Sometimes experimenting in the kitchen yields surprisingly yummy treats! Read along in this formerly archived 2016 post to learn how to make these all natural, vegan chocolaty gems.
Category: The Bakery & Sweet Shoppe
Chipotle Corn Sandwich Rolls
You know that can of Chipotles in Adobo you have sitting in your pantry? Or if you’re like me, you open the can to use in a recipe and still have half a can left so you freeze it and forget it’s there? Here’s a recipe for using up those leftover Chipotles. I guarantee you’ll…
Strawberry Ice Cream
Because any day is National Ice Cream Day in my world, I’m sharing an easy recipe that you can adapt for any fruity flavor! For best results, let the ice cream base chill in the refrigerator overnight, so prepare your base the night before you want to indulge. This recipe calls for a shortcut in…
Chocolate Chip Crater Cookies
I was trying to use up little bits of goodness left in my pantry this weekend and came up with a creatively cratered chocolate chip cookie! I added some mini marshmallows to the mix and they melted in the cookies while baking. The look reminded my son of the surface of the moon so we…
Basic Focaccia Recipe
This recipe is a rework of an old post, Sourdough Buckwheat Focaccia published in 2017 that I took down to simplify and quicken the process. Using ready made sourdough starter and quick rise yeast, you can significantly shorten the wait time to crunchy, salty, olive oil goodness! What follows is a basic recipe that yields…
One Pan S’mores Bars
What do you get when you cross a pan cookie with campfire treats? Inside campout dessert heaven! Whether you are indoors due to weather, pandemic or murder hornets or if you just don’t like camping out you can still have your toasty marshmallow treats! And you don’t have to worry about burning marshmallow. The recipe…
Easy As…Strawberry Pie!
Strawberries from Florida are finally in the grocery stores here and I am in Heaven! First strawberries are a distraction from cold temperatures and a reminder that spring is on the way. I’ve already made Strawberry Vanilla Jam and Strawberry Sugar and was craving a fresh sweet that could be enjoyed for dessert or breakfast….
Anatomy of a Cake Pop
When one of my daughters requested cake pops instead of cake for a party recently, I panicked. I’m almost ashamed to say I had never made them before. Frankly, I wasn’t crazy about the ones I had eaten in the past. They were too sweet and overly decorated to the point where you couldn’t taste…
Eggland’s Best America’s Best Recipe Contest ~ Hummingbird Streusel Coffee Cake
Eggland’s Best has just opened voting for the Southeast Regional Semi-Finalist recipes, and I am honored to have had my recipe for Hummingbird Streusel Coffee Cake chosen to represent Georgia! The contest closed in 2018 and the recipe is no longer available online, however you can try my newer adapted version of the original recipe…
Avocado Sourdough Biscuits
Avocado Biscuits ~ A Heart Healthy Alternative! Today I’m resurrecting an old post~Avocado Biscuits, that I had removed so I could fiddle with the recipe and see if I could improve the flavor without adding too much sugar or other fats. This recipe is a flavorful dairy free alternative to the standard buttery biscuit. The…
Grind your own Oat Flour
I love oat flour as a tasty, nutritious, fiberful addition to baking. Lately, I have had great difficulty in finding it at my local grocery stores. The only stores that carry it are the natural foods stores, who seem to think their customers will pay an arm and a leg for it. So I started…
U-biscuit-ous ~ Biscuit Basics
Biscuits are everywhere these days. It doesn’t surprise me as a biscuit lover. What’s not to like? Lightly browned and crunchy on the outside, warm and dreamy on the inside. Easily adaptable, as evidenced by the infinite variations out in foodland today. Including the canned kind. Which, in my opinion, do not qualify as biscuits….
