Category Archives: Baking

Purple Sweet Potato + Haupia Pie Squares {GF Crust}

Aside from the ocean, one of the things I miss most about the island I grew up on is the local food. Since a lot of the things I grew up with often include ingredients I can’t find in Ashland, … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Mac & Cheese

Up until this year, I had never really roasted a pumpkin. Sure, I’ve cooked butternut squash, delicata squash, acorn squash, spaghetti squash… but those lovely orange pumpkins that start showing up in late September well through the winter? Nah. I … Continue reading

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The Best Damn Banana Cream Pie

  It’s totally normal to recipe-stalk, just so you know. Sites like Pinterest, Foodgawker and Tastespotting make recipe stalking even easier. One recipe I stalked for months before attempting it was Momofuku Milk Bar’s banana cream pie. I admire recipe … Continue reading

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Peanut Butter Bourbon Brown Butter Brownie Cookie Cups

Some days require chocolate. Other days require chocolate and peanut butter. Sometimes a girl is simply in need of cookies. Bourbon? Hell yes, there are those days, too. Then there are those times when a person requires all of the … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Protein Muffins

We are not strangers to the bottomless pit-stomachs of growing kids around here. My 15 year old stepson is now 6’4″, while 8 year old Silas measures in at a few inches shy of 5 feet. Both boys are involved … Continue reading

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Cinnamon Apple Coffee Cake

Fall is officially here and it’s time for baking things, filling our home with warmth and scents of this season: soups galore, slow roasted vegetables and fruits, the delirious smell of slow-cooked beans and overnight oats.  Perhaps Autumn means finding … Continue reading

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Chocolate Carrot Zucchini Muffins

There is a fine line between “cupcake” and “muffin” at times. Some folks say a true cupcake must have frosting. Others say true muffins cannot contain candies in the place of things like fruit. I call these muffins, because the … Continue reading

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Magic Chocolate Custard Cake

I’ll make a confession: I rarely cook by following a recipe. My preferred way of cooking something new is to research a bunch of recipes, then combine elements of all of them, picking and choosing what sounds like will work … Continue reading

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Gluten Free Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

I’ve been watching the zucchini plants in our garden gently warn us that summer is quickly passing. I’m not particularly saddened by either warning: the diminishing number of zucchini, nor the approach of fall. I suppose the only thing that … Continue reading

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Toasted Coconut Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

Some days require cake just because the day requires cake. There doesn’t have to be a special occasion involved. No birthday, no holiday, no celebrating. Just cake. I don’t believe in justifying reasons for dessert (even though I do it … Continue reading

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