Category: Baked Goods
Pro Tips for Making Great Biscuits at Home
We make a lot of biscuits! Some are straightforward and classic like our buttermilk biscuits. Others, like our sweet potato & sage biscuits, are unique experiments that people just happen to love. All of them are successful because we keep these biscuit pro tips in mind. 1) Use very cold/frozen butter (or whatever fat you…
Red Velvet Cookies (Two Ways)
Red velvet. Another one of those foods/”flavors” that can easily spark a heated food debate. Is it “just chocolate with red food coloring” or is there something more to the classic cake (and now cookie) flavor? Technically, when red velvet is made the traditional way, there is more acidity present than in a standard chocolate…
Cranberry Banana Nut Muffins
These cranberry banana nut muffins are derivatives of their very classic cousin banana bread. Though it is said to be popularized in the 1930s with the rise of baking powder and baking soda, some accounts push its creation back into the 18th century. Either way, banana bread and therefore banana nut bread and all of…
7 Tips & Tricks for Making Great Cookies
There are so many types of cookies and an infinite number of flavor combinations, but making a really good cookie just boils down to using quality ingredients that you love and keeping the following things in mind. Use room temperature ingredients Mix everything evenly Chill the cookie dough Give the cookies enough space to bake…
Pumpkin Spice & Cream Cheese Pound Cake
I’ve been thinking about pound cake for weeks now, but I didn’t want a plain or a lemon glaze pound cake, even. So when I looked in the pantry and saw the cans of pumpkin puree, that set something off in my mind. I don’t get caught up in the pumpkin spice craze every year,…
Four of my favorite ways to enjoy sweet potatoes
It’s sweet potato season! Literally. Fall (from late October to December) is peak season for the root vegetable that has become a popular substitute for its not-so-sweet potato cousins. Sweet potato fries. Hash. Gnocchi. If someone has made a dish using white, red, or yukon gold potatoes, chances are someone has also developed a recipe…
