Just Baking

 
Stay home and make yourself some great homemade bread. It’ll fill your home with a wonderful smell. You won’t miss those checkout lines one bit, and you could even stay in your pajamas and have fresh warm bread in a few hours!
100% Whole Wheat Bread
(adapted from King Arthur Traditional Whole Wheat Flour bag)
About 3 hours […]

If you love orange flavor, this will not disappoint! The recipe comes from this kid’s mini muffin cookbook I’ve had since my oldest was little. Since I don’t make mini muffins often, I decided to try this as a loaf (this is a doubled recipe for loaf size). Yes, you puree the entire orange, peel […]

 I read quite a few blogs, mostly recipe ones, and I love scrolling through my Google reader every day to see what’s new. One weekend I found these Buttermilk Blueberry Muffins from The Daily Blonde.
One thing that draws me into a new recipe are the reviews on it (well, OK, the photos too). If you say […]

 
I baked these up for my little Valentines. A simple white cake recipe with a little strawberry puree added, then frosted with a fresh strawberry cream cheese frosting.
Strawberry Frosted Cupcakes
2 3/4 cups sifted cake flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
4 egg whites
1 1/2 cups white sugar
3/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 cup […]

 
This recipe is one I came across probably when I started blogging. I went to pass it along to a friend, and realized I’ve never blogged about it but have made it many times before. I found the recipe online here, from a B&B. My husband really loves the smell of this baking. The flavor […]

This cute recipe comes from Betty Crocker. These are sure to be a kid pleaser! Since these take a little time to roll and twist the dough, get the kids to help out. What I found to be helpful was to roll 3 balls of each color together to 8″, this will make them bigger […]

If you love pecans you’ll love this pie. It’s not as sweet as others, and it’s packed with nuts. I used another recipe for the crust, found here.
Prepared 9″ pie crust
4 eggs, lightly beaten
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup light corn syrup
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped […]

French toast is my favorite! Have you ever had overnight baked french toast? It’s not like your traditional fried french toast, it’s more like a custard bread pudding-like french toast. The insides will be soft and delicious, especially with this cream cheese filling. I have posted other recipes before, but here is another version I […]

I was browsing my all-time favorite site of trusted recipes, Allrecipes. I came across this homemade pizza crust and sauce. They both had such great reviews, I knew they must be good. Then I saw the buffalo chicken pizza on another food blog, and was reminded of the yummy one that Pizza Hut used to make. […]

I’ve had this bookmarked and decided to whip these up. Smitten Kitchen made hers as Whole Wheat Apple Muffins, but I made ours as whole wheat banana crumb muffins. Here are the ingredients I used.
1 cup (4 ounces) whole wheat flour
1 cup (4 1/4 ounces) all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 […]