Pear and Pecan Muffins

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

When everyone is clamoring about apple season, I'm the one ogling the pears. As much as I like baking with apples, I prefer the subtlety of pears. Once I get my first ones and start baking, I know fall has officially arrived. If you could somehow take all the awesome parts of fall and condense them into a muffin, you'd have yourself one of these gems. Pears and pecans and cinnamon make for a pretty perfect combination. These muffins are simple yet tasty, soft yet sturdy.

Snickerdoodle Bars

Monday, May 14, 2012

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A few years ago, I made Snickerdoodles for the first time, overcoming my strange childhood aversion to them. Since then, however, I don't recall baking them another time. That's certainly not due to any dislike of those lovely, cinnamon-y cookies. It's really just a consequence of having a baking blog. Recipes rarely get made multiple times. While I may not have made Snickerdoodles again, I did find this recipe for them in bar form. If you are fan of all there is to love about Snickerdoodles - all that brown sugar and cinnamon - then you're sure to love these, too.

Mexican Chocolate Cupcakes with Dulce de Leche Frosting

Saturday, May 5, 2012

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To me, dulce de leche is one of the great inventions of the food world. It takes the idea of caramel and moves it into the territory of the amazing. I haven't done a lot of baking with it, but I think I more than make up for that with this frosting. I’ve combined the amazing with another favorite, cream cheese, to make a simple to make, creamy, caramel-y frosting.

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

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How great is coffee cake? There aren't that many cakes that can justifiably be eaten at any time of day. While we may not always need an excuse to eat cake for breakfast, it's nice to do so with a tad less guilt sometimes. This particular coffee cake is a slight twist on the traditional with the addition of a cream cheese swirl. All the things we love about coffee cake are still there --- cinnamon, nuts, crumb topping. There just happens to be some cream cheese goodness swirled into it the delicate cake to take it to new levels of fabulousness.

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Quick Bread

Sunday, January 1, 2012

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Unintentionally, I seem to have started 2012 in a very similar way to 2011. Last year, there was that amazing Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cake. And now, this year begins with this fantastically easy, very tasty quick bread that also features chocolate chips and oats.

Cinnamon Sugar Cookie Squares

Sunday, December 18, 2011

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I have a bit of an addiction to baking bars. To me, they're the best of all baking worlds. Seriously, I could dedicate this entire blog to bar recipes. If I were to do that, I might start to bore some of you, so I soldier on with a little more variety. Today, though, we have bars!

Bake or Break

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