Bread Pudding
When I came home from King Arthur Flour this week I brought 2 loaves of bread, several scones, a fruit tart, and savory tomato pie. I tried to eat fast and share the wealth, but that was an awful lot...
View ArticleBraided Challah Bread
Last Sunday I had zero plans and the weather was unpleasant. Basically…a perfect bread day. To be honest, even if the sun had been shining and I only had a few hours, I would have still made time for...
View ArticleCaprese Sandwich
Now that we are finally enjoying some beach and picnic weather, I thought it would be a good time to celebrate that most famous of portable meals…the sandwich! Are you a sandwich fan? Of course you...
View ArticleEdamame Bean Salad
During my time in Edinburgh I learned about many new-to-me foods. The cafe I worked at got in a fair amount of them, like Irn-Bru, florentines, flapjacks, the ploughman’s sandwich, and three bean...
View ArticleVanilla Pound Cake
My Great Auntie Anne recently asked me to make a cake for a family event, and then my sister Courtney narrowed it down further by requesting it be a pound cake. It took me about thirty seconds of...
View ArticleHomemade, Chewy Granola Bars
I love granola bars. The real kind. For me this means without chocolate chips or loaded with excessive added sugars. I prefer the soft, chewy bar to the crisp, crunchy variety – but either way, a...
View ArticleBiscoff Bars
In my recent Key Lime Pie post, I mentioned that my cousin Jaime opted to use Biscoff cookie crumbs instead of graham cracker crumbs for the crust, which showcased their signature caramel flavor. I...
View ArticleScottish Oat Waffles from “New England Home Cooking”
New England food comes in many forms, and Brooke Dojny has included them all in the newly revised edition of “New England Home Cooking.” The book is a true pleasure to peruse - not just for its...
View ArticleBaked Sweet Potato Fries
Unless you’re talking about pizza or an enormous bowl of pasta (and aren’t all bowls of pasta enormous?), I don’t think one item covers it as a complete meal. It’s like in sugar cereal commercials...
View ArticleLadybug Garden Cupcakes
Nothing is more fun than making the cake for a single-digit birthday party. You have the excuse (the encouragement, really) to go crazy with frosting, food coloring, candy, marshmallows, and Oreo...
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