Oatmeal Fluff
An unlikely combination---"oatmeal" and "souffle"---makes a delightfully unusual combination, especially when paired with a slightly tangy fruit sauce.
Category Archives: Baking
Ch-Ch-Ch
Cinnamon rolls for the impatient---a non-yeasted recipe that bakes up in muffin cups for an adorable presentation. And they are egg-free, thanks to the gelling property of chia seeds.
Letting Them Eat Cake
A casually elegant cake, rich with coconut and chocolate chips, is the perfect way to ring in the new year---or any old weeknight, for that matter!
How the Grinch Stollen Christmas
The December 2010 Daring Bakers challenge was stollen, a traditional German Christmas bread. Mine contained dried cherries, pistachios, and candied ginger, and was shaped into two different varieties of wreaths.
Minty Meltaways
Delicate little cookies with a tender crumb, aromatic minty flavor and festive green color, these mint meltaways can be eaten as is, or sandwiched with ganache for a more decadent holiday treat.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pudding Cake
An easy, quick-fix dessert made with pantry ingredients, when you want something sweet without much fuss: chocolate peanut butter pudding cake.
Thanksgiving Recap 2010
A recap of our Thanksgiving dinner from top to tail: turkey with prosciutto-hazelnut butter and all the fixings.
Caramel Apple Cheesecake Crostata
The November 2010 Daring Bakers challenge was making pasta frolla for a crostata; I chose to use it to make a caramel apple cheesecake tart for Thanksgiving.
Brioche Swirls
Whole grain brioche dough baked two ways: a simple cinnamon swirl and a slightly more elaborate streusel-topped apple swirl. A nice change of pace from muffins for breakfast!
The Potato Eaters
Homemade pizza topped with sauted mushrooms and onion, bacon, and thinly sliced red potato.
Anything Goes
A few baking recipes that use minimal all-purpose flour for those occasions when you find yourself running low: Pumpkin granola for breakfast, lamb chili with masa dumplings for dinner, and Asian pear crisp for dessert.
My Hero, the Gyro
One of my more successful at-home versions of a restaurant dish: lamb gyros with tzatziki in pillowy rounds of pita.
When the Frost is on the Punkin
The October 2010 Daring Bakers challenge was making doughnuts! Since I've made several types of doughnuts in the past, I selected the new-to-me pumpkin cake doughnut recipe, a perfect snack for a very rainy afternoon.
Doing Without
Creamy wild rice and mushroom soup is paired up with a very unusual scone recipe calling for ricotta cheese in place of butter.
Oscar Does Pie Crust
Classic pumpkin pie with a not-so-classic crust: pâte brisée made using sourdough starter!
Smart Cookies
A review of the ThinkFood cookbook, and my version of smart cookies: gluten-free cookies made with almond meal, buckwheat, forbidden rice flour and blackberry compote.
I ♥ Chanterelles
In honor of LiveSTRONG Day 2010, I prepared a yellow menu full of hearts: luscious golden chanterelle soup and spiraled pesto rolls using daikon greens and flaxseed.
Chalkboards and Royalty
The September 2010 Daring Bakers challenge was decorated sugar cookies pertaining to the month of September. I made chalkboard cookies to commemorate my son's first day of preschool.
Six Words
Peanut butter provides a twist to the otherwise familiar chocolate chip banana muffins, with great effect.