As someone who bakes… quite a lot, it’s not often that I make something totally new. But for my family’s Memorial Day celebration, I tried a few new things: baking with rhubarb, and making my first pie crust! Both went swimmingly, but it was nice to get out of my comfort zone a bit. I…
GF Banana Blueberry Muffins
These Gluten Free Banana Blueberry Muffins with coffee cake topping are a perfect brunch crowd pleaser. There’s something for everyone – a banana bread base, blueberries for people who like fruit, and the coffee cake crumble topping for those who want something a bit sweeter. I suppose they don’t appease the crowd who like double…
Lemon Sugar Cookies for Easter
These Lemon Sugar Cookies are another riff on these Best Ever Frosted Sugar Cookies that Molly made in 2014. I waxed poetic on them again when I made them in Chocolate Peppermint for Christmas a few years ago. This is yet another riff on them – this time spring themed for Easter. Truly, I don’t…
Lemon Bars (And Orange Chocolate Bars)
Recently I was thinking about what I would put on the menu at my future bakery in Door County. This is a pretty common train of thought for me, honestly, but as I was considering the options – and potential seasonal items – I realized there was a sort of massive gap in my baking…
Blueberry Cream Cheese Scuffins
Between my freshman and sophomore years of college, my parents were living in Marin County in Northern California, and so I got to live there with them for the summer. It was one of my favorite summers. I had no obligations, so I filled my days with running or hiking and filled my nights with…
Oatmeal Raspberry Dark Chocolate Scones
With oatmeal, dark chocolate, and fresh raspberries, these Oatmeal Raspberry Dark Chocolate Scones are a wholesome yet tasty breakfast treat to make any morning a little more special. Best enjoyed with a warm cup of coffee or tea. These. Are the best scones ever. Being both a baker and an anglophile, I’ve made my fair…
Strawberry Champagne Cupcakes
Happy New Year! We’re having Champagne Cupcakes. Christmas is over, which is always sad, but the New Year brings lots of exciting things! All those dreams of resolutions that will never happen, but that’s fun to pretend will happen. All the ideas of fresh starts, even if you’re in school and are in the middle…
Mango Pina Coladas
Nothing says summer like Pina Coladas. Especially when they’re Mango Pina Coladas. People always say winter is the time for reflection and growth and such, and that summer is the time to live life, have fun, blah blah. But I’ve always found that summer is my time for reflection. Or maybe I’ve just an introvert…