Creating & Concocting From-Scratch Goodies in my Little Montana Kitchen
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Baked apples aren't typically a "wow" of the dessert world. But I'd like to help you change your opinion on that with some baked Honeycrisp apples. These baked apples are perfectly cooked (not mushy!) still retain a slight al dente feel to them, but have all the taste and goodness of hot apple pie. And they're super easy to make! Not a lot of prep, no crust to toil over and roll out — what's not to like?
Read more about Baked Honeycrisp Apples...Now that autumn is here and the temperatures are rapidly dropping, is there anything that screams fall more than pumpkin pie from scratch? Pumpkin pie is such a simple, satisfying dessert to make, and in this recipe, we take it up a notch by using our own pumpkin puree from a sweet pie pumpkin!
Read more about Pumpkin Pie from Scratch...Another year has passed and I've yet again neglected this blog. However, I figured I can share at least one recipe here in 2018. (Nothing like waiting 'til the last minute, right?) But this Raspberry Almond Star Bread has got to be one of my most favorite recipes I've made this year. And it's bread. And dessert. All rolled into one. Basically my two most favorite things ever.
Read more about Raspberry Almond Star Bread...Oh dearie me - it's been a while since this blog has seen some love. Suffice it to say, I've been busy running the photography business, and that's never a bad thing of course. But as the season slows down a bit, and as I get back into baking mode and sharing those baked goods with friends and neighbors, I've got a little more time to dedicate to sharing some of my favorite recipes here too. These easy peppermint meringue cookies are actually new to me - but they're so quick to whip up, and so pretty, that they'll definitely remain in my holiday season cookie arsenal.
Read more about Easy Peppermint Meringue Cookies...It's currently a sweltering 99 degrees in Missoula at the moment (with 102 degrees predicted for tomorrow - go home, June - you're drunk!), and I find myself craving sweet desserts (as per usual), but nothing heavy, over-involved, or anything that requires much in the way heating up the house with too much oven time. Enter this little star of a summertime dessert: the delightfully light summer strawberry almond cream tart.
Read more about Summer Strawberry Almond Cream Tart...Have I mentioned I love cake? If I haven't - I seriously ADORE it (a fact about which all my friends tease me). But I think I'm coming to the point in my life where I actually enjoy making cake more than I do eating it. (Oh goodness! Have I now scandalized my sweet tooth?!) It's just so fun to put together a sweet treat completely from scratch and dress it up to make it all pretty. And then give it away or share it of course. And this vanilla cake with lilacs and buttercream is the perfect recipe to accomplish just that.
Read more about Vanilla Cake with Lilacs and Buttercream...There's something about bread that will always be magical to me. Taking just a few ingredients, letting some yeast do its thing, and then baking it to create something so delicious, so flavorful, so beautiful, so perfectly fragrant and homey - it's magic, I swear.
Read more about Easy Rustic Dutch Oven No-Knead Crusty Bread...
