You are probably already familiar with bear claws: the delightful, flaky pastries sold in bakeries, usually huge, and with almonds strategically placed to create the “claws” effect or just scattered generously over the top. That pastry gave me the inspiration to create these Black Panther Claws. They are an homage to the Marvel Black […]
Toffee & Coconut Sweet Buns
This recipe takes my Chocolate Chip Cinnamon Rolls to a new sweet level by swapping in some moist, shredded coconut and toffee bits. They are thick through the swirl in these buns! The flavors are delectable together, with the coconut bringing a soft chewiness and the toffee a bit of crunch. And of course a […]
Chocolate Chip Cinnamon Rolls
Gray, chilly days like the ones we have survived through this winter, are perfect days for a batch of sweet, homemade cinnamon rolls! Things may be frozen outside but this sweet dough is full of life, waiting to puff up in the oven. Never one to be content will a simple roll, I bumped up […]
Bailey’s Irish Cream Scones with Whiskey-Chocolate Sauce
Tender scones full of Bailey’s Irish Cream flavor become part of a great dessert when topped with fresh, sweetened whipped cream and whiskey chocolate sauce! Creating this recipe led to my doing a little digging into the origin of Irish cream – and what I learned turned out to be quite interesting and unexpected! I […]
Bake For Good: Baking In The Classroom
I love the King Arthur Flour Bake For Good initiative to get people baking not just for themselves but as a way to connect with loved ones, friends and community members. (Check out their blog post all about it!) Here is the story of how my husband has been doing just this with his elementary classroom community. […]
Scallion Buttermilk Biscuits
These are tender, savory and buttery biscuits full of fresh scallions! I created these biscuits to hold and complement the flavorful fillings of Deli Chicken Biscuit Sandwiches with Dill & Red Grapes, and there are certainly many other sandwich fillings that would be amazing on these biscuits. (Think roast beef with Cheddar, a BLT, tuna salad, […]
Sweet Potato & Spicy Chorizo Fritters
With the creation of this recipe, I think I need to come clean and state that I will apparently turn anything into a fritter! It all started with sweet summer blueberries that I added to a batch of Blueberry Fritters, topped with a dusting of confectioner’s sugar. Next I turned a fall favorite, pumpkin into […]
Cheesy Garlic Pull-Apart Bread
Pull-apart breads and monkey bread recipes are plentiful indeed! And with good reason: Little balls of bread dough drenched in the sweet or savory sauce of ones choice bake up in a convenient and easy-to-disassemble (pull-apart) form! And plenty of flavor in every bite. My mother-in-law makes a killer Pepperoni Pizza pull-apart bread. There are […]
Striped Chocolate Pumpkin Bread
Trying to think up a new twist on the favorite, standard pumpkin bread, began with going over what I already tend to throw into a loaf of pumpkin bread. And as is so often the case I tend to throw in chocolate. I wanted to imagine how else chocolate could pair with pumpkin and spice […]
Pumpkin Fritters with Curry & Potato
Pumpkin with diced, fried potatoes and curry, all wrapped up in a fritter batter! I love coming back to fritters. I confess that I’ve made fritters several times in the past and when I do I always think, “Why don’t I make these more often?” Then I sort of forget and take a while to […]
Crêpes Sunday, with Recipes for Crêpes & Two Fruit Sauces
To celebrate a beautiful weekend at home with our daughter before she returned to school, and to try out a new toy for my kitchen we had a Crêpes Sunday. Below are links to a Parisian Crêpes from King Arthur Flour, and to my recipes for two fruit sauces: Blueberry, and Simmered Apple with Cinnamon […]
From a Far-Off Land: A Gift of Spices from Doha
From a Far-Off Land: A Gift of Spices from Doha. 6 spices and a round-up of 18 recipes! Recently my husband Christian went an amazing journey. He and our friend Chris had a unique opportunity to attend the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) that took place in Doha, Qatar. They went as ambassadors not […]