Bake or Break

Raspberry Cream Cheese Buns

View a printable recipe or more photos I am usually not quite motivated enough to bake anything for breakfast. Once in a while, however, I find some recipe that gives me that push I need to get myself up and in the kitchen. This is one of those recipes.

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Chocolate Chip Muffins

View a printable recipe or more photos I admit that I have a healthy appreciation for kitchen gadgets. I am quite sure that I would have a hard time giving up my stand mixers, food processor, hand mixers, and a number of other complex appliances that fill my kitchen and pantry. Even with all of that, I do enjoy baking with just a couple of bowls and a spoon.

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Quinn’s Cream Cheese Muffins

View a printable recipe and more photos A few years ago, Quinn came up with this recipe as a special treat for me. I love, love, love all things cream cheese. Somehow, the recipe got buried among the countless recipes I’ve collected. Then, the other morning, I woke up to find that Quinn [...]

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Banana Nut Muffins

View a printable recipe or more pictures My friend Tonya sent this recipe to me ages ago, and I put it in my embarrassingly enormous and ever-growing “to try” collection. One obstacle that has detained me in making these muffins is finding spelt flour in my area. I finally resigned myself to ordering some [...]

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Mix Review: King Arthur Flour Cranberry-Orange Muffins

I am a devourer of The Baker’s Catalogue. When it comes in the mail, I flip through it over and over, making not so subtle circles around all the things I want. At the back, there are usually a few pages devoted to mixes. As I’ve mentioned before, I am not a [...]

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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins with Chocolate Streusel

A search through my “to try” list for a quick and easy breakfast recipe led me to this recipe from Quaker Oats. What I made was an adaptation of this recipe, based on what ingredients I had on hand. The ingredient list is a bit long for me to be saying that it’s [...]

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