Sometimes, you just need a quick and easy dessert recipe. Maybe you forgot about your friend’s birthday. Maybe you forgot to make something for your kid’s bake sale. Maybe you just need a cookie ASAP. Maybe you kind of feel like baking but are mostly feeling lazy. Whatever the reason, I have the perfect recipe for you today! Easy cake mix cookies….
Archives for October 2013
Sweet Potato Cranberry Quick Bread {Mystery Dish}
Cooked sweet potatoes are mixed into this sweet potato cranberry quick bread batter, giving it a moist texture and a great flavor. A perfect fall breakfast or snack!
Today I have a very special post for you – I am guest posting for a great blogging group called Mystery Dish. Each month a group of mystery ingredients is selected, and then each blogger in the group creates a recipe using a certain number of the ingredients! Sarah at The Pajama Chef introduced me to this group, and I am so excited to be their guest this month. When she emailed me the ingredients, I kind of felt like I was on Chopped. The possibilities of what to make were endless!! Sweet, savory, breakfast, dessert…in the end, I went for sweet with a Sweet Potato Cranberry Quick Bread! No surprise there, I just can’t stop baking. …
Sweet Potato Pecan Pancakes
Happy Friday! To celebrate the weekend, how about some pancakes? But not just any ordinary pancakes (although there’s nothing wrong with plain ol’ buttermilk pancakes or whole wheat pancakes) – sweet potato pecan pancakes! I was thinking about making pumpkin pancakes, but I have been on pumpkin overload lately. So I figured why not try out the “other orange puree” – mashed sweet potato! Is that a thing people say, the other orange puree? Probably not, but they really should….
Double Chocolate Pistachio Doughnuts
Breakfast or dessert? A moist chocolate cake covered with rich chocolate icing and topped with chopped pistachios – the description might sound like dessert, but the shape says breakfast so I’m going with that! …
No-Knead Cranberry Walnut Bread
The first recipe that I posted on my blog was no-knead bread, and it is still one of my absolute favorite things to bake. I just love that with very little effort, I can have an amazing loaf of freshly baked bread any time that I want it! And there are so many different varieties, the possibilities are endless. I’ve shared bacon and carrot with you, and today I have a recipe for cranberry walnut bread. This might be my new favorite. The tart, sweet cranberries pair so nicely with the toasty walnuts. And it makes the best toast!!…