Cooking with seasonal products and the contents of your pantry
Thank you for your patience as there is about a month in between posts! But now as a thank you for sticking with me, I present to you the recipe for my all-time favorite snickerdoodle. The traditional cinnamon-sugar mixture has been amped up with chai…
Rhubarb season is coming to an end, so let’s celebrate with some muffins! I was able to get some extra rhubarb and freeze it so I can make these muffins during the winter when the spicy, warming ginger hits the spot. The tart rhubarb pairs…
Rhubarb = spring as far as I’m concerned. And what is more springy than rhubarb paired with a green muffin? Green foods outside of vegetables like spinach or kale may seem unappealing to some, I get it. I also get that some people don’t like…
We are doing a lot of baking these days. And it is a great and delicious way to help kids understand math (such as proportions, fractions, addition, subtraction, etc) and science (what happens when things bake, when certain ingredients meet, etc). A couple of days…
I may have mentioned before that Paxton has declared himself the “Muffin Monster” (and the “Pancake Monster” but that’s a different story). According to him, these are his favorite muffins. And they were the birthday treat he wanted to share with his friends at school…
I was banned from bringing any more baked goods over to my friend, one of my recipe taste testers, after bringing these cookies. As much as I listen to and take her advice on most other topics, this one isn’t going to happen, sorry! Actually,…
This recipe comes to you from my very good friend Julie (Auntie Julie to Paxton). She and I have been trading recipes for years, and when we lived just a couple of miles away from each other, we were able to test taste each other’s…
Giant cinnamon rolls drizzled with a sweet glaze – perfect for a lazy weekend morning with a large cup of coffee. Start these rolls the night before you want them. The long, slow rise gives the dough more time to develop flavor. If you don’t…
These scones mix the end of summer with sweet peaches and fall with some spicy ginger. They are a delicious, moist scone with pops of spicy-sweet flavor bits. If peaches are already out of season, feel free to substitute with your favorite ginger pairing. The…
It was the hottest it has been all summer. Ninety-two degrees when the average this time of the year is the upper sixties. So what do I do? Turn the oven on and bake a cake. Multiple cakes. Multiple versions of this vanilla cake. Because…