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.
Continue reading...Thursday, December 15, 2011
View a printable recipe or more photos This blog isn't readily described as being jam-packed with things that are good for you. I fervently believe that we all need a sweet treat now and then, and I do so enjoy baking them. Recently, the good folks at Cooking Light offered to send me a copy of their new cookbook, Cooking Light Way to Bake. Despite the baking indulgences of this blog, I do bake a surprising number of recipes from Cooking Light, so I readily accepted.
Continue reading...Friday, December 2, 2011
View more photosMy first baking love will probably always be chocolate. I'm sure I am not alone in that sentiment. However, I do try to vary things a bit around the BoB kitchen. These bars are a nice deviation from the norm. I'm pretty much a fool for the crust and crumb of these bars. Butter, oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, and pecans.... Yes, please! There's just something so warm and comforting about that combination. It's hard to resist.
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 18, 2011
One of my favorite bakeries is one I've never visited. I dream of going to Baked, but I haven't made it there yet. Until I do, I console myself with making their recipes and mapping the best routes to Red Hook. This recipe is from the Baked guys' latest cookbook, Baked Explorations: Classic American Desserts Reinvented. I like to flag recipes I want to try in my cookbooks, and this one is spilling over with post-its.
Continue reading...Saturday, July 31, 2010
View a printable recipe or more photos I recently came across this recipe for at least the second time. I found it several months ago in an issue of Taste of the South and added it to my ever-growing stack of recipes to try. This past week, I found it again and felt the overwhelming need to make them as soon as possible.
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 9, 2008
View a printable recipe Last month, BoB quietly celebrated two years of baking and blogging. I tried desperately to come up with some clever, unique way to mark that mini-achievement. Sadly, nothing seemed to come to mind. Then, I thought if BoB is all about baking, why not share with you one of my very favorite recipes?
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Sunday, January 1, 2012
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