I was experimenting with my bread machine recipes today to come up with a dairy free sandwich bread that uses rosemary and this one turned out to be delicious.
Ingredients:
3/4 cup of coconut milk (I used So Delicious unsweetened.)
1/4 cup of water
1 egg
3 cups of all purpose flour
2 tablespoons of olive oil
2 tablespoons of honey
3/4 tsp [...]
This tastes sinful, but it isn’t as bad for you as other coffee cakes you might try.
Blueberry Coffee Cake
2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
3 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
¾ cup milk
2 eggs
½ cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3 tbsp oil
1 cup blueberries
Crumble topping:
2 tbsp butter (at room temperature)
¼ cup brown sugar
¼ cup whole wheat [...]
January
15
This morning Ellis raced the half marathon and got his personal best time ever! To celebrate, I cooked a huge breakfast that included these Italian Cream Cake Muffins. I created the recipe because he loves Italian Cream Cake so much.
Ingredients:
For the Muffins
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 cup white wheat flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp [...]
We had leftover pecans from our pie on Thanksgiving, so I decided to make a coffee cake this morning for breakfast. This turned out to be one of the best coffee cakes I have ever made. Everyone liked it so much it was gone within 20 minutes…
3/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1/2 cup unbleached all purpose [...]
This morning the chilly weather was just right for some pumpkin muffins! We love the fall and everyone in our house loves any kind of baked good containing pumpkin. We were out in the country, so I only had one cookbook in the cabinet. I took a recipe for banana bread and modified it to [...]
In honor of the Royal Wedding, we had delicious scones this morning. (Yes, for breakfast and not afternoon tea.) As a nod to our founding fathers and a confirmation that we are proud not to be subjects of the crown, I made mine with a decidedly American twist by adding maple syrup and pecans. I also [...]
Everyone who knows me well knows that I have a weakness for those huge, moist chocolate muffins that you get in coffee shops with your latte. The chocolatey the better! Well, in an effort to stay healthy and control my waistline, I have been on a mission to create an equally delicious, decadent chocolate muffin [...]
Yesterday was a wonderful day! We spent the day picking cynthiana grapes in the vineyard and making grape jelly. Ellis, Alden, Meredith and I had a great time sitting on the porch at his parents’ house picking the grapes off of the stems with them. Alden is a pro at spotting the rotten ones! (And [...]
Alden woke me up at 5:00 am with a crazy request to wash his “brown blanket” (his lovey) and to make muffins, so I thought I would make the best of it and start baking! While we had a great time watching the blanket spin in the soapy water, we had an even better time [...]
Saturday morning breakfast. Mmmm… We had these with Ellis’ delicious apples & eggs, some crispy bacon and of course, Community coffee.
1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 cup all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup unsalted butter (1/2 a stick), cold and cut into small pieces
1/2 cup raisins
3/4 cup of lowfat milk (I use [...]