I regularly bake quick breads with whichever fruit is in season, but I have yet to come across a recipe for a peach one. Not that I have ever really set out to look for one, but a couple of weeks ago I had some perfectly ripe peaches sitting around, and I didn’t want to…
Garden Pepper and Cheddar Cheese Bagels
The summer is wending down, in fact, if I do get around to posting this today, it will already technically be Autumn, which means both the harvesting of the last of my vegetable garden and a return to regular bread baking, which had been set aside due to the warmer weather. This recipe encapsulates both….
Mini Cream Puffs
I’ve been sitting on this recipe for a couple of weeks now, and am finally getting around to posting it. Finally! A few weeks ago I was asked to make over a hundred classic cream puffs for a wedding, the only problem being that the last time I had made an actual classic cream puff…
Tart Lemon Bars
Because every baker needs a simi-functional lemon bar recipe… and I’ve dealt with my fair share of dysfunctional ones in the past. Believe me. Some of my biggest baking disasters can be traced back to lemon bars. Below is a recipe that has yet to fail me, is super simple, and requires no additional frills…
Blueberry Coffee Cake
Blueberry season has arrived! At last! It seems to have arrived late this year, strange considering the unusually warm summer, but my blueberry bushes started producing their first berries last week. This is the first year that they have produced enough fruit to bake with, which is exciting, considering that they are of a tarter…
Lobster Quiche
I find that the most complicated part of making a quiche is the pie crust, but once you’ve got that squared away, it’s only a matter of throwing your favorite ingredients into the pie shell with a couple of eggs and some milk or cream. Easy Peasy. We also have WONDERFUL neighbors that keep us…
Pickled Beet and Chorizo Orzo Salad
It’s the time of year when cold salads abound, from the classic potato and pasta salads, staples of most summer barbecues, to the healthier whole grain salads such as quinoa tabouli and blue cheese farro. An all-in-one salad that is cool, light, refreshing, and nourishing is a staple to my summer diet, and every year…
Vanilla Pound Cake
I have heard that the old rule of thumb behind pound cake is that you combine together four simple ingredients; a pound of flour, a pound of sugar, a pound of eggs, and a pound of butter. Just that simple, right? In all my years of baking pound cake, and the countless recipes that I’ve…
