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Category Archives: Baking
Buttermilk Ginger Scones
When it comes to breakfast, I generally opt out of eating it. Usually because I’m not often hungry until lunch time, not so much because I don’t appreciate breakfast foods. The truth is, there are a few breakfast items I … Continue reading
Chocolate Truffle Cookies
We are coming back from nearly a week of traveling. Literally, as I write this, we are on I-5 heading north to Oregon from California. (Aah, the benefits of technology. Blogging from the backseat of our truck cab? Ridiculous.) That … Continue reading
Not Your Grandmama’s Red Velvet (Cup)cake(s) with Cream Cheese Frosting
Sometimes a recipe poses obstacles. For instance, when a certain little boy tells me he’d like red velvet cupcakes for his birthday party, I need to wrestle with the idea of using food coloring I’d typically prefer not adding to … Continue reading
Oatmeal Cookies with Bonus Features
I try not to romanticize baking cookies, but then there are days when I wake up thinking about oatmeal cookies, the scent of butter creamed together with sugar and vanilla… and it seems futile to fight that (too hard). I’m … Continue reading
The Art of Failed Cakes and Mistakes
One of the most rewarding things I’ve learned from really delving into cooking is: mistakes happen. Not that I wasn’t aware of this before. And certainly in the areas of life outside of the kitchen, I’m a mistake aficionado. Life … Continue reading
Strawberry Mascarpone Tart with a Meyer Lemon Oat Crust and Balsamic Glaze
The beauty of being a legal adult is that you can happily indulge in sea salt caramel gelato for breakfast whenever the hell you feel like it. Granted, you wait until the kids are in school because you can’t have … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Dessert, Sauces, Vegetarian
Tagged balsamic glazed strawberries, fruit tart, long tart, mascarpone, mascarpone tart, meyer lemon oat crust, meyer lemon oat pie crust, meyer lemons, Napa Valley Balsamic Reserve, oat pie crust, rectangular tart, spring desserts, strawberries, strawberry desserts, strawberry mascarpone tart, strawberry tart
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Glazed Blueberry, Meyer Lemon and Vanilla Bean Pull-Apart Bread
I apologize for the lack of recipes. Truth be told, being out of town, I didn’t cook a single thing for the last week. Granted, hotel breakfasts lend a little room for creativity. I do mean little… like plain packets of instant … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Bread, Breakfast, Dessert, Kids, Snacks, Vegetarian
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Jalapeño Cheddar Buttermilk Cornbread
Whirl-wind weeks. They come and go, but damn… when they hit, it’s from every angle. I am writing this post from an i-Pad. My laptop – you know the one holding every back up of my posts here, all the … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizer, Baking, Bread, Dinner, Lunch, Sides, Snacks, Vegetarian
Tagged baking, buttermilk, buttermilk cornbread, buttermilk cornbread muffins, chili and cornbread, corn bread, corn muffins, cornbread, cornbread muffins, cornbread recipe, cornmeal muffins, jalapeno cheddar, jalapeno cheddar cornbread, moist cornbread, savory muffins
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Apple Dutch Baby, for One
Do you ever have days where you’d like to demonstrate the “crotch chop” at the world and say, “Suck it!” as goes along with such an act? Yeah, I just said crotch chop. And suck it. In the same sentence. … Continue reading
Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
