I'm just going to come right out and tell you this is the best granola I have ever made. Hot diggidy dang, it's good. I know, I know... Granola isn't usually exciting, but this one is. I recognize that you may be doubting me right now, and I don't really have a way to make you into a believer unless you make this because I don't do that whole "better than sex granola" or anything else like that, because frankly, if you think granola (or any other food) is better than sex, I am concerned about you. Really. Does that make me nutty? I promise you I'm not anti-sex. I mean, I DO have five sons and all... I'm just going to have to settle View Post
Pumpkin Pots de Crème
I'm exceptionally fond of combining my obsessions. Sometimes it's not so great. Take Homer Simpson's fabled "Nuts and Gum", par example... Sometimes, however, it works great. When you put together dark chocolate ganache and pie crust you get Dark Chocolate Truffle Tarts. A happy accident if ever there was one... I might've mentioned that I'm obsessed with Autumn. (Here, here or here...) At one point or another, I might have also mentioned that I'm obsessed with baked custard. (See here for evidence.) These marvelous obsessions combine to result in the Pumpkin* Pots de Crème (baked pumpkin custards) that I made a View Post
Pumpkin Whole Wheat Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing
Visit our Bread Recipes page for more fantastic homemade breads! When Val posted her Rich Biscuit Cinnamon Rolls with Berries and Maple Butter Frosting yesterday I turned into a drooly puddle of self-pity. I wanted a couple of those rolls badly! Why oh why do she and Dad live 17 hours away? Since my next visit from Dad and Val is not yet scheduled, I had no recourse but to whip up some cinnamon rolls for myself. And since the fall weather is rolling in *Can I get a big 'Glory! Hallelu!' from someone out there who loves fall like me? I decided to opt for flavors that scream autumn to me; pumpkin, cinnamon and nutmeg. In keeping View Post