Anytime I see something tiny and cute, I can’t help but get Homer Simpson’s voice in my head: “They’re cute because they’re little!” But these mini quiches really are cute, little – and delicious. The egg and cheese are a savory filling for the flaky, buttery rolls. I used a mini muffin pan, but you [...]
Posts Tagged ‘baking’
Cranberry crunch bars
Breakfast doesn’t have to mean a bowl of cereal or a piece of fruit grabbed on the way out the door. Make these cranberry crunch bars ahead of time, and enjoy a crisp-sweet-tart treat any day of the week. It’s also delicious as a dessert – just add crumbled up bars to vanilla or caramel
Cornmeal rosemary cookies
I’m a sucker for a good cookie recipe, and have been working on cornmeal cookies for a while. Most recently, I had a recipe for cornmeal freezer cookies that I had tried over the holidays last year, but it just wasn’t quite right. This month’s Everyday Food magazine from Martha Stewart featured Cornmeal
Simplified apple pie
With fall here and apples in abundance, I have had a hankering for apple pie. But the thought of putting together an apple pie is daunting at best, and I just don’t have the energy to do it. Instead, I decided to make a sort of deconstructed apple pie: simply sauteed apples and (store-bought) pie [...]
The famous NYT no-knead bread
By now we’ve all heard of the New York Times’ No-Knead Bread. Everyone and their sister has probably tried the recipe by now, right? Well, I hadn’t – and was a little put off by the amount of time this bread took. So I was happy to see that the recipe has been modified to [...]
Pumpkin butter
Yes, we’ve been talking pumpkin a lot lately, but it is in season right now and makes a tasty fall treat. However, you don’t need fresh pumpkin to make pumpkin butter – although fresh pureed pumpkin could be substituted if you like. I used a big can of pumpkin, some sugar and ground spices, and [...]
A note about baking in jars
While I did enjoy both the process and the end result of baking bread in jars, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention something. After baking in the jars, I got to wondering about the safety of using canning jars to bake in. While they can withstand pretty high temperatures (after all, they are [...]
Getting (apple)Saucy
Yes, I do love my slow cooker. Especially when it can save hours of time making something that might otherwise be labor intensive, like applesauce. This easy recipe inspired me to try my hand at applesauce this fall, when apples are at their peak and the prices are so low that you just can’t resist [...]
Pumpkin bread in a jar
While debating the merits of baking bread in a tin can and the safety issues that this might bring up, a new idea emerged: bread in a jar. Why not use up some of those many jars that are otherwise collecting dust and taking up space in the cupboard, and put them to use? Plus, [...]
Tin can bread – yay or nay?
On this dreary and humid summer morning, I am debating making tin can bread. I tried making flower pot bread a few weeks ago, with disastrous results. (Think kitchen filling with acrid smells and evacuating the house for a short period of time. Why I am admitting this is beyond me.) So when I came [...]
