Rich and silky canned pumpkin purée can enliven so many baked goods – biscuits, cakes, muffins, mousses, you name it. We particularly like it with cornbread, as the result balances perfectly between sweet and savory. A nice, warm hunk of this orange-hued pumpkin cornbread goes as well with a bowl of chili as it does […]
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Currant Cream Scones
Scones are not a one-size-fits-all type of dessert. Some are on the drier side and stand up to dunking. Some are soft and tender, and these cream scones fall into that category. Note that there is no egg, as there is in some scone recipes. There is also a combination of all-purpose and cake flour, […]

The Model Bakery’s English Muffins
These English muffins are from The Model Bakery Cookbook (Chronicle, 2013) by Karen Mitchell and Sarah Mitchell Hansen, written with Rick Rodgers. We interviewed Rick and when asked for one recipe he thought we should bring to our community, he didn’t miss a beat. He said these were incredible, and they are. Be prepared to […]

Cranberry Orange Quick Bread
We should have called this Double Cranberry Orange Bread due to the fact that both primary flavors come in two forms: fresh and dried cranberries and orange juice as well as orange zest. It is fabulously moist and lasts for days (yeah, as if!) It is also very pretty and has an incredible aroma while […]

Banana Bread with Toffee Bits and Chocolate Chips
Our basic banana bread recipe is a go-to favorite of ours and was ripe for experimentation. The flavors of toffee and chocolate harmonize beautifully with banana, so this variation practically invented itself. While we consider the walnuts optional in our basic rendition, they temper the sweetness added by the toffee bits and mini chips, so […]

Banana Bread
We went on the hunt for the perfect banana bread. Here was our criteria: we wanted a quick bread using oil and the-wet-and-dry method for ease of preparation. We also wanted maximum banana flavor but found many banana bread recipes were dense and gummy when loaded with fruit, something we wanted to avoid. Certainly the […]