Cinnamon Pecan Swirl Monkey Bread
Happy Leap Day! February has been one bitch of a month for me personally, so to celebrate the end of it I decided to bake something really, really naughty. I was inspired by monkey bread, a heavenly concoction of cinnamon sugar covered dough that is baked in a sticky brown sugar and butter sauce. The end result is sweet, buttery, and perfect for sharing. Most of the recipes I found on the interwebs for monkey bread used a short...
Soft Taco Stack
I’ll admit it. I do not use my new slow-cooker enough. I really don’t. That is why I am going to try and make a habit of participating in Thoughtless Thursdays over at Pots and Plots. For this edition of Thoughtless Thursday I made a Soft Taco Stack. It is all the components of tacos, just arranged differently and cooked more slowly. What you end up with is something like a Tex-Mex lasagna. It’s spicy,...
Apple and Blueberry Crisp
I’ve been making crisps since I was a child. They were one of the first things I learned to bake so they are special to me in the way a first love is special. I find that when the last of winter is behind me I start to crave fresh fruit desserts, and since this is easy and nearly fool-proof it is perfect to satisfy my cravings. It is important that the crisp have a crisp topping. I know it sounds silly to say that, but so...
Garlic Butter Shrimp Pasta
While out at dinner a few nights ago I had some really lovely garlic shrimp over rice. It was really tasty, but I am not a fan of rice unless it is my mother-in-laws fried rice, and I wondered how it would taste with pasta instead. So, a few nights later the inspiration bug was biting and I went to the market and got some shrimp so I could test my idea. What I wanted was a dish that was buttery with a mellow garlic note. I needed...
Bacon Cheddar Cheese Bread
When I was in England last Fall I fell in love. Not with a person, or even the land or the culture, however fantastic they all are. No, I fell in love with the bacon. In England they serve, almost exclusively, back bacon. If you have never had this kind of bacon before it is a glorious mix of lean meat, similar to Canadian Bacon, with a streaky tail, similar to our bacon in the US. It is nothing short of a miracle, and I am...
