As soon as I picked up a copy of the King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking Cookbook, I knew I had to try the Chewy Oatmeal Decorating Cookies recipe. I love to make rolled cutout cookies, but had never tried a recipe with oatmeal. So, with Valentine’s Day coming up, I decided to make some [...]
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I’ve been gradually adding some new homemade bread recipes to my baking repertoire. I’m definitely not the master bread baker that my mom is, but I have been getting better about making my own bread instead of buying it. I find that it’s difficult to find good quality breads at my local grocery store (most [...]
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We had a few chilly mornings last week which got me thinking about baked oatmeal. It’s kind of strange that I immediately wanted baked oatmeal, though, because I’ve never been much of an oatmeal eater – baked or not. It just sounded like a nice warm treat after my early morning walks with our yellow [...]
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Tags: apple, autumn, bake, breakfast, cinnamon, cranberry, fall, oatmeal, pumpkin, soy milk, walnuts
Warning – If you are on a diet or watching your carbs, you may want to skip over this post!
Ok, now that I got that out of the way, let’s talk about this week’s Friday Favorites. The blogosphere was full of amazing cookie recipes this week. It would be just plain wrong for me [...]
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Tags: baking, brownies, butter, chocolate, coconut, cookies, cranberry, marshmallow, oatmeal, peanut butter, raisin
The cooler weather (dare I even say cold weather?) this week has me in the mood to do some fall baking. For some reason, in my mind, I associate fall with baking. I suppose that’s because the fall leads into Thanksgiving and then the Christmas season, and I always step up my baking for the [...]
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Tags: baking, cake, chocolate, chocolate chips, cinnamon rolls, cookies, crostada, fall, mocha, mushrooms, oatmeal, pancetta, peanut butter, pumpkin
I am excited to announce that I am submitting these cookies to be featured as a part of Deck the Blogs on Oprah.com! Be sure to check out all of the great recipes and holiday ideas from all of the featured food bloggers!
Can you believe that I almost neglected to make something for this month’s [...]
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I may never buy a store-bought granola bar ever again. Seriously.
This month’s Pre-Made Our Way Challenge was to make homemade granola bars. I enjoy the PMOW challenge each month because it’s fairly relaxed – no strict rules, recipe variations allowed, etc. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the Daring Bakers, too (more about that [...]
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I have finally completed my recipe for Mission: Lime – this week’s Blogger Secret Ingredient challenge! I was back and forth on what to make. My original intention was to make something savory and spicy. However, sickness got the best of me. Instead, I decided to make a batch of cookies. I have had coconut in [...]
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It seems that rhubarb and strawberries are one of those food pairings that you see over and over again – like cilantro and lime, or tomato and basil. I like strawberries and rhubarb quite a bit, in fact. So, you may be wondering why this is a cherry rhubarb crisp instead of a strawberry rhubarb crisp.
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