I love going to bakeries – especially to get “breakfast treats” like doughnuts, muffins, cinnamon rolls and pastries – like these. I had never made Danish type pastries before. Each month Sally’s Baking Addiction offers a baking challenge, with very specific directions and videos to…
Eleanor and Veda are whipping up some fun treats! One of the treats we made was Muddy Buddies. Have you tried them frozen? Delicious – perfect snack to take outside and enjoy on a hot summer day! We played in the kitchen all afternoon –…
This summer I have been experimenting with different ways to bake with zucchini. I love traditional zucchini bread, but I have enjoyed trying a variety of zucchini baked goods – from Savory Zucchini Bread to Chocolate Zucchini Bread to these Blueberry Zucchini Muffins. The zucchini adds such a wonderful moist texture to all of these.
I followed the recipe below, except I did sprinkle a bit of course sugar on the top of the muffins before I baked them. I just love that bit of extra crunch on muffins.
Most baked goods with zucchini call for 1 cup of shredded zucchini. If you have extra zucchini, grate it, gently blot it with a paper towel. Place 1 cup of the shredded zucchini into a freezer bag and freeze. Then you can bake zucchini bread and muffins all year.
So good right out of the oven! The blueberries are so plump and delicious this year! So hard to resist a warm muffin!
But – with a tangy lemon glaze – they are even better! Add just enough lemon juice to the powdered sugar to make the glaze thick, but keep it spreadable. Let it drip down the sides. Just makes you want to grab one and eat it!
Be creative with your garden produce! This was a delicious experiment! The zucchini adds moisture, the blueberries add flavor and the lemon glaze is the perfect final touch. Enjoy!
For the recipe, directions and more photos, click on the link below:
https://theviewfromgreatisland.com/blueberry-zucchini-muffins-recipe/
The zucchini are ready to start harvesting! What will you do with yours? Sauté with other vegetables for a side? Add some to your macaroni and cheese? Or use it in quick breads, muffins and cookies? Usually once the zucchini is ready to pick, you…
Old fashioned dill bread made from our family recipe – imagine the aromas of yeast, dill and onion baking in your kitchen! It is best served piping hot right out of the oven – with lots of butter- of course! This is such an easy…
How will you celebrate National Chocolate Chip Day? From cookies to banana bread to muffins to cakes, these sweet little morsels just make all your treats a little extra special! Here are some of our favorite recipes with chocolate chips:
Double Chocolate Muffins
Chocolate Chip Cookies – The Pan Banging Method
Toffee-Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie
Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie
Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins with Cinnamon Streusel
Original Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies
Enjoy baking with chocolate chips and have a great weekend!!!!
Just look at that cookie! Is that not a perfect combination? Soft and crinkly brown sugar peanut butter cookies dipped in melted chocolate and sprinkled with chopped peanuts and finished with a bit of flaky sea salt. Heavenly when you eat it while the chocolate…
We like to watch the Great British Baking Show and we noticed that they often use Golden Syrup in their desserts, so we ordered some to try. It is the base for this Golden Syrup Microwave Mug Cake recipe. This recipe takes less than 10…
It is hard to beat a good chocolate chip cookie – unless you take the same dough and add peanut butter M&Ms – and brown butter! Baking with brown butter is a game changer – it adds such a wonderful depth of flavor. If you haven’t tried it, you are missing out.
Bar cookies are so easy – just mix, put in your pan and bake. No scooping and waiting for each batch to bake. I used the recipe below with a few exceptions – I only made half a batch and I did not sprinkle the flaked salt on top.
I also gently pressed in a few extra M&Ms on top of the dough before I popped the baking dish in the oven. The extras just make your cookies look so pretty. Try this with holiday M&Ms too.
This makes a quick snack to make for your family – they will love these chewy cookie bars.
And it is always fun to share! Have fun baking this weekend!
For the recipe and lots of beautiful photos, click on the link below:
https://www.howsweeteats.com/2021/03/peanut-butter-cookie-bars/
A chocolate muffin that has the wonderful flavor of coffee and then is topped with crunchy toffee bits….how yummy does that sound? And it is that good! When you read the name of the recipe – “Chocolate Coffee Toffee Crunch Muffins” you know a special…
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