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Scottish Girdle Scones

October 26, 2020 By Laura 7 Comments

Scottish Girdle Scones

Scottish Girdle Scones are the perfect breakfast or teatime treat, light and fluffy, smothered in butter and honey. Amazon affiliate links have been used in this post to link to items I am discussing. Hi. It’s me. I know I disappeared. Which is kind of ironic because except for doctors’ appointments and crossing our fingers… 

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Filed Under: breakfast, British, buttermilk, Currants, dried fruit, quick breads, scones Tagged With: British, scones, Scottish, tea time

Buttermilk Cookies with Nutmeg and Thyme: #CreativeCookies; Review of Victuals

March 21, 2017 By Laura 6 Comments

Buttermilk Cookies with Nutmeg and Thyme

Buttermilk Cookies with Nutmeg and Thyme are the perfect afternoon, tea time snack, whether served with coffee, tea or milk. A copy of Victuals was provided to me by the publisher for the purpose of an honest review. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. People I am in love…. 

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Filed Under: Appalachian (mountain South), buttermilk, cookbooks, cookies, reviews Tagged With: Appalachian, buttermilk, cookbook review, cookies, cornmeal, nutmeg, tea, tea time, thyme

Individual Chocolate Teacakes Topped with Whipped Cream

November 10, 2014 By Laura 2 Comments

Individual Double Chocolate Teacakes Topped with Whipped Cream

Rich Double Chocolate Teacakes are perfectly complemented by a topping of lightly sweetened whipped cream. The perfect treat for a little girl’s birthday party! Affiliate links are used in this post to link to items being discussed.  Am I the only mom who gets super tired of cupcakes? I am not a huge fan of… 

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Filed Under: buttermilk, cakes, chocolate, cupcakes Tagged With: chocolate, cocoa, cocoa powder, cupcake, heavy cream, teacake, whipped cream

#Bundtamonth: Strawberry Jam Glazed Spiced Pound Cake with Buttermilk and Orange

November 8, 2013 By Laura 18 Comments

This Bundt-A-Month was tough for me. Not because I don’t like jam, the theme (I do!!), but because figuring out how to successfully incorporate the jam into the cake was hard for me. My first cake was a pretty big flop. Like throw it out for the birds and squirrels kind of flop! It was… 

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Filed Under: berries, bundt cakes, buttermilk, cakes, fall spices, oranges, strawberries Tagged With: #BundtaMonth, bundt, buttermilk, cake, cardamom, ceylon cinnamon, citrus, jam, orange, preserves, strawberry

Buttermilk Glazed Buttermilk Chocolate Snack Cake; OXO Brownie Spatula

September 28, 2013 By Laura 11 Comments

There are compliments, and then there are compliments. Guys, I received just about the sweetest, biggest, best compliment I have ever received on anything I have ever baked or cooked for this cake. But let me start at the beginning. As soon as I saw this cake in The Animal Farm Buttermilk Cookbook: Recipes and… 

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Filed Under: buttermilk, cakes, chocolate, cooks' tools, kids cooking, reviews, Tools Tagged With: buttermilk, cake, chocolate, cocoa, glaze, natural cocoa, OXO, review, sheet cake, snacking cake

Heirloom Tomato on Bacon Cornmeal Griddle Cake with Bacon-Basil Mayo; Review of Fire In My Belly

September 20, 2013 By Laura 3 Comments

Sliced Tomato on Corn Flatbread with Bacon Basil Mayonnaise

You guys may be seeing more cookbook reviews around here. I decided I do so many of them for free and on my own dime, I might as well reach out to various publishers and see if they would send me review copies of the books I am interested in. And they did! This blogging… 

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Filed Under: bacon, buttermilk, cookbooks, pancakes, reviews, Southern food, tomatoes, whole grains Tagged With: bacon, basil, cookbook, cornbread, griddle cakes, heirloom tomatoes, hill bill tomato, mayo, mayonnaise, pancakes, review, southern, tomato

Streusel Apple Bundt Cake: #Bundtamonth

September 6, 2013 By Laura 24 Comments

Spiced Apple Bundt Cake Layered with Pecan Streusel

There was a mishap. A mishap we shall not speak of. There might have been screaming. And yelling. Tears even. Because I am serious about bundt cakes, and especially this one, made to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of Bundtamonth (theme: fancy!) and made as dessert for a dinner that night with guests.

Filed Under: apples, blog events, bundt cakes, buttermilk, cakes, fall spices, pecans, streusel Tagged With: #BundtaMonth, apple, bundt, cake, cinnamon, ginger, pecans, streusel

Streuseled Carrot Bread (The Leftovers Club)

August 1, 2013 By Laura 14 Comments

I have noticed a common theme to the second half of summer since my kids started school. Baking. Lots of baking. At the start of the summer, everyone is just excited to be out of school (well not Sammy, but that is a different matter), and excited to be doing summery things, like swimming, camp,… 

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Filed Under: blog events, buttermilk, carrots, fall spices, kids cooking, oats, quick breads, streusel, whole grains Tagged With: carrots, mini loaf, muffin, oats, quick bread, streusel, whole grains

#BundtaMonth: Lemon Mint Rhubarb Breakfast Bundt Cake with Blueberries

May 8, 2013 By Laura 21 Comments

Every May I feel unprepared for the insane spring fever. My husband, as a matter of fact, does not believe spring fever is real. I told him he needed to volunteer some in the school right now. I’ve had to pull out my Mom Voice more than once reading to Alex’s class in the library…. 

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Filed Under: berries, blog events, blueberries, breakfast, bundt cakes, buttermilk, cakes, fruit, lemon baked goods, rhubarb Tagged With: berries, blueberries, breakfast cake, bundt, bundt cake, cake, lemon, mint, rhubarb

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Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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