Everyday Food for Busy People
This is a dangerous dessert for me to make. I love them! They are so buttery tasting that I have trouble stopping with one. Or two. Or more.
This is an adaptation of Pioneer Woman’s Apricot Oat Bars. However, I have a recipe exactly like hers that I printed off the internet sometime in the 90s. So I’m not sure where the recipe originated. I must thank whoever created it. These bars are fabulous and the cherry version is delicious too. [Read more...]
One of my Grandma’s signature desserts was Banana Cake with Coffee Icing. She made it from scratch as a layer cake. I’ve made her recipe before and it uses every bowl in the house. No kidding. It requires whipping egg whites and stirring dry ingredients and mashing bananas and boiling water and beating egg yolks… A delicious, time-consuming mess!
I’ve simplified things a lot with this recipe. It’s still made from scratch. I use a sheet cake pan instead of doing a layer cake. But I kept the Coffee Icing recipe the same. It’s really mocha, but we didn’t use the word “mocha” back then. Mocha is a new-fangled word.
Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]
You are going to love these!
All that chocolate ganache. All that delicious cannoli filling stuffed in a chocolate chip muffin.
{Did she just say chocolate chip muffin?}
Yep! That’s right! This muffin has officially crossed the line into dessert.
I’ve been wanting to try this since I first made Chocolate Chip Muffins. The idea comes from The Cake Mix Doctor cookbook. I absolutely love that book. Anne Byrn has a recipe in there for Cannoli Cake that is divine.
I have to say though, my family agreed that the baby cakes version is better. The muffins are not as tender and sweet as the cake. And muffins have a bit of a crust that holds up to the thick, creamy filling better than the cake does. [Read more...]
A neighbor gifted me with a giant zucchini the other day. My first inclination was to make zucchini bread, but then I ran across this recipe in one of my Amish cookbooks.
I’m pretty sure that the 3 cups of veggies in this cake off set the naughtiness of the cream cheese frosting.
The only change I made to the recipe was to bake it in a jelly roll pan instead of a 9×13 size. I would also like to say that I did shred the carrots and zucchini the way the Amish would. I don’t have a food processor, but I want one. I want much.
Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]
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...]
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!
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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...]
Sometimes you just need a choice. I usually do homemade scalloped potatoes in the oven, but this time I needed to make them early in the day.
It was one of those nights when you rush in the door at dinner time and need it to put itself on the table.
You know the kind.
Slow cooker to the rescue. Again. [Read more...]
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...]
Cornbread muffins are an easy way to round out a meal. I decided to save a few steps by making my own mix.
One note: Don’t leave out the butter when you mix them up. We had company the other day and I served these muffins. Right before we sat down to eat, I discovered the melted butter that was supposed to be in the muffins sitting in the microwave instead.
Please tell me I’m not the only one to have trouble talking and cooking at the same time! I once melted a Tupperware bowl in the oven because I was talking on the phone and not paying attention. I meant to turn the oven on to about 200 degrees and then turn it off again, to rise some bread dough. The key is turning the oven off!
I’d love to hear your stories of distractions that led to cooking disasters! But first, let’s get to the recipe. Here’s what you’ll need: [Read more...]
