Happy Halloween!
Do you love caramel as much as I do? Do you love salted caramel as much as I do? Do you love anything with pumpkin in it and salted caramel as much as I do? Are you sick of these questions and just want to make some darn yummy homemade caramels?
Well, if you answered yes to any of the above questions, this recipe is for you!
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Ah, Girl Scout Cookies…
Sweet little girls outside the local grocery store with smiles on their faces, badges sewn on their vests, hope in their hearts, baby raccoons back home as pets and…sweetened preservatives in a box. mmmmm, girl scout cookies.
Did you know that “Scouts” was adopted from the people who blazed the trail West? The scouts who lived long ago blazed the trails for the Girl Scouts of today. They ventured ahead and led and helped others. They were trusted by the people. They prepared themselves for every emergency. They made friends with all the things of nature. They made delicious cookies made from tree sap, small stones, and dung beetles.
Happy first day of Fall!
Is it chilly where you are? Are the leaves starting to turn yet? Are you wearing fluffy ridiculously colored socks on your feet and sipping on some warm apple cider right now?
No? Yes? Well it doesn’t matter either way because this bread will instantly catapult you into Autumn and you’ll be carving pumpkins like a mad woman (or man) in no time. The kids will go searching for the Halloween candy stash and be really really confused, and then bummed.
It’s fun! Try it!
Dear Butter,
I know you are feared and rejected by many, but not me. You and I are good together. I respect you and I see you for who and what you truly are.
I love to spread you on whole grain toast and whip you into marvelous cakes and hide you in between halves of warm fluffy muffins. Just a touch of you gently swirled into chocolate and hot cream results in glistening ganache. You add luster and a gloriously smooth finish to my beurre blanc, and oh the magic you make when you’re browned with a sprinkle of sea salt.
Sigh.
If I weren’t already spoken for, I’d marry you and have sweet little butter babies with you.
Love Always,
Erin
With school back in session for my kiddos, I needed to bake up an after school snack that would be just as good frozen and reheated as it was straight out of the oven. You see, my kids are not morning people and I guess when your mom is a baker, you’re not easily impressed with box cereal, or toast, or warmed up spaghetti for breakfast.
Now, don’t be confused. This is not cake, in fact it has nothing to do with cake. This is sourdough…in a league all on its own.
While I do love cake; love to make cake, eat cake, decorate cake, look at cake longingly with googly eyes (you get the idea). I also do love to bake other things and bread is one of those things. In fact, I grew up making bread.
Let’s begin with a basic understanding of pie. PIE 101:
Pie is delicious. Pie makes you happy. You do not need an excuse to eat pie.
Everyone on the same page? Okay, good!
I try to always make sure to eat fruits and vegetables when they’re in season and at their peak in flavor and nutrition, but there’s something about pumpkin being not readily available this time of year that makes me, of course…CRAVE it.
Luckily, there’s good old canned pumpkin puree that you can find year round. Yay! Combine that with whole wheat flour and agave nectar, and you’ve got yourself a winning muffin.
