Kitchen
April What's Baking
Monday, 25 April 2011 21:54
I am hosting this month’s What’s Baking group and the theme was spring. We could bake anything we desired, as long as it somehow relates to spring or was something we enjoy during the spring months. Check out all the great things these ladies baked this month!
Lindsey over at Our Share of the Harvest made these amazing looking lemon meringue cupcakes. Lemon is one of my favorite desserts!! I can't wait to try this recipe, but I don't own a blow torch like she does!
Jey from The Joy of Cooking did an awesome job with her cupcake chicks. So darn cute (and impressive)!
The tiny tyrant made some super pretty and colorful vanilla vegan cupcakes!
Ammie from Adverntures in My Kitchen baked up some awesome looking strawberry shortcakes.
I love the name of Danielle's blog, Cloud 8 1/2 - Close to Bliss & Loving It. She whipped up some adorable strawberry flavored cupcakes.
Considering that my wedding cake was chocolate with a raspberry filling, I almost started licking my computer monitor when I saw Melissa's post on her blog, I was born to Cook.
Jade from The Mess Pot made a batch of simple and delicious carrot cake cupcake.
Carrie over at Carries Sweet Life definitely got the spring theme with these bright and beautiful roll out cookies.
Catherine posted her recipe for Swedish Easter bread on her blog Pursueing Domestic Godessness.
Heather from Ds Books and Cooks got super creative with her brownie egg pops.
Cara from The Boys Made Me Do It also went with the lemon dessert and made these scrumptious looking lemon squares.
Blissfully Delicious baked some Lemon Glazed Banana Scones with Crystallized Ginger, yum!
Nicole baked up a batch of Lavender Honey Shortbread Cookies.
To me spring is my absolute favorite time of the year. I love warm weather, spring flowers and all that good stuff. I had originally wanted to bake something and go all crazy and creative decorating it with spring colors. But then I came back to reality and the fact that I am trying to be healthier. So to me, spring means continuing with the healthier lifestyle and finding lighter and healthier ways to bake my favorites. I baked some Chocolate Chip Cookies using coconut oil (recipe from Cheeky Kitchen), no butter or shortening is used.
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup coconut oil
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 3/4 cup flour
8 ounces milk chocolate chips
DIRECTIONS
In a large bowl, beat together coconut oil, eggs, and brown sugar with an electric mixer. Add remaining ingredients and continue mixing together. Spoon dough onto cookie sheet and bake in an oven preheated to 375 degrees for 9-11 minutes, or until edges are lightly golden.
Pumpkin Cheesecake Iced Spiced Cupcakes
Monday, 25 October 2010 09:11
I’ve recently become part of a monthly baking group called “What’s Baking?”. There is a monthly assignment and we all bake it and post to our blogs. This month’s assignment was a fall cupcake. I didn’t want to do something pumpkin because it is just too predictable, but I kept coming back to pumpkin. I love anything pumpkin flavor, plus we were having a pumpkin carving party and what could be more appropriate than pumpkin cupcakes?
The icing was sooo delicious. It really did taste like pumpkin cheesecake, well a sweet pumpkin cheesecake. The spice cupcake, which was from Martha Stewart's cupcake book, was the perfect understated compliment to this fabulous icing.
Ranch Potatoes
Wednesday, 13 October 2010 07:27
I tend to think that I have the best family, and I am not the only one, a lot of people tell me that I am so fortunate to have this crazy family! You see, I have this big, awesome family and we get together often. Our motto has always been, "the more the merrier" so you never know who is going to show up or who will bring a friend with them. We talk about everything, laugh over a lot of it, but most importantly we are always there for each other. One thing we do pretty often is get together for a potluck dinner. Whenever someone is in the mood they send out a text with the time and place and whoever can make it shows up and brings a food item to share. Somehow, we always have plenty of food!
I saw this recipe in my Taste of Home magazine and knew it would be perfect for our next family dinner. I reduced the fat content and it still had plenty of flavor.
Apple Crisp
Monday, 11 October 2010 09:11
As a small child I helped make apple crisp using this same recipe. I remember my great grandma and grandma peeling and slicing the apples, my mom would take them and add the crumb topping and bake. Then we would get to sit down and eat the warm apple crisp with vanilla ice cream or cool whip. My uncles would poor cold milk over theirs and devour! I loved making this and it brought back such great memories and tasted just like my moms did 15 years ago. This recipe is the one my mom used from her brethren cookbook and it is so simple and delicious.
Loaded Potatoes & Chicken Skillet
Thursday, 07 October 2010 07:13
I am not sure where the idea to make this originated from. I think it first came from a recipe I saw in a Kraft magazine, but it called for hash browns. This was clearly not the healthiest meal to come out of my kitchen, but it was a very good one. It reminds me of the loaded fries we would get at the pub when we were dating in college.
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