Last week was all about apple butter, this week is all about black sesame butter. Because I realized I still have some in my pantry from a while ago, and I should use it up. So I threw together this black sesame banana bread and used up 1/4 cup of it! The banana isn’t too…
Mini Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Loaves
After all that talk last week about how much I hated living in LA, I feel like a good chaser is talking about how much better Minnesota is. I feel like I’m still discovering new things every week (as with living in any city I guess). But one major thing: I live within very close…
Brown Butter Rye Banana Muffins (Using only one banana!)
I went on a rye kick a few months ago, and now I’m resuming it! It started with some other rye banana bread, but I really liked these Brown Butter Rye Scones, so I decided to do… Brown Butter Rye Banana Muffins. Also, Molly has made banana bread a few times recently with her daughter,…
Homemade Bagels
These bagels, like many things on this blog, are directly inspired by a GBBO episode. My mom and I were watching an episode from the 2020 season, and they made rainbow bagels. While I saw no reason to go through the rigamarole of dyeing bagel dough five different colors… I wanted to try making homemade…
Elote Cornbread
I’ve explained before how much my family loves Elote. So when we needed cornbread to go with chili one night, I figured I may as well put an Elote spin on it! This recipe also came about, much like these rye scones did, in my efforts to empty out my pantry of all the half-used…
Junior vs Adult Bake Off: Cinnamon Snowflake Bread
This is part two of my Junior vs. Adult Bake Off comparison. Last time, I made the Pizza Star Bread from JBO Season 6’s bread week. It was delicious, and very very easy to make. This time, I made the Cinnamon Snowflake Bread from this 2024’s Holiday Bake Off episode. Immediately, it was more complex…