My very favorite thing I love about baking is creating something new. Not new to the world mind you…I don’t know if there’s anything that really hasn’t been done…but new to me. My own invention. I love playing mad scientist with my spices, extracts and various fruits in season.
Archive for the ‘Bread’ Category
Geni’s Test Kitchen {Just Peachy Summer Muffins}
Posted in Bread, Breakfast, tagged coconut oil muffins, make your own muffins, Mother's Day Breakfast recipes, muffin template, peach muffins, summer muffins on May 12, 2012 | 60 Comments »
Harried Helicopter Mom Seeks Sweet Strawberry Lemonade Biscuit Diversion
Posted in Bread, Breakfast, tagged low-fat buttermilk biscuits, strawberry biscuits, strawberry lemon biscuits on April 23, 2012 | 61 Comments »
These bright and cheery low-fat Strawberry Lemonade biscuits, which I served up with local orange blossom honey and a slab of melted, dripping butter, were just the ticket to a “we have to stay home and study AP US History” kind of Sunday.
Hunker Down and Make Pancakes! {Pineapple Pancakes and Cinnamon Chocolate Chip GF Pancakes}
Posted in Bread, Breakfast, Gluten Free, tagged gluten free cinnamon pancakes, gluten-free chocolate chip pancakes, pineapple pancakes, Soft and fluffy GF pancakes on March 27, 2012 | 32 Comments »
Sunday was one of those mornings when you roll out of bed and are sure you never want to leave the house; just hunker down, stay warm and be an observer to the blustery, wet and windy day that is continuing out the windows.
Start Valentine’s Day on a High Note With Red Velvet Pancakes
Posted in Bread, Breakfast, Chocolate, Valentine's Day, tagged chocoalte pancakes, Red Velvet Pancakes, Valentine's Day breakfast on February 10, 2012 | 22 Comments »
Can you think of a better way to start your Valentine’s Day morning than with rich, soft, chocolaty Red Velvet Pancakes?! I can’t either. They even get served with a luscious, cream cheese dipping sauce. Pretty sweet, right?— pun totally intended…that’s just how I roll. Seriously, these are absolutely decadent and for the handful of readers [...]
Life is Twisted and So Are Pretzels
Posted in Bread, tagged game day snacks, pretzels and mustard sauce, soft pretzels on February 5, 2012 | 35 Comments »
I’m out of things to say my friends, and I yet I sit here and write because it makes me feel better. It’s been a hard weekend. I stood with my mother at the bedside of one of my uncles today during the last hour of his life. I don’t have answers as to why [...]
Pimped Out Low-Fat Fluffy Scones
Posted in Bread, Breakfast, tagged chocolate chip scones, light scones, low-fat scones on January 19, 2012 | 38 Comments »
Have you ever had an Emergency Chocolate Situation? I usually keep a bag of Ghirardelli bittersweet chocolate chips on hand for these moments. I eat at least three or four a day. I honestly can’t remember having gone an entire day without chocolate. Ever. So when I was craving something sweet, chocolatey and frankly buttery [...]
Striving for Mediocrity and My Low-Cal/Low-Fat Heavenly Apple Blueberry Muffins
Posted in Bread, tagged apple blueberry muffins, low calorie muffins, low-fat muffins, New Year's resolutions on January 10, 2012 | 30 Comments »
I will start with these lightly spiced cardamom and cinnamon, apple-blueberry muffins because most of you come here for the recipes and this one is a doozy—And it’s my own creation! Our biggest losers group started our diets again this weekend and weighed in. I brought muffins to share, and yes, I am a little [...]
Bullock’s Tea Room Popovers —The Original Recipe
Posted in Bread, Side Dishes, tagged Bullock's popovers, popovers, Yorkshire pudding on December 28, 2011 | 21 Comments »
Bullock’s tea room in Sherman Oaks, California was my Grandmother and my Mecca when I was little. She would take me shopping for the day, and we would take a mid-day break for lunch in their glorious tea room. As we were escorted to our table, I was in awe of the vast ceilings, plushly [...]
Gingerbread Pancakes Because Sometimes Life’s Just That Good
Posted in Bread, Christmas, tagged Christmas breakfast, gingerbread pancakes on December 9, 2011 | 26 Comments »
I am known to sing in the kitchen. Way too much. I don’t have a good voice, and I rarely know more than three stanzas to any one song, but I sing anyway because sometimes life is just THAT GOOD.
We Have to Interrupt this Gingerbread Doughnut Post With a Surprise Tongue Appearance
Posted in Bread, Christmas, Fried and Fabulous, tagged eggnog icing, gingerbread doughnuts on December 3, 2011 | 28 Comments »
Hands down, this post has been the most popular post over the last year and a half for two reasons I believe: 1) Gingerbread doughnuts. ‘Nuff said. 2) My dog’s ridiculous tongue photo shoot. So here you go, while my kitchen is being finally finished…I have decided to repost this doozy. O.K. friends, these soft [...]


