Just Baking

I love fall. The cooler weather, the leaves turning colors, soups and stews and just getting ready for all the holiday baking that’s to come. I mark these muffins as my first recipe of the fall season. I love pumpkin anything, so when I came across these, I decided I’d share them with you. The flavor reminds […]

I’m a big fan of gratins, so when I saw an easy recipe for Broccoli Gratin in Martha’s Everyday Food magazine, it quickly got ripped out and added to my burgeoning to-try pile; no matter that I’m the only one in the house who will eat broccoli. 
Very simple to make and tasty to boot, it would make […]

 
Fall is in the air and that means it’s time for some spiced-up baking, filled with the warm flavors and aromas of nutmeg and cinnamon.
I do not know what my problem is, but it seems as though I cannot consume my bananas before they hit that nasty, brown, spotted stage. Maybe I subconsciously let them […]

Recently, I had the opportunity to sample a vanilla extract product from the Spice House, a self-identified “mom and pop” spice purveyor from the American Midwest. The Spice House celebrated fifty years in business in 2007, and after trying their double-strength Madagascar vanilla extract, it’s easy to see why.
I admit that I don’t always use top-shelf ingredients in […]

If it’s October, it must be Breast Cancer Awareness month, and with that, comes a plethora of pink-hued items for your shopping pleasure.  Besides the fact that it’s all in support of a good cause, if you know me, you know that pink is a color I can certainly get behind.
The item I want most […]

The last time we were at the Baker’s Bench together, we took a look at the essential tools every baker should have in his or her arsenal. This week, we’ll explore some tools that are wonderfully helpful and great to have but not necessarily critical to successful baking in the home kitchen.
With so many tools on […]