Baking Delights: Baking breads and treats for your family

June 29th, 2008

Daring Bakers Challenge for June: Danish Braid

When I saw this challenge I swore that I was not going to wait until the very last minute to do it. Guess what? Yeah. I did.  I waited until friday, knowing that I had to chill this overnight in the fridge…Friday at 3:00, to be exact.
Was it worth the fuss and bother?
Oh YEAH!

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June 20th, 2008

Mini Lavender and Vanilla Scones

I wanted to do something a little different to go with lunch the other day. Usually scones are a breakfast item here, I just don’t think of them for lunch. But with a salad and some Brie these are a great way to round out a light meal.
They are sweet from the glaze. The […]

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June 6th, 2008

National Donut Day

 
Thanks to Sandi at All Holiday Cafe for reminding me that today is….DONUT DAY! YAY!
As you know, I love donuts, love to make donuts…love to eat them too but they do bad bad things to my thighs.  I try to make them about once a week.

The key  to good donuts is
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May 21st, 2008

French Breakfast Puffs:Little Puffs of Yum

I have looked at these a number of times in one of my vintage cookbooks and just passed over them..They seemed too simple, too average, too mediocre. A little flour, a few eggs..some butter…yadda yadda yadda.
But something whispered to me the other morning and I thought that I would. I mean, why not? So what […]

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May 10th, 2008

Crumb Cakes are a Recipe for Old Fashioned Goodness

Crumbcake. A muffin but not. :)
Usually when you see a recipe for crumbcake it will be baked in a square pan. I like to make them in muffin cups; little individual bites of WOW. By doing it this way you can
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May 2nd, 2008

Butterscotch Muffins Go with Tea or Coffee

Muffins have to be one of my favorite foods because they are versatile and quick, two things that I really like in a recipe. :)
You can have them for breakfast, or lunch, or even dinner. You can use them as a snack or with a relaxing cup of tea in the afternoon….and on..and on…
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April 28th, 2008

Strawberry Cream Cheese Crepes

 
So, after the amazing Daring Bakers Cheeecake Pops I admit to haveing half a pan of cheesecake stuff left over.  What to do?
And then we got home from church late last night and everyone was hungry.Hmmmmm…
Crepes!
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April 28th, 2008

Quick and Easy: Ham and Cheese Strata

There are some recipes that have been around a long, long time..and you try them and think…
Why?
But strata is one of those ancient recipes that began because some busy homemaker had some leftover ham, some cheese, a few eggs, and not much time. It has stayed around because, well, it is just good, simple […]

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April 16th, 2008

Think Spring: Key Lime & Rose Muffins

I had some leftover key lime juice from the key lime and strawberry pie that I made and I wanted to use it up. It is not cheap stuff, and besides that, it is too good to let it go bad. Sounds like a country song title, doesn’t it?
Anyway…made these for breakfast the […]

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April 7th, 2008

OAMC:Make Ahead Biscuit Mix

 
I really hate biscuits made with shortening, and I hate Bisquick. I grew up on those over salted things and I thought I didn’t like biscuits at all until I learned to make my own.  Biscuits aren’t hard to make, and they don’t take long, but sometimes the mess first thing in the morning is […]

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