Lemon with cream cheese. What’s not to love? These rolls are cinnamon rolls for people who don’t like cinnamon. Or for people who like lemon. Or for people. And maybe aliens. Seriously, these are good. The sweet, tangy filling is encased by a soft, just slightly sweet yeasty bread. The lemon flavor is everywhere. There’s [...]

Currently baking out of Macrina Bakery & Cafe Cookbook by Leslie Mackie Versions four and five of my fresh fruit muffins went from complicated to simple, but got better as a result. For the fourth attempt at tweaking this recipe, I increased the maple syrup to 1/4 cup and decreased the amount of milk by [...]

Currently cooking out of Pure Dessert by Alice Medrich. I hadn’t planned on making these muffins, but every time I flipped through Pure Dessert, I kept stopping on this recipe. Muffins just didn’t seem exotic enough to try. But they have raspberries. And chocolate. Really, it was only a matter of time before I caved. [...]

Currently cooking out of Whole Grains Every Day, Every Way by Lorna Sass. Remember this post a couple of weeks ago? Well, ever since then, I’ve been beating my head against a wall called Lemon-Poppyseed Muffins. And the wall has been winning. From the first time I made these muffins, I thought they had promise, [...]

Currently cooking out of Whole Grains Every Day, Every Way by Lorna Sass. Look at those muffin liners! They are called tulip muffin papers, and I love them. I need to open my bakery just so I can bake everything in them. Sadly, those muffin liners were the best part of this recipe. The muffins [...]

Currently cooking from Whole Grains, Every Day, Every Way by Lorna Sass. I only have few food dislikes. I hate liver (and am too old to be told it is steak, mom!) and I hate oatmeal. I dislike liver because of the taste. My dislike of oatmeal, however, all comes down to texture. I don’t [...]

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 [...]

Currently baking from The Art & Soul of Baking by Cindy Mushet. I’ve been searching for the perfect scone for several years, now. When I get a new baking cookbook, it’s one of the first recipes that I scrutinize. I’ve found some fairly good ones and some pretty bad ones. But the one thing they [...]