Winter will be here before we know it. Stock up on these quick and elegant paint and peel chocolate leaves now while there are tons of fresh and lovely leaves everywhere you look. I’m going to make a bushel basket full of these chocolate maple leaves to use throughout the fall on my special desserts. They keep well in an airtight container for several months, so feel free to really go crazy on these!
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What is better than a melt-in-your-mouth square of shortbread? So simple and indulgent. Answer: These Chocolate Rye Shortbread. All the amazing texture and buttery flavor of traditional shortbread, plus nutty whole-grain and deep chocolate. These are the complex and interesting cousin of regular shortbread who moved away from home right after high school and came back all cool and worldly.
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I’ve heard through the grapevine that when you’re looking for a recipe, it’s aggravating to have to read through an entire epic description and wade through umpteen photos. Because there’s a pandemic and I don’t want to further irritate you, I am presenting this Cabin Fever Brownies recipe without much commentary. Also, I am homeschooling, working, wife-ing and generally losing my mind so I don’t have time to inspire you with the fancy words.
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Crafty trees made with an ice cream cone and All Bran cereal. A snow bound gingerbread house, rock candy ice, and spiral-iced lollies. The cake was spice cake with Maple Italian Meringue Buttercream.
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Click here for directions on making the chocolate maple leaves. I’ll be circling back with baking directions soon!
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I normally write up a big long description, especially for foraging posts so that folks who are new to foraging will feel confident to give it a try. But when I posted pictures of this tart on a wild edibles Facebook page, I had so many requests for the recipe I decided to just get the recipe part up and circle back to fancy pictures and a detailed explanation later. Hope you give this a try, I’ve gotten rave reviews from my family and neighbors!
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I don’t want to boss you around but you should definitely try making some of these cookies for the holidays. I’ve put them all in one spot along with some helpful tips for getting great results every time. But honestly, this is a selfish post. I’ve been baking batches and batches of holiday cookies and even though I’m using my own dang recipes, I still like to look them up on the blog every time I bake so I don’t get them mixed up. Is it weird to google and print my own recipes off of the internet? If that’s the type of narcissistic behavior it takes to get perfect cookies, I’m all for it. Yesterday I was wishing I had my go-to, foolproof holiday cookie recipes in one place so…TA DA! Foolproof Holiday Cookie Roundup!
I’m back from a summer hiatus! Yay! In June, my middle daughter had heart and lung surgery at an out-of-state hospital. There were some unforeseen complications and we’re just now finishing up her rehab program and getting back to “normal”. Now that the temperatures have dropped I can hear the oven calling me. Instead of reinventing the wheel I’m rewriting this post to highlight how easy this cozy sheet cake version is to make. Continue reading “Pumpkin Sheet Cake With Molasses Cream Cheese Frosting”
Last week I got a request to make a special cake for a friend’s birthday. I was stumped because I didn’t have a lot of time to prep decorations, prepare fillings or make anything elaborate. I needed a design that I could bake up that night, chill overnight, then decorate in less than 30 minutes the next day. This cotton candy cloud cake was just what the doctor ordered. Continue reading “Cotton Candy Cloud Cake”
These elegant violet and elderflower gummies are sweet, floral and just a little tart. You only need a half cup of violet flowers, making this a perfect project for those first precious violets that pop up in the spring. This recipe can be made with a lot of variations but I’ve detailed how I did mine in the recipe below. The gummies, like the violets, don’t last long so it’s best to make them on the day you plan to eat them. Continue reading “Violet Elderflower Gummies”