Raspberry Chocolate Jam ~ Simple Gifts
If you’re looking for something simple to share or give as a gift for the holidays, you’ve come to the right place. Simple doesn’t have to mean less and in this Raspberry Chocolate Jam it means so much more! Just a few ingredients and a little time and you will have a gift worth giving…
Chocolate Pan Cake ~ Sprouted Wheat Flour
I have a confession to make…my husband is known to troll the clearance baking rack at our local discount store. He has a serious sugar addiction and I have been trying to bake more sweet stuff at home to prevent his binge buying. But I want to provide something other than just sweetness when baking,…
Oh My ~ Sugar Pie! Sugar Pie Pumpkins
“Sugar pie, honey bunch…you know I love you!” I think the song is definitely fitting here. Even the name of the group who made it famous, The Temptations is fitting here. “I’m tied to your apron strings, and there’s nothing that I can do.” I’m talking about Sugar Pie pumpkins! Powerhouses of nutrition, beacon of…
Applesauce Graham Cake with Pumpkin Spice Cream
Looking for an easy, hearty, dessert to warm up these cool fall days? Try this applesauce graham snack cake. It comes together quickly, and you can dress it up for company with Pumpkin Spice Cream and Apple Cider Caramel! Make your own from scratch applesauce for freshest flavor. Follow the instructions here: A is for…
Eclipse Cookies
I think you’ll know what inspired these cookies. While we weren’t in the path of Totality here, it was an awesome phenomenon to watch and I wanted an edible way to recreate the experience! I used my recipe for Sugar Cookie Cutouts and simply added 2 tablespoons cocoa powder to half of the dough. I…
Gluten Free Sandwich Rolls ~ Recipe Redo
I’ve baked my recipe for Gluten Free Quick Rolls many times for my daughter and she loves them for dinner rolls and small sandwiches or sliders. We were looking for a good gluten free yeast sandwich bun to replace the store bought kind ~ these she finds dry and tasteless. Something hearty enough for burgers…
Yellow Tomato Curd ~ Eggless
Don’t you just love when you goof and stumble upon something good? My Golden Cherry tomato plants have been fruiting prolifically and I can’t eat the tomatoes fast enough. I decided I would make a batch of Yellow Tomato Jam. I didn’t measure out the potato starch carefully and accidentally added too much. The jam…
Quick Berry Cobbler for a Crowd
Need a quick and easy dessert to feed a crowd? This mixed berry cobbler will do the job and give you plenty leftover for sweet second helpings! Need it gluten free? Make my suggested substitutions and no one will miss the gluten! Quick Berry Cobbler preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit Juice and zest 2…
Pecan-Crusted Mojito Bars
I made these for Derby Day today and adapted them to a Gluten Free version that came out great! The crust is so nutty and buttery and so versatile you could use it in place of a graham cracker crust for pies, bars and cheesecakes. The original recipe is from BHG.com and is published in…
The Last Banana Snack Cake
What do you do with the last banana? You know, the one banana left from the bunch that gets riper by the day? The banana that no one will eat? In our house it usually gets peeled and added to the smoothie fruit bag that is kept in the freezer. But what happens when the…
All Purpose Sandwich Bread
All for one and one for all! Just one batch of bread dough you can use to make loaf bread, sandwich or hot dog buns and pizza dough/pita bread/skillet bread. Perfect for any use, and for any filling or topping. Soft bread dough reminds me of childhood. White bread with soft crust upon which my…
Sweet Potato Pie with Marshmallow Fluff
Happy New Year! I wish everyone a sweet 2017 and in that spirit I’m posting my Sweet Potato Pie recipe. If you make it, share it and eat it you are bound to have a fabulously sweet new year! Top it with Homemade Marshmallow Fluff and it will be even sweeter. GF Version: To satisfy…
A is for Apples…and Applesauce!
Happy Fall! I was saving this post for tomorrow, the first day of fall, but I just couldn’t wait! I love applesauce. There, I said it. Actually wrote it, but you get the picture. I have written before about having been a picky eater as a child. Applesauce was a daily staple in my diet….
Georgia Peaches ~ Low Sugar Peach Jam
I made a return day trip this week with family to Jaemor Farms in Alto, Georgia. Our timing was perfect as there were several varieties of freestone peaches available. I really indulged this time and my freezer is bursting with peaches, plums and blackberries! Freestone peaches are the ones in which the peach flesh comes…
Layers ~ Pastry Metaphor
Please excuse my ramble today…accept my permission to scroll down to photos and recipe links and skip my philosophical meandering! I saw this Daily Post prompt, Layers, a few weeks ago and meant to write a post then. But Life interrupted and put me on another track. It’s happening a lot lately. Not necessarily bad or good events,…
Gluten Free Vanilla Cupcakes
This recipe is an adapted gluten free version of Aunt Mamie’s Lightning Cake, posted here a couple of months ago: Coconut Lightning Cake with Italian Buttercream Frosting. I used my own gluten free baking mix and switched up the method a little. The result is a light, airy, cupcake perfect for any flavor combination you can think of!…
No Knead Bread ~ Crispy Ciabatta
It’s all the rage, that no-knead bread. I had to give it a try. So I’ve been playing with it for two months and can honestly say…it tastes better than any bread I have ever eaten! Sandwich bread is nice, soft, fluffy. Sourdough and Rye are great, flavorful, dense breads with distinct flavor. But no-knead bread…
Gluten Free Caraway Sandwich Bread
When I baked a rye loaf last week, my daughter mentioned how much she loved rye bread and missed that flavor since eliminating gluten from her diet. I had researched some processes and recipes for gluten free sourdough starter, but they were all very different and it only confused me. The basic premise is that…
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