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Bonfire Tea Muffins: #MuffinMonday

October 30, 2017 By Laura 6 Comments

Bonfire Tea Muffins are the perfect fall treat, full of raisins and pecans and perfumed with fall spices and Adagio Tea’s Bonfire Tea. Adagio Tea sent me some teas to play with, and my favorite so far, the Bonfire Tea, resulted in these muffins. When Adagio Tea contacted me about trying some of their teas,… 

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Filed Under: blog events, breakfast, dried fruit, fall spices, muffins, pecans, quick breads, whole grains Tagged With: #MuffinMonday, Adagio, bonfire tea, Muffin Monday, muffins, pecans, quick bread, raisins, tea, whole wheat

Pumpkin Sage Cake–for a loaf or bundt pan

November 27, 2014 By Laura 1 Comment

Pumpkin Sage Cake

Unexpected, sophisticated and delicious, Pumpkin Sage Cake is a wonderful addition to your pumpkin baking repertoire. Affiliate links have been used in this post to link to items I am discussing. I was of 2 minds about whether to share this cake. I made it at a particularly busy time, when the only moment I could… 

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Filed Under: bundt cakes, cakes, pumpkin Tagged With: bundt, cake, herbs, loaf cake, pumpkin, quick bread, sage

Agave Lemon Cake

February 8, 2014 By Laura 11 Comments

Lemon quick bread baked in a bundt pan and made with agave syrup

I had mixed feelings about whether I should participate in #ElleAPalooza. I did not know Elle, who it turns out was actually named LeeAnn, but I most definitely knew her blog, Elle’s New England Kitchen. And like bloggers everywhere I was shocked to hear she had suddenly and unexpectedly died. In the end, despite not… 

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Filed Under: blog events, bundt cakes, cakes, dairy free baking, lemon baked goods, quick breads, whole grains Tagged With: #ElleAPalooza, agave, agave syrup, bundt cake, cake, citrus, lemon, quick bread

Bourbon Soaked Orange Loaf Cake with Currants; Review of The Flying Brownie

November 7, 2013 By Laura 14 Comments

Bourbon Quick Bread with Oranges and Currants

It is The Leftovers Club time! And that is extra exciting, because I received a fantastic new cookbook all about great goodies for long distance shipping to review. Talk about serendipity!

Filed Under: blog events, Boozy Desserts, cookbooks, dried fruit, oranges, quick breads, reviews Tagged With: #theleftoversclub, alcohol, booze, bourbon, bread, cake, citrus, currants, dried fruit, orange, quick bread, tipsy cake, whiskey

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

Traditional Irish American Soda Bread

April 10, 2013 By Laura 8 Comments

Traditional Irish American Scones

Soda bread: it’s not just for St. Patrick’s Day anymore. OK, so that is a little misleading, because as usual I did make this for St. Patrick’s Day, only, you know, on St. Patrick’s Day, leading me to not post it until after the holiday. But seriously, as soon as I bit into one of these all I… 

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Filed Under: breakfast, buttermilk, cherries, dried fruit, hazelnuts, quick breads, scones, whole grains Tagged With: bread, buttermilk, caraway seeds, dried fruit, hazelnut, Irish, Irish American, quick bread, scones, soda bread

Rosemary, Lemon & Olive Oil Tea Bread

November 9, 2010 By Laura 12 Comments

I have to apologize for the photos of this bread. I baked the bread for a meeting of my book club (one held at someone else’s house), and like a dunce totally forgot to take any pictures in my house, with my lighting and my camera. So I just snapped a few shots with my… 

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Filed Under: lemon baked goods, misc. dessert, quick breads Tagged With: bread, cake, lemon, olive oil, pine nuts, quick bread, rosemary

Chocolate Scones: Quadruple Chocolate Scones and Chocolate Chip Butterscotch Scones

March 30, 2009 By Laura 14 Comments

Chocolate Scones! Chocolate Chip Butterscotch and Quadruple Chocolate Scones are wonderful for dessert or as an afternoon snack! And so easy!

Chocolate scones are delicious–Chocolate Chip Scones are a scone take on chocolate chip cookies and Quadruple Chocolate Scones are just an intensely chocolate scone. Breakfast, afternoon snack, dessert–they work for any occasion! Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. What does quick bread say to you? Sure I know that loads… 

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Filed Under: chocolate, quick breads, scones Tagged With: chocolate, quick bread, scones, white chocolate

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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