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This pumpkin scone recipe has a savory base and a two kinds of sweet glazes. About this Recipe Starbucks has so thoroughly marketed pumpkin spice flavor, that we originally thought of pumpkin spice scones as an American recipe. However, we were thrilled to discover that credit for the idea of adding pumpkin puree to a … Read more
These small batch pumpkin surprise muffins make for a perfect halloween breakfast – all treat, no trick! About This Recipe This recipe is really an elaborate excuse to use up that half can of pumpkin you have in the fridge from some of your other fall baking. Has anyone else noticed the annoying tendency of … Read more
Want to live dangerously and bake a cake simultaneously? Well, this apple crumb cake recipe will allow you to do both. Mickey’s Cake We also call this cake “Mickey’s Cake,” after the mischevious hero of Maurice Sendak’s In the Night Kitchen. This is because the cake is best baked the night before you plan to … Read more
We’re sticking with October’s Halloween theme with a light and fluffy pumpkin swiss roll. Halloween in Southern California Halloween in Southern California is always characterized by unseasonably hot weather. This means that our carved pumpkins tend to melt (and melt is a cute word for mold), our children sweat through their costumes, and we need … Read more
Raise your hand if you’ve ever found yourself stuck with a stale loaf of bread and a craving for dessert! Yep, us too. This leftover bread pudding is the solution. A Short History of Leftover Bread Pudding Apparently our need to use up stale bread is very, very old. Culinary Historians can trace leftover bread … Read more
How can you make regular banana bread even better? Swirl it with chocolate cake batter to make an amazing banana cake, the world’s tastiest and most adorable breakfast treat! Zebra Style It’s easy to trace the history of marbled cakes — long, fascinating, seemingly German in origin — we’ll come back to this soon! Traditional … Read more
Can’t pick between a brownie and a cookie? We understand; that happens to us, too. This recipe combines them both into delicious brownie mix chocolate chip cookies. About this Brownie Mix Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe This recipe takes a homemade brownie recipe and dollops it into chocolate chip cookies. This makes a brownie more convenient … Read more
Looking for a light but delicious way to start the morning? We can think of nothing better than this japanese fluffy pancakes recipe! 24 Hour Pancakes (A Short History of Pancakes in Japan) Pancakes have a long and illustrious history in Japan. Japanese cooks first started frying bits of dough sweetened with red bean as … Read more
This cinnamon roll recipe without milk or yeast delivers a delicious breakfast treat in a fraction of the time. Happy Swedes and Their Cinnamon Rolls Happy Kannebullens Dag! Yep, did you realize that in Sweden they love cinnamon rolls so much that they have an official day (October 4th) to celebrate their existence. The average … Read more
This Halloween Dirt Cake Recipe is the star of our Halloween celebrations. It’s rich and chocolatey, and very, very silly. It’s Halloween Baking Month!!! Halloween is coming. Do you know what the best thing about Halloween is (other than pets in totally ridiculous costumes)? Halloween Desserts! We stockpile recipes all year round to adequately prepare … Read more