Ingredients Carrot Cake 250g (2 cups) all purpose flour 2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 1 tbsp chai spice blend 400g (2 cups) granulated sugar 250g (1.25 cups) canola or other neutral oil 4 eggs 300g (3 cups) finely grated carrot 115g (1 cup) toasted walnuts 70g (0.5 cup) currants or chopped dates (NOTContinue reading “Recipe: Best Ever Carrot Cake”
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Recipe: Spice Bars
Ingredients 115g (1 stick) unsalted butter 200g dark brown sugar 1 egg 1 dollop (likely a teaspoon) of vanilla bean paste (or sub vanilla extract) large pinch of salt (1/4 tsp?) 125g (1 cups) all purpose flour 1 tbsp chai spice blend chopped candied ginger – until you get bored of chopping Method Preheat ovenContinue reading “Recipe: Spice Bars”
Recipe: Chai Spice Blends
Standard Chai Blend 3 tbsp Cinnamon 1 tbsp Cardamom 1.5 tbsp Ginger 1/2 tbsp All Spice 1/2 tbsp Cloves 1/2 tbsp Nutmeg Sara Safe Spice 2 tsp Cinnamon 2 tsp GInger 2 tsp Cardamom 1 tsp Nutmeg
Recipe: Gina’s Bangin Maple Granola
Ingredients 255g (3/4 cup) maple syrup, room temperature 65g (1/2 cup) olive oil 100g (1/2 cup) dark brown sugar 360g (4 cups) rolled oats 120g (1 cup) hulled raw pumpkin seeds 60g (1 cup) unsweetened coconut chips 165g (1.5 cups) pecans / walnuts 5g1/2 tsp salt 2 tsp baking power 1 tsp vanilla paste 240gContinue reading “Recipe: Gina’s Bangin Maple Granola”
Recipe: Berry Breakfast Cake
Ingredients 322g (1 cup) maple syrup, room temperature 113g (1 stick) butter, room temperature 2 eggs, room temperature 1/2 tsp salt 2 tsp baking power 1 tsp vanilla paste 240g (2 cups) flour 340g frozen mixed berries, room temp (yes thawed). I prefer raspberry/blueberry/blackberry mix. Method Preheat oven to 350 Whip the room temperature mapleContinue reading “Recipe: Berry Breakfast Cake”
Pumpkin Cloverleaf Dinner Rolls
Ever want a sliiiightly fall bread, but not want to go for the full sweet loaf we so often think of as pumpkin bread? These rolls have a hint of the floral pumpkin sense on your tongue when you eat them, that just hint at fall, but still fit with your dinner. I first foundContinue reading “Pumpkin Cloverleaf Dinner Rolls”
Election Night Baking – Sourdough Discard Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chip Muffins
2020 has been a year. I think we can all agree this has been the year of cortisol. This election has divided our nation and we are all freaking out. Many of my friends have talked about plans to distract ourselves today and ensure we are not watching returns all night. I kept myself busyContinue reading “Election Night Baking – Sourdough Discard Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Chip Muffins”
Quarantine Survival Cookies
I kid you not with this title – these cookies have been getting me through 2020. In case it’s not clear from the blog, I’m a bit of an obsessive baker. I use it as a form of stress relief, but rarely plan on eating all I bake. I used to bring all the excessContinue reading “Quarantine Survival Cookies”
Recipe: Quarantine Survival Cookies
2 sticks of butter
215g brown sugar
70g granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla paste
1 tsp baking soda
¾ tsp kosher salt
250g all purpose flour
Savory Egg Bake
Quarantine breakfasts. I prefer a lazy slow morning and have life-hacked batch cooking breakfast that I can eat over the course of the week, rather than having to cook each morning.This egg bake might be called a crustless quiche, but that sounds so fancy for a lazy, messy meal. If you are serving this toContinue reading “Savory Egg Bake”
