Some days lately it feels like spring is never going to come, but I am over winter, my mind has already moved on to the summer harvest of berries and fruits. I seriously daydream about picking berries and making jams and jellies. While images of fresh ripe berries have been dancing in my head for …
This Double-Streusel Coffee Cake made with homemade baking mix is a quick and easy coffee cake you can make anytime. I’m all for a good coffee cake, and when a reader commented that she used Homemade Baking mix with this recipe I had to try it out myself. This Double-Streusel Coffee Cake is good, but the original recipe …
Oatmeal Breakfast Bars with banana, peanut butter, and raisins make a filling breakfast for those mornings you have to eat on the run.
Chunky Blueberry-Almond Granola is perfect for breakfast, served with milk or over yogurt. One of the first recipes I shared here was a granola recipe. The recipe was good, the pictures not so much. I can not make Chunky Blueberry-Almond Granola fast enough at my house, we all love it. I have made this recipe SO …
Am I the only one who feels a compulsion to work pumpkin into almost everything I bake right now? It’s crazy, I buy the pumpkin in the huge cans, and can barely wait to get home and bake with it, but even with all my baking I sometimes find I have random amounts sitting in …
It has felt more like Autumn here than August lately. The mornings are cooler, we have not been cracking even 80 degrees mid-day and the evenings have that damp chill to them, perfect for getting cozy with a piece of Apple Chai Coffee Cake made with traditional Chai spices. We love apple season at my …
Ahhhh Donuts. I use all the self control I have at the grocery store not buy one, then come home and make 10 and eat half. But really, I regret nothing. They were awesome and my donuts are baked instead of fried, and made with coconut oil so they are practically healthy, right? Ok, maybe not …
This time of the year I always find myself craving fresh citrus. Maybe the long dark days of an Upstate New York winter, make the bright cheery citrus fruits especially appealing. Or maybe I just have Orange on the brain (Go ‘Cuse!!). Either way, Orange Sweet Rolls are a perfect breakfast during winter. Orange sweet …
I have a little secret, I am pretty competitive. I enjoy entering competitions, especially if there is baking involved. I love participating in the local County Fair Open Class domestics, and I have done pretty well, but the “Best of Fair” has always eluded me, and I have decided this is the year I …
