Last weekend, we went up to Massachusetts to visit a whole mess of our friends, and of course, wherever there is a whole mess of our friends, I try to make baked goods appear. First, we drove up to Vermont to buy some maple sugar, since it’s an ingredient that I’ve been dying for since [...]
Posts Tagged ‘vanilla’
Pumpkin Cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
Posted in baking, tagged baking, cake, cheese, cinnamon, cloves, confectioners, confections, dessert, ginger, maple syrup, nutmeg, pumpkin, vanilla, walnuts on October 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Mini Chocolate Chip Ricotta Cakes
Posted in baking, tagged almond extract, baking, cake, cheesecake, chocolate chips, dessert, graham cracker, lemon, mint, ricotta, vanilla, zest on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, I finally got a chance to search through my Moosewood Cookbook that I’ve had for ages. I tried not to get too distracted on the desserts, since we were looking for easy entrees that we would both enjoy. We found lots, and we were inspired to make calzones last night. I also wrote [...]
Sneaky Apple Pancakes
Posted in cooking, tagged apple, applesauce, breakfast, brunch, cinnamon, farm share, ginger, healthy, nutmeg, pancakes, vanilla, vegan, whole wheat on September 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This morning I woke up before Charlie did, so I snuck out of bed (not an easy feat, since I sleep on the inside next to a wall) and got to the kitchen. I haven’t been able to do a lot of independent cooking and baking lately because my arthritis in my hands has been [...]
Nectarine Crumb Mini-Muffins
Posted in baking, tagged baking, breakfast, cardamom, cinnamon, crumb topping, dessert, farm share, ginger, muffins, nectarine, sweet bread, vanilla on September 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As you can see, we stole one to eat while they were still cooling.
This week brought nectarines in the farm share, and since we’re going camping, we need something for easy breakfasts. I figured muffins would be a good start, and nectarine muffins sounded delicious. A month or two ago, I’d seen a peach crumb [...]
Stovetop-Free Strawberry Pie
Posted in baking, tagged baking, cinnamon, dessert, pie, pie crust, pie-eating contest, strawberry, vanilla on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This was one of the flavors that we offered for the pie-eating contest, and as I mentioned in the Blueberry Crumb entry, I had a lot of trouble finding a recipe that didn’t pre-cook the blueberries into glop.For the strawberry recipes I perused, [I'd never made blueberry or strawberry pie before] I found that the [...]
Blue Ribbon Blueberry Crumb Pie
Posted in baking, tagged blueberries, cinnamon, crumb topping, dessert, graham cracker, lemon, pie, pie crust, pie-eating contest, vanilla, zest on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This pie was by far my favorite out of any at the pie-eating contest, and I’m definitely going to try to squeeze in another one before all the blueberries disappear from the supermarket shelves (or the prices rise dramatically as they are shipped in from lands far far away). People were clamoring to get [...]
Epic Brunch with Bo and Bendi
Posted in beverages, cooking, tagged blueberries, bread, breakfast, brunch, cereal, champagne, cinnamon, cocktails, french toast, hash browns, paprika, potatoes, rosemary, sorbet, sweet potato, vanilla on August 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today’s brunch: Cereal Coated French Toast, I-Think-I-Was-Dreaming Sweet Potato Browns, Raspberry Sorbet Bellinis, Vegetarian Bacon.
As I mentioned in my last post, we had Bo and Bendi as visitors last night, and Sunday was to be a day of Epic Brunch and either movies or board games.
Charlie slept very late today, so Bo and [...]
“Environmentally Friendly” Cakey Brownies
Posted in baking, tagged brownies, chocolate, chocolate chips, cocoa, dessert, toffee, vanilla, walnuts on July 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As I mentioned the other day, my friend Bo popped by from Brooklyn to eat Kale-Came-in-Our-Farm-Share Creamy Potato Soup with us. I already had some Spiral Herb Rolls going on one rack in the oven, and I figured that it would simply be a waste of energy to not whip up some brownies that cooked [...]
Strawberry Swirl Cupcakes
Posted in baking, tagged baking, cupcakes, dessert, shortcake, strawberry, vanilla on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The strawberries were bought the same day as the blueberries, so they were on their way out as well. These photographed a little weird, but they taste like strawberry shortcake in one convenient little cupcake. Perhaps next time I’ll be able to make them prettier.
The ratio wasn’t *quite* right here. I ended up with [...]
