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Spoon Bread with Swiss

April 6, 2012 by Tiffany

Have you ever heard of spoon bread?

In Berea, KY where we used to live the Boone Tavern is famous for their spoon bread, a soft cornbread served and eaten with a spoon. Traditionally, the dish doesn’t have any cheese in it, but I found a version with cheese in an old cookbook of mine.

The Country Gourmet Cookbook calls for Colby, Fontina or Romano. I used Swiss because that’s what I had available and it turned out great. I served it with grilled ham and Spicy Skillet Turnip Greens from Add a Pinch (they were delicious!).

Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]

Filed under: bread, Side Dish Tagged with cornbread, cornmeal, kentucky food, southern, spoonbread3 Comments

Choose-Your-Flavor Biscuit Bites

March 9, 2012 by Tiffany

The other night I pulled a can of refrigerated biscuits out of the fridge and turned them into Italian Parmesan Biscuit Bites. I know there are all kinds of recipes out there to make knots and rolls and such out of a can of biscuits.

I just didn’t feel like looking up a recipe, so I did my own thing.

And then, I got to thinking that there are all kinds of ways to make these. Determine your mood, determine you biscuit bite. This is definitely more method than recipe. Do your own thing with these.

Here are some jumping-off ideas: [Read more...]

Filed under: Baked Goods Tagged with biscuits, bread, canned biscuits, rolls2 Comments

Whole Wheat Cinnamon Rolls

January 27, 2012 by Tiffany

Yesterday, we covered making whole wheat bread. I used 1 loaf of bread dough to make 2 pans of cinnamon rolls. Yum!

The process is easy and not scientific at all. You’ll need the whole wheat bread dough first, of course.

Roll it out to about the thickness of pizza crust. It should look like this: [Read more...]

Filed under: Baked Goods, Breakfast Tagged with homemade cinnamon rolls, whole wheat bread2 Comments

How to Make Whole Wheat Bread by Hand

January 26, 2012 by Tiffany

When I make homemade bread, I like to make quite a few loaves at once. I don’t have time to make bread more than once a week (and I don’t even make it that often) so I like to have a lot to show for the effort.

This recipe will make 4 loaves. But it’s too much dough for my stand mixer to handle so I make it by hand. I enjoy the process of starting with flour and yeast, then kneading the dough to form loaves. It feels rustic and wholesome and slow. Such a contrast to the rest of modern life.

Of course, nothing compares to pulling hot loaves from the oven and slathering butter over thick slices.

Homemade bread is easy to make, but it does take some time and a little bit of muscle too, if you’re doing it by hand. I’m going to take you through the whole process, so there are a lot more photos in this post than most of my posts.

Tomorrow, I’ll share how to make Whole Wheat Cinnamon Rolls with part of the dough. [Read more...]

Filed under: Baked Goods, bread Tagged with bread baking, homemade bread recipe, how to bake bread, whole wheat flour8 Comments

Ingredient Spotlight: Quick Breads

November 30, 2011 by Tiffany

I know, I know. Quick breads are not ingredients. But I needed your help and this was the best way I could think of to get it.

You see, I only have 3 recipes for quick breads on my blog and I love quick breads! That’s where you come in. I can’t wait to see the recipes you have for me.

I’m not even going to link to my recipes this week. I want to see what you’ve got!

Share your recipes! Link up your quick bread recipes (breads that use no yeast). Feel free to link as many as you like. Be sure to link back to Eat at Home in your blog post. You can use the button below, if you like. I’ve added the html for you.

Filed under: Baked Goods, bread, ingredient spotlight Tagged with quick breads10 Comments

Nutella Muffins

June 7, 2011 by Tiffany

The outside looks like a plain vanilla muffin. But inside there’s a creamy pocket of Nutella hiding.

Can it get any better?

I don’t think so.

Loy says dessert-like muffins should be called “Muffcakes”. I agree completely.

