My first thought when this recipe came up on the Baked Sunday Mornings schedule was “meh, another banana bread”. Always full of promise, but it rarely delivers. This recipe had one thing going for it – honey. I’m crazy about honey, and I especially like to bake with it. After careful consideration, I decided to [...]
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You read that right. Banana fritters. The foster part of the title means rum, and it’s in the form of a tasty rum dipping sauce, which is also delicious eaten by the spoonful. This is another one of those recipes I wouldn’t have made if it weren’t for Baked Sunday Mornings. There’s no obligation to [...]
This quince fest I’ve been having got me thinking about the persimmons that are ripening on the tree in my front yard. They’re the Hachiya variety – gorgeous orange fruits that are picked hard and ripened counter-top. The pulp can’t be used until it’s completely soft and gooey, and it’s mainly used in cookies, breads [...]
I’m still experimenting with quince, after my success with making quince jelly. This is a fairly simple preparation that just takes time on the stove. It takes a while for it to actually soften enough to eat. The sugar in the poaching liquid balances out the astringent fruit. I like the quince this way, but [...]
It’s time for Bake Together, and since it’s July it means I’m completely obsessed with lavender. My neighbor’s lavender is in full bloom, and this year we have two bee hives stationed on the side of her house. They love the lavender even more than I do and are busily making honey from the pollen. [...]
Crisps and crumbles are probably our favorite summertime dessert. I’m not sure what the difference is between the two – this one is pretty similar to my standard crisp, except there aren’t any oats in the topping. Hands down, my preferred fruit for a crumble is cherries and blueberries. I think a mix of a [...]
The local farmer’s markets are bursting at the seams right now with Spring produce – fava beans, artichokes, and strawberries. Some blueberries too, but they’re still expensive. We bought a 3-pack of beautiful, almost overripe strawberries at one of the two markets we usually frequent on the weekend. I like to cut the tops off [...]
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