Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
It is a wonderful thing to have a good, trusty cookie recipe. It’s good because a trusty recipe can be changed, added to, and amended to create all kinds of different cookies. I have a lot of recipes that are what I consider ‘base’ recipes. They are fine on their own, but add a little of this and a little of that and you have a whole new dish that you can add to your rotation. The ‘base’ recipe for...
Cinnamon Roll Bread
Is there anything more comforting than the smell of warm cinnamon rolls? If there is, I can’t think of it right now. While I love the traditional cinnamon roll, and believe me I do, I thought it would be fun to take my cinnamon roll dough and make it into a swirled loaf. I tried that very thing with my regular recipe and it was a disaster. The buttery filling left the bread wet and the eggs and fat in the dough left the...
Chocolate Loaf Cake with White Chocolate Glaze
I don’t know about you but I love humble desserts, and of those desserts there is just something special about loaf cakes. They are not the prettiest desserts out there. Often they are served unadorned or simply glazed. Sitting next to a flaky croissant, a glistening napoleon, or a fluffy mousse they wouldn’t win the beauty prize, but looks can be deceiving. Let’s be honest, because it is just you and I. I find...
Grilled Mushroom and Ricotta Pizza on Sourdough Wheat Crust
I have been on something of a pizza kick lately, and not those commercially prepared pies with flavorless cheese and mushy veggies. I can directly pin-point when this all started. It began at the Mushroom Council lunch when Chef Kent Rathburn made us a grilled mushroom pizza. I knew in that moment that I would be making a pizza with grilled mushrooms. This is the result. I used mushrooms that were available at the grocery store,...
Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Do you have some ripe bananas that aren’t good for anything other than baking? Are you tired of the same old banana bread? Then keep reading! I had some extra bananas that I had forgotten to eat with my breakfast cereal. They were pretty black and really soft, and I knew that they were only good for baking. I did not, however, want regular old banana bread. Not that I have anything against banana bread, I love it, but I...
Raspberry Chipotle Swirl Cupcakes
If you were to ask me what my favorite flavor of the moment was, I would answer, “Chipotle!” Dried and smoked jalapenos are magic, and they reach super-nova status when incorporated into sweet applications. Like Vern’s Raspberry Chipotle Jelly, which is sweet and spicy. I have used it to fill danish, spread it inside turnovers, and now I have swirled it into vanilla cupcakes. Inspiration struck looking at some...
