Dear Friends, I realize we’re all in the same boat this holiday season, concerned about our dryers mysteriously shrinking our favorite jeans, double chin reappearances, and maintaining a svelte silhouette to impress relatives who can’t keep comments to themselves. With these things in mind, may I introduce you to your new autumn pre-Thanksgiving and December…
Dreamy Doughnut Pillows
Have you ever had the experience of biting into a fluffy, airy, sweet, delicate doughnut warm and fresh from your own kitchen? There’s nothing quite like it. As you savor the pillowy pleasure you cannot help but smirk knowing that your own hands lovingly fabricated this jewel of culinary perfection. Dreaming with me yet? Make…
Carmel Apple Turnovers
Still trying to make the best use of my 5kilos of dulce de leche, today’s recipe is for messy gooey caramel apple turnovers. Flaky pie dough hugs a tender filling of 3 varieties of apples, sugar, spices, and dulce de leche. Though I’m not yet an expert at picture-perfect empanadas, tarts, or turnovers, let me…
Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls
This week we still had an extra loaf of bread in the freezer but our sourdough starter still needed either a feeding or use. I decided to try something new with this week’s dough. Something delicious, a little lighter than the normal ooey gooey cinnamon roll, and exquisitely soft and tender. I liked the texture…
Banana Espresso Chip Muffins
Every day at about 3pm it kicks in. My major sweet tooth attack is like clockwork. I can’t do much about it, and a sip of diet Coke just doesn’t cut it. Yesterday my remedy was a delicious banana espresso chip muffin. It was perfectly moist, firm yet delicate, and most definitely sweet. Since I…
You are the sunshine of my life!
We met last summer on a warm, sunny August day (or was it July?) He was there waiting for me beneath the overflowing petals of the hanging basket above our lunch table when I arrived…with Mom and Grandma. Was he terrified? Nervous? Ready to scramble out the country barn-turned-gift shop-and-restaurant door? Not at all. He…
Pump it!
Since I had pumpkin left over from the roll I made yesterday, I decided to make a figure friendly yet decadent muffin for snacking. This muffin is a combo of many recipes I perused this morning. Let’s just say it is exactly what I was hoping for. Delicious, loaded with vitamin A, and packing a…
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun AND Pancakes
Me! Me! Choose me!! This month, IHOP sponsored a Pancake Olympics benefiting an animal rescue organization. Their festivities included the pancake flip, pancake toss, pancake decorating, and the event I want to sign up for ASAP: MUSICAL PANCAKES! Forget the eating contests, the tossing, flipping, and whatever else entrants did to my beloved flapjacks. The…
