Currently baking from The Art & Soul of Baking by Cindy Mushet.
This wasn’t the last recipe I had intended on trying. I had a cinnamon banana cream pie recipe earmarked, but then I realized if I didn’t use up the pumpkin I had left from the Pumpkin Walnut Bread recipe, it was going to end [...]

Currently baking from The Art & Soul of Baking by Cindy Mushet.
One of my good friends in Michigan, Linda, is having a long-distance love affair. Any time she gets within a 100-mile radius of Providence, RI, she has to detour to a little cafe/bakery called Pastiche and have herself a slice of their lemon mousse [...]

Currently baking from The Art & Soul of Baking by Cindy Mushet.
My father hates nuts, especially walnuts and pecans. If I’m baking something that has nuts in it, I usually try to leave a corner nut-free, just for him. Unfortunately, that’s not possible with this bread, so I don’t think he’d touch it with a [...]

Currently baking from The Art & Soul of Baking by Cindy Mushet.
Cinnamon, raisins and rosemary? The combination was intriguing enough that I had to try it. And guess what? It totally works. This may be my new favorite bread. Warm from the oven and smeared with butter, this was foodie heaven. Mushet also says that leftovers [...]

Currently baking from The Art & Soul of Baking by Cindy Mushet.
Even though I had problems the first time around making this recipe, I enjoyed the flavor enough that I wanted to give it another go. I’m happy to report that this time, everything went well. My biga was still wetter then Mushet’s, but not [...]

Currently baking from The Art & Soul of Baking by Cindy Mushet.
This is the recipe that started it all. Back in December, I came across this recipe featured on David Lebovitz’s blog and had to try it immediately. My cookies, however, came out pretty dry. I did some searching on the internet, but couldn’t find [...]

Currently baking from The Art & Soul of Baking by Cindy Mushet.
This coffee cake looked gorgeous, all tan and shiny with apricot glaze. Then I cut it in half and the insides oozed out, but not in a good “I want to eat that” sort of way. I don’t know what went wrong, exactly, but [...]

Currently baking from The Art & Soul of Baking by Cindy Mushet.
I was excited to make these recipes. I’m always on the lookout for a good, basic chocolate cake recipe and the idea of turning it into homemade Ding Dongs (I’ve actually never heard them called ringers) sounded fun. The result was . . . [...]

Currently baking from The Art & Soul of Baking by Cindy Mushet.

I have a hard time not changing recipes. I tend to add almonds to just about everything sweet I make, and a handful of frozen peas usually finds its way into savory dishes. So, when I first read the title of this recipe, my [...]

Currently baking from The Art & Soul of Baking by Cindy Mushet.
In my follow up attempt at the chocolate cream scones, I tweaked a couple of things. Some on purpose, some not (I blame the 4 hours of sleep I got the night before). I increased the amount of sugar from 2 3/4 oz to [...]