Apples! Apples! Apples!!! They are everywhere this time of year! It’s a good thing that I love them. In fact, I am a bit of an apple snob. I refuse to eat them off season, but once September comes around my apple a day becomes three apples a day – time to make up for…
Category: Baking
Basic Buttermilk Loaf
A simple loaf of white sandwich bread. The buttermilk gives the bread a buttery tang that is slightly reminiscent of a sour dough, but does not require the development of a sour dough starter. A sprinkle of poppy seeds coats the top of the loaf for additional flavor and crunch. Ingredients: 3 tbsp Butter 1…
Honey Rye Bread
I have set a personal goal for this upcoming fall, winter, and spring of baking all of my own bread. It’s a challenge that will hopefully help improve my bread baking skills. I have started out with this simple a fairly straight forward recipe for honey rye bread that was adapted from The Nordic Cook…
Vegan Apple Pop-tarts
I was scrounging around this weekend for a portable, vegan-friendly, nut-free breakfast treat, and these vegan apple pop-tarts were what I was able to come up with – a spiced homemade apple sauce filling, with a orange-zest flavored pastry dough, coated in a lemon drizzle. Apple Sauce Filling Ingredients: 6-8 Apples – skinned, quartered, and…
The Ephemeral Bee 