In the bottom of my fridge is a collection of flours, powders and nut meals. Last time I checked, I had spelt flour, wheat bran, almond meal and dried buttermilk powder. I also had a bag of oat flour, so when I saw this recipe, I knew I had to try it. This was my [...]

Currently baking from Great Coffee Cakes, Sticky Buns, Muffins & More by Carole Walter. I liked the idea of these muffins. I didn’t really like the muffins themselves, but I think that’s because I underbaked them slightly and they were pretty wet in the middle. The recipe is pretty straight forward. The only step I [...]

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 Pure Dessert by Alice Medrich. This is actually two recipes in one. First, you make a batch of Desire’s Brioche dough. But instead of making traditional brioche loaves, you roll the dough out and spread a filling of muscovado sugar and cinnamon on it, then roll the dough up and cut [...]

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. See those sad little hockey pucks? Those are my second attempt at Sass’ cornmeal biscuits using the modified recipe I found on her website. Alas, they weren’t much better than my first try. Flat as the biscuits were, they were pretty tasty [...]

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 out of Whole Grains Every Day, Every Way by Lorna Sass. I’ll never make a good southern gal. I can’t make biscuits to save my life, which is a shame, because they are easy, delicious and make a great side to just about every meal. And with some jam or jelly, they can [...]

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 [...]