Getting excited for warmer weather and all the delicious fruits that come with it? I certainly am, and these bars are a fantastic recipe to keep on deck for all those blueberries you're going to pick this summer. The cream cheese filling and fresh berries meld together to create a delicious jammy layer, sandwiched between … Continue reading Blueberry Cream Cheese Bars
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My Go-To Apple Crisp
This apple crisp is my latest obsession! I wanted something to use up some extra apples that would satisfy my sweet tooth without loading up on excess sugar. I also wanted something quick and easy; like one-bowl easy. And obviously, I wanted something tasty! The first time I pulled this out of the oven and … Continue reading My Go-To Apple Crisp
My Favorite Banana Bread
I adore banana bread, and I've tried countless recipes over the years: traditional sugary loaves, ultra-healthy versions, gluten free options... I literally have a pile of banana bread recipes with notes all over them. So I'm pretty stoked to have finally found/developed my personal favorite go-to banana bread recipe! This recipe uses wheat flour, so … Continue reading My Favorite Banana Bread
Gluten-Free Lemon Curd Poppy Seed Cupcakes
I was hired to make a gluten-free sweet treat for a kind lady's 82nd birthday, and these beauties from Katarina Cermelj's Baked to Perfection gluten free cookbook were the perfect celebration bake! This lemon poppy seed sponge filled with tangy lemon curd and topped with a poppy seed Swiss meringue buttercream is so well balanced … Continue reading Gluten-Free Lemon Curd Poppy Seed Cupcakes
PB&J Raspberry Oat Bars
These bars were the result of someone on television simply mentioning oat bars and my brain deciding, yep, I want some of those. Simultaneously, my husband has been a little obsessed with fresh raspberries lately. So I thought I'll make raspberry oat bars. That's how I found Erin Lives Whole's healthy-yet-highly-rated version that are technically … Continue reading PB&J Raspberry Oat Bars
Scalloped Apples
One of my favorite aspects of watching cooking competition shows from other countries is seeing how our food differs. Whether it be a difference in ingredients or just a different way of preparing the same ingredients. It's a great way to keep interest and variety in your meals. The other day, I was watching a … Continue reading Scalloped Apples
Cranberry Orange Linzer Cookies
Two of the sweet treats I've wanted to make for a long while are Linzer cookies and cranberry orange curd. So when I saw another online baker combine the two ideas, I got excited! Linzer cookies are very traditional. Hailing from Austria, they are a shortcut version of the Linzertorte, originally noted in 1653. Nowadays, … Continue reading Cranberry Orange Linzer Cookies
Sugarplums
We all know the "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy" in The Nutcracker, and that children have "visions of sugarplums" dancing in their heads on Christmas Eve. But have you actually tried traditional Sugarplums? I certainly hadn't, and I was curious! So when I found a recipe for sugarplums in one of the Beekman 1802 cookbooks, … Continue reading Sugarplums
Spiced Pear Oatmeal
Pumpkins and apples are usually the stars during autumn, but pears are easily one of my very favorite fruits when the days get shorter. This Spiced Pear Oatmeal is so tasty - as well as hearty - it makes a fantastic breakfast for a cold fall or winter morning, or even during the holidays! This … Continue reading Spiced Pear Oatmeal
Magnolia Table’s Pear and Walnut Bread
The third volume of Joanna Gaines' Magnolia Table cookbooks came out this year, and the recipe that intrigued me the most was Jo's Pear Bread. She came up with the idea trying to use up a surplus of pears by swapping them out for the bananas in a typical banana bread recipe. I knew I … Continue reading Magnolia Table’s Pear and Walnut Bread
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