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
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
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
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
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
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
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