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Admiration and emails — and lemon cream cheese cookies

April 11, 2013 By Katrina

Admiration and emails — and lemon cream cheese cookies

This cookie is based on a recipe that’s been saved on my computer for more than a year. It’s from Merrill Stubbs at Food52, and I remember saving it simply because I think Merrill is the cat’s pajamas. If she says it’s a hit, I believe her. Allow me to explain. For the first 16…

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Filed Under: Cookies, Fresh from the oven Tagged With: baking, cookies, cream cheese, cream cheese cookies, dessert, food, Food52, fresh from the oven, lemon, lemon cookies, lemon cream cheese cookies, Merrill Stubbs

A tale of time and taste: Sour cherry cream cheese coffee cake

April 1, 2013 By Katrina

A tale of time and taste: Sour cherry cream cheese coffee cake

Some recipes are wonderfully simple and can be whipped up in a flash. You don’t really have to plan for them (aside from having the ingredients), they’re easy enough to make while your mind juggles other matters, and you can mix them up in the time it takes for your toddler to pull out everything…

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Fresh from the oven, Muffins/Cakes/Custards Tagged With: baking, breakfast, brunch, cherries, cherry coffee cake, coffee cake, cream cheese, cream cheese coffee cake, dessert, food, fresh from the oven, Martha Stewart, recipes, sour cherry cream cheese coffee cake, yeasted coffee cake

Like living in a pancake: Maple yogurt pound cake

March 26, 2013 By Katrina

Like living in a pancake: Maple yogurt pound cake

Imagine waking up to the smell of maple permeating from all corners of the room. It’s faint enough to not overwhelm you but strong enough to conceal the slow-cooked curry next door. As you roll out of bed and greet the morning (a bit bouncier than usual, of course, as maple is a wonderful incentive…

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Fresh from the oven, Muffins/Cakes/Custards Tagged With: baking, breakfast, brunch, dessert, easy recipes, food, Food52, fresh from the oven, maple, maple pound cake, maple yogurt pound cake, pound cake, yogurt

Pretty in pictures, lovely in words: Orange and cranberry fairy buns

March 19, 2013 By Katrina

Pretty in pictures, lovely in words: Orange and cranberry fairy buns

When I’m cruising Pinterest or flipping through cookbooks or magazines, it’s usually the photos that pull me toward a recipe. I consider myself a writer much more so than a photographer or baker, so I do feel a bit shameful in admitting that I’m so easily influenced by visuals first and words second, but when…

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Fresh from the oven, Muffins/Cakes/Custards Tagged With: Avoca, baking, buns, cake, cupcakes, dessert, fairy buns, fairy cakes, food, fresh from the oven, muffins, orange and cranberry cupcakes, orange and cranberry muffins, recipes, spring recipes, tea time

Simplicity and flavor: Tiny maple cream tarts

March 13, 2013 By Katrina

Simplicity and flavor: Tiny maple cream tarts

Often when I’m baking, I catch myself wondering how something with so few ingredients can possibly turn into a dish worth sharing. Then, nearly as soon as I finish the thought, the oven timer dings and I open the door to a find a lovely reminder of how amazing a few simple ingredients can, in…

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Filed Under: Fresh from the oven, Pies/Tarts Tagged With: baking, brunch, dessert, Food52, fresh from the oven, maple, maple cream tart, maple tart, maple tartlets, tart, tartlettes, tiny maple tarts

French apple tartlettes? Bon appétit!

March 8, 2013 By Katrina

French apple tartlettes? Bon appétit!

It feels like it’s been forever since I baked from a good old-fashioned, paper-bound cookbook, and I forgot how much I missed the feel of those pages. Unless you’re unreasonably careful, cookbooks always share reminders of their use, and all those drips of batter and smears of butter across flour-speckled pages remind the book that…

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Filed Under: Fresh from the oven, Pies/Tarts Tagged With: Amanda Hesser, apple, apple tart, apple tartlettes, baking, breakfast, brunch, dessert, food, fresh from the oven, pastry

Forget the French fries: Salt and vinegar potatoes

March 5, 2013 By Katrina

Forget the French fries: Salt and vinegar potatoes

I love recipes that take a bit of work to put together, the kind that use a ridiculous amount of kitchenware, loads of ingredients and a fair amount of time before they even reach the oven. There’s something so satisfying about all that work, both in the finished dishes you’ve created and the chaos they…

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Filed Under: Appetizers/Sides, Fresh from the oven, Most Popular, Vegetarian Tagged With: baking, cooking, easy recipes, food, fresh from the oven, potatoes, rice vinegar, roasting, rosemary, salt and vinegar potatoes, side dishes, thyme, vegetarian

Are we pastry, or are we baked good? Strawberry banana muffins

March 1, 2013 By Katrina

Are we pastry, or are we baked good? Strawberry banana muffins

I think the world would be a better place if everyone ate more muffins. Have you ever been upset while eating a muffin? Or if you were upset when you started, were you upset by the time you finished? Probably not. And if you were, you probably just got a bad one. Muffins could be…

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Fresh from the oven, Muffins/Cakes/Custards Tagged With: baking, banana, banana muffin, breakfast, brunch, dessert, food, muffin, strawberry, strawberry banana muffins

Poetry and cookies: Sweet citrus shortbread

February 13, 2013 By Katrina

Poetry and cookies: Sweet citrus shortbread

As I’m sure I’ve mentioned on more than one occasion, all of my best ideas, particularly the writing-related ones, seem to come while I’m taking a shower. Basically, a lovely line emerges from the steam, then bounces around for a while, rephrased and repeated until it’s written to memory. It’s a Darwinian twist on the…

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Filed Under: Cookies, Fresh from the oven Tagged With: baking, citrus, cookies, dessert, easy recipes, food, fresh from the oven, orange, shortbread, sweet citrus shortbread, sweets, Valentine's Day

Rise of the Monday: Asparagus and egg bake

February 11, 2013 By Katrina

Rise of the Monday: Asparagus and egg bake

Oh, Monday, you poor little thing. You’re always so punctual, always predictable. Never once have you forgotten an appointment or stood us up simply because you were too tired, cranky or preoccupied. And how do we repay you? Too often, it’s with grumbling and complaining I’m afraid. The truth is, you deserve better. And better…

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Fresh from the oven, Meat/Eggs Tagged With: asparagus, asparagus egg bake, baking, breakfast, brunch, easy recipes, eggs, fast recipes, food

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