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A special post today in collaboration with Portland Spicy Peanut Butter. These Smoky Chili Peanut Butter Cookies are a fudgy, sweet and savory treat best enjoyed warm from the oven with a glass of milk. Spice it up a little and Keep Portland Weird with this quick bake! Note: If you can’t find ground guajillos,…
Popovers are truly a delightful food; light, crisp, and hollow, just waiting to accommodate whatever fillings your heart desires! Here I’ve served them with a lazy pastry cream (no tempering or straining required here) and chewy poached clementines, both of which can be made ahead, by the way. These luxurious popovers with clementines and cream are the ultimate weekend brunch dish.
So, one great thing about being an adult is that no one can stop you from adding cookie butter to your patisserie. These rich mini peach tarts with cookie butter frangipane are truly irresistible from the bottom of their crisp, buttery shells to the top of their peach-adorned frangipane crowns.
In this glossary I’ve collected some cooking terms you’ll come across in my (and other) recipes. I will continue to update it as I go along.
Brownies are the bomb, but they do tend to be an empty-calorie sort of bomb. Sometimes, that’s perfectly fine, but wouldn’t it be nice to make them more often without sacrificing all of your dietary principles? While not low-calorie, my wholesome brownies are almost entirely made from whole foods, which means the calories aren’t empty at all, but rife with nutrients and fiber. In fact, the only added fat or sugar in the recipe is the modest handful of chocolate chips.
This tender sourdough discard lemon loaf cake is a delightful way to put some extra sourdough starter to use, and does not require overnight resting (only an hour!). A luscious lemon sweet bread that retains only a subtle sourdough flavor, if any, and has a delicate crumb. The glaze isn’t required to make it worth your time, but adds a little to the luxury.
Most of the time, one of my major goals when making granola is to get some nice chunky clusters going on. This granola transcends that concern entirely. It has more a muesli look; chock full of nuts and seeds with a nice crunch to it, and the way the brown sugar dissolves into milk makes one want to savor every bowl.
Soft, cinnamon-scented bread with a ribbon of moist, lightly sweet pumpkin filling running through it. Add some hazelnut fragments and white chocolate and you’ve got fall baking heaven. Pumpkin hazelnut babka is the perfect treat to enjoy alongside a cup of tea.
Taking its flavor inspiration from the classic dessert, this recipe incorporates fresh lemon zest, coconut and buttery pistachios into a chunky, bright granola that, despite its namesake, isn’t overly sweet. It makes for a particularly gorgeous breakfast with fresh blueberries and yogurt.
Redolent with brown butter and bourbon, moist and chock full of fruit, these bars are the best of butterscotch blondies and apple pie rolled in one–and would be delicious a la mode, I’m just saying.