Coffee Cake, Muffins

Maple Bacon Biscuits from the Huckleberry Cafe

I saw someone mention these biscuits on Twitter recently and it reminded me how much I love them. The recipe was published in the The Los Angeles Times a couple of years ago; a neighbor who has since moved had the paper delivered to her and she knew I would love this combination. Long before [...]

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Maple Bacon Cornbread Cupcakes with Maple Frosting Garnished with Bacon

Happy Birthday! No, not mine, but it’s the one year anniversary of the Recipe Swap, a group put together by Christianna Burwell. Started as a way to build community and create a challenge for all of us, we are assigned a recipe from an old cookbook that Christianna found at the Tanque Verde Swap Meet. [...]

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Caramel Apple and Walnut Streusel Coffee Cake for #Baketogether

That name is a mouthful isn’t it. And this cake is too. When our fearless leader Abby Dodge, she of Bon Appetit, numerous cookbooks and now #baketogether fame posted that we would be doing coffee cake this month, it seemed destined from the start for me that I would be mixing it up with some [...]

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Easy Cinnamon Buns…Really!

My friend Ken at Hungry Rabbit just posted this recipe a couple of days ago. One of those mornings when I was struggling with a breakfast decision. Should it be toast or Cheerios; yogurt or an English muffin. Ken…why must you tease me like that?? But the truth is, I had in mind making a [...]

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‘Irish Coffee’ Cake and a Great Cause for Children – St. Baldrick’s Foundation

St Patrick’s Day will be here soon and I’ve got enough Irish in me to start thinking about a celebration. Not a big party but an opportunity to pay homage to a part of my ancestry (My Dad’s parents were German and Swiss; my Mom’s English and Irish). I’ll usually make corned beef for dinner, [...]

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S’mores Cupcakes – Bon Appetit RSVP

I recently made these S’mores Cupcakes when asked to participate in ‘Frosting for the Cause’ – the project of another food blogger to bring bakers together who would agree to bake something for the blog, contribute $25 to a charitable cause and also give the results of their efforts to a group of their choosing. [...]

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Happy New Year and our Most Popular Posts of 2010!

The last day of the year, 2010. It’s been one heck of a year. For me, too much of it spent rehabilitating from the most serious injury I’ve ever had but thankful that it’s getting better, that my family is healthy and that I’ve been able to stay in touch with the ‘outside’ world through [...]

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Apple, Walnut and Cream Cheese Bread

I try as hard as possible to hang on to summer; one last dinner on the patio, one last walk through the perennials…but today it’s becoming clear I had better get ready. It’s a nice sunny day outside but there is definitely a chill in the air, my feet are freezing (socks…really, is it that [...]

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Better than Starbucks Maple Scones with Toasted Pecans

I used to enjoy visiting one of the local Starbucks near me (six that I can think of in a 3 mile radius and TWO in one shopping center!) for meeting a client during the week or a friend on Saturday morning. It wasn’t for the beverage so much; I get whole bean coffee from [...]

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The BEST Coffee Cake Ever

I was having coffee and thinking about what to make for a neighbor when I saw a tweet from The Pioneer Woman (Ree Drummond aka @thepioneerwoman) that said, and I quote, “The Best Coffee Cake Ever. I say that with confidence, boldness, and crumbs all over my chin” – so of course I was intrigued…I [...]

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Blueberry Cornmeal Cake

I’ve been a subscriber to Bon Appetit magazine for more than 30 years. The recent demise of Gourmet magazine has seen my good friend receive constant thrashing at the hands of fervent Gourmet magazine lovers who feel a need to take out their hurt against my beloved companion!

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Karydopita (Καρυδόπιτα)

Into my third week of a knee injury and not being able to really cook or photo or…well, lots I can’t do, so I’m continuing on my blogging journey with the help of fellow food bloggers who have offered to help until I’m up and at’em…well, at least up!

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Steak and Egg Muffin Quiche

My daughter Lauren came over today to help me do some preparation so that her dog could live here for awhile. Boring stuff; so when some friends dropped by for coffee; she took that opportunity to do something more fun and made us an afternoon snack. I had a package of Pillsbury Crescent Flaky Dough [...]

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Ricotta Pound Cake

I love this pound cake! There was a period a couple of years ago when I went pound cake crazy over the holidays. Each gift had a different one included so I start earlier each year trying out different recipes to keep that tradition alive. I’ve made a browned butter rum pound cake that’s a [...]

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