils instantly. If I leave for an hour, come home and open my front door — the smack … Continue reading

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Chocolate Cupcakes with Almond Butter Swiss Meringue Buttercream

Can I tell you something? I have enjoyed cooking and baking since I was a little kid. Most often for other folks, as in that was the sole purpose I baked things or spent my allowance on extra candy I’d … Continue reading

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Strawberry Brown Sugar Vanilla Bean Shortcake

Nothing screams late spring and early summer like fresh strawberries around here. They’re everywhere. In gardens, in the grocery stores, at the farmer’s markets… And I love their relatively inexpensive abundance! Growing up, my mom occasionally made strawberry shortcake for … Continue reading

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Lemon Blueberry Coconut Muffins

I think the reason I like muffins is because they’re almost like having cupcakes for breakfast. But its also been my experience that muffin batter is much less finicky cupcake batter and I thoroughly appreciate that fact. The other reason … Continue reading

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Salted Caramel Macaroons

There are some things about where I grew up that I miss incredibly much, often. The ocean, for one… the way I could wander in and around it barefoot, in a swimsuit, sandy salt water hair strewn all over the … Continue reading

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Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Bars

Generally I try to keep homemade desserts (and/or any desserts in general) to a maximum of once a week.  Let’s be real. I have been failing at this for months now. I don’t know if this time of year is just … Continue reading

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Classic Lemon Bars

It may seem like a funny time of year to crave lemon bars.  Spring is trying to get here, but aside from a few days of sunshine and almost-warmth, I am still waiting for shorts, tank top, and slipper (flip-flop) … Continue reading

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