Hi Reader! There’s a moment every October when the air turns crisp, the leaves start crunching underfoot, and suddenly all you want is a warm slice of something spiced and golden. That moment? It’s now! Your new fall obsession is this Pumpkin Bread with the perfect apple cider doughnut-inspired top. Picture this: a tall, tender loaf with a perfectly cracked, sugar-spiced top. Inside, it’s moist, plush, and the color of a sunset over a pumpkin patch (idk, work with me). Every bite is wrapped...
29 days ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader! Yes, it's still 10,000 degrees here, but I know many of you are actually experiencing FALL WEATHER! And that demands apples, spices and pumpkin...not necessarily in that order. This past weekend I made a cinnamon raisin sourdough boule, and it was so incredibly magical. I've had it every morning, toasted, smeared with butter and finished with a sprinkle of flaky sea salt, because that's how we do. It wasn't a perfect loaf. The cinnamon brown sugar swirl broke through the exterior...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader! You all were BUSY in the kitchen this month, and I love it! These are the recipes you baked, searched and couldn't stop making in September. If you haven't tried them yet, consider this your sign. Mega Moist Double Chocolate Banana Muffins: Rich, fudgy and secretly the best use for spotty bananas. Cinnamon Apple Muffins: 🍎 Mega moist, tall and packed with apples under a crunchy cinnamon streusel. Fall in muffin form. Pizza Focaccia: Bubbly, golden and loaded with sauce, melty...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader! My daughter moved back to California (YAY!), and we had a visit last week in which she requested oatmeal cookies. She likes her oatmeal cookies with raisin and I wanted chocolate chips, so I made half the batch with raisins and the other half with chocolate chips. This is, truly, a lovely cookie experience. It had been awhile since I made them so it was a nice reminder. The dough comes together in no time...minutes. The dough also needs zero chill time and freezes LIKE. A. DREAM....
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Hi Reader! These wondrous pancakes have been showing up in our house A LOT this past month, I love them so much! They whisk up in minutes and cook up to the most fluffy and tasty pancakes ever! My favorite thing about this recipe is that the batter will keep in the fridge for days (!!). So on the weeks that I make them, I can have them for snacks, for breakfast or as an evening treat (for days!). The batter is THICK. I like to press blueberries (or sliced bananas) into the batter to help...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader! 'Tis the time of year to dust off your spice rack! Here are four of my favorite spiced-up recipes to kick off September: Chocolate Ginger Cookies These one-bowl, soft, chewy and fabulous chocolate ginger cookies are loaded with cozy spices, chocolate chips and three types of ginger for mega flavor. This is a zero-rest cookie dough that freezes like a dream! Cinnamon Apple Muffins Brace yourself for mega moist cinnamon apple muffins that are loaded with brown sugar, apples and...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader! This is a long one, so grab some tea, put your feet up and let's chat about it! I love dried cherries, fresh cherries and any situation where I can add cherries to the mix, I'm into it! The above photo are my favorite fudgy Chocolate Rye Cookies that are loaded with dried cherries. I recently made them (it had been years!) and I was like, holy smokes I don't want to change a thing. Truly magical taste and texture. Since we are in peak cherry season, here are a few of our absolute...
3 months ago • 5 min read
Hi Reader! That's my favorite strawberry jam recipe! 👆🏼 I made it over the weekend and added blackberries, but otherwise followed the recipe exactly and it is...perfection. I use finely chopped apples for natural pectin, add in some hibiscus tea (trust) for mega flavor and some lemon to brighten everything up. We'll use this smeared on toast for breakfast and in the evenings for summer cheese & charcuterie trays (my fav). I can't get enough of it paired with blueberry scones. It's truly the...
4 months ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader! I work with a really great tech company that makes sure my site is safe, fast, secure and they also give me overall website advice from time-to-time. They're amazing and I don't know what I'd do without them!! One thing they have been suggesting (for years) is for me to create some easy, no-bake recipes for the summer months. And I finally did it! Yay us! 🎉 These no-bake chocolate peanut butter bars are so easy and delicious, I don't even know what to say. The Details... The cookie...
4 months ago • 2 min read