Bake or Break

Banana Bread Cobbler

Most bakers, even the occasional ones, have most likely made banana bread at least once. It’s a simple thing to whip up, it’s delicious, and it’s a good use of very ripe bananas. The problem, at least to me, is that I get a little bored with it. I am always looking for variations to make it a tad different and more interesting.

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Caramel Apple Pear Cobbler

I’m a bit ashamed to tell you that I baked all kinds of things during the holidays that I have yet to share with all of you. I realize that November and December are long gone, and now January is almost over. But, I figure this is a good case of “better late than never.”

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Chocolate Cobbler

Sometimes I think chocolate can be made into just about any dessert form. Here we have it as a cobbler, which is usually associated with fruit. While I don’t think that this is a cobbler in the traditional sense, I find that it’s so good that I don’t really care what you call it.

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Pear and Chocolate Crumble

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As I told you recently, I came into possession of several new cookbooks. This recipe comes from one of those books, simply entitled Cobblers and Crumbles. When I first saw this book, I thought to myself that those are two things I just don’t make frequently. [...]

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Pecan Crusted Apple-Pear Crisp with Tuaca

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For the latest installment of Sugar High Friday, hosted this time around by Spittoon Extra the theme is Drunken Apples. I was intrigued by the possible combinations. My first thought was of Tuaca, a lovely citrus-vanilla liqueur, to which I was first introduced when Quinn & I had known each other [...]

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Apple Crisp

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When cooler weather finally arrives, I am compelled to bake with apples. I chose this recipe for Thanksgiving, but after my eventful Thanksgiving Eve, I didn’t have time to make it. I did whip it up the other night while Quinn has been feeling quite unwell. [...]

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