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Category Archives: Dessert
Braided Banana Bread with Walnut Coconut Cream Cheese Filling
When it comes to food, I’d say I am pretty open to trying new things. Whether it’s cooking new recipes or being willing to eat new foods, I’m all in. There are certain times when a meal or particular dish … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Bread, Breakfast, Dessert, Kids, Sides, Snacks
Tagged baking, banana bread, bananas, braided bread, breads, cream cheese filling, dessert breads, different banana bread, homemade bread, whole wheat, whole wheat flour
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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
Posted in Baking, Dessert, Kids, Snacks
Tagged dessert, gf crust with almond meal, gluten free crust, gluten free pie crust, hawaii okinawan sweet potato haupia pie, homemade haupia, okinawan sweet potato, okinawan sweet potato haupia pie, okinawan sweet potato pie, purple sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potato coconut pie, sweet potato pie, sweet potatoes
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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
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
Posted in Baking, Booze, Dessert, Kids, Snacks
Tagged bourbon, bourbon baking, bourbon brownies, brown butter brownie, brownie cupcakes, bulleit bourbon, chocolate cream newman o's, dessert, honey peanut butter, justin's peanut butter, mini brownies, newman o's, newman's own organics, Oreo cookies, peanut butter, peanut butter brownies
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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
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Dessert, Kids, Snacks
Tagged apple cake, baking, breakfast cake, brunch, cake, cinnamon, cinnamon apple cake, cinnamon apple coffee cake, coffee cake, dessert
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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
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
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
Posted in Baking, Dessert, Snacks, Vegetarian
Tagged buttercream frosting, cake, coconut cake, dessert, easy dessert, fluffy coconut cake, small layer cake, toasted coconut cake
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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
Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