Here’s how you make this magic – and please do go straight to your kitchen to make these. You will love yourself for it! [Read more...]

Filed under: Baked Goods, Dessert Tagged with baking powder, Breakfast, brunch, butter, dessert, eggs, flour, muffins, Nutella, snack, sugar, vanilla19 Comments

Coconut Chocolate Chip Muffins with Cocoa Coconut Streusel

May 31, 2011 by Tiffany

The other day, I posted a list of 28 Muffins You’ll Want to Try and Terri left this comment:

Hi,
I was looking at your muffin recipes. They look yummy! I’m also looking for a coconut muffin maybe with mini choc chips added. Have you ever heard of something like that? I thought maybe replacing the liquid with coconut milk then add either maybe a streusel with toasted coconut and a drizzle of chocolate. What do you think? Do you have any suggestions? I have tried a couple of your recipes and passed on your site to some friends.
Thanks,
Terri

Oh, what a good idea! I went into the kitchen and got creative right away. These are the result. The muffin is infused with coconut flavor and studded with mini chocolate chips. The streusel topping has cocoa and coconut. Oh yeah!

Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]

Filed under: Baked Goods, Breakfast, Dessert Tagged with Breakfast, brunch, butter, chocolate chips, cocoa, coconut, coconut extract, flour, milk, snack, sugar6 Comments

28 Muffin Recipes You’ll Want to Try

May 20, 2011 by Tiffany

I love muffins. I love them even more than cupcakes. Probably because they are so quick to make. It’s almost instant gratification from the time the muffin idea pops in your head until you’re pulling them from the oven.

Of course, not all muffins are the sweet variety. They are delicious savory versions that can round out and stretch a meal.

Here’s a list of muffin recipes gathered from this site and all around the web too. Enjoy!

[Read more...]

Filed under: Baked Goods, Breakfast Tagged with Breakfast, brunch, dessert, muffins, snack18 Comments

Chocolate Chip Muffins

May 3, 2011 by Tiffany

I whipped these muffins up one night to snack on during family game night. We were playing spoons, which usually leads to ice cream for some reason. Then the next morning we have no spoons to stir coffee or eat cereal because they’re all dirty from the game playing, ice cream eating fun the night before.

But on this night, I decided chocolate chip muffins would make a fine snack. I love baking muffins, because it’s so fast and there’s an infinite variety of flavors. Needless to say, these were a hit.

I have some big plans for taking these muffins to a new level that involve cream cheese and chocolate ganache. I’m waiting for a day when I can bake in the afternoon so the photos have some daylight. We’ve had so much rain lately, I may have to settle for a dark day.

Back to the muffin recipe. Here’s what you’ll need. I didn’t grab a photo of the ingredients, but they’re all common items. [Read more...]

Filed under: Baked Goods, Dessert, Snacks Tagged with Breakfast, brunch, butter, chocolate chips, eggs, flour, milk, snacks, sugar15 Comments

Goat Cheese Biscuits

April 14, 2011 by Tiffany

I have been so excited to share this recipe with you. In early March, I visited a friend in Chicago and she took me to Table Fifty Two. The food in that restaurant has a decidedly Southern flair. Chef Art Smith has been a personal chef to Oprah. Now he creates dishes such as Fried Green Tomatoes with Feta, Pancetta, Red Onion Marmalade and Kalamata Olive – Amazing!

We sat in the main room of the restaurant where Goat Cheese Biscuit dough was being poured into hot iron skillets and baked in a brick oven. Our server brought us a serving of the biscuits to share. Oh my! They are light, with herbs and goat cheese inside and buttery Parmesan topping.

As my friend and I savored these biscuits and I watched the process of making them, I was pretty sure I could recreate the recipe at home. And I was right.

These would be perfect for an Easter dinner or brunch. And they are easy to make too. The dough is similar to drop biscuits and it can be baked in an iron skillet, ramekins or muffins tins. Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]