Choux pastry is a batter created with water, eggs, and flour. When it bakes, the water turns to steam and makes the batter rise with an airy space in the center… perfect to fill with pastry cream or ice cream. If you fill with pastry cream, it’s a cream puff. If you make them...
Spiced Pumpkin Muffins
I love pumpkin. I love baking with pumpkin. I have even been known to stir some cinnamon and sugar into plain canned pumpkin and eat it for a snack. Yum.
Whole Wheat Pasta with Cauliflower, Walnuts, and Parmesan
Last night there occurred an impromptu girls night involving myself, my 1 mo. old daughter, both grand-moms and Monica, our close family friend. The plan was to go out to an Italian restaurant and play pass the baby. I happen to know said baby likes to scream her head off between the hours of...
Monkey Bread
Monkey Bread is basically a varied form of a cinnamon roll. It is made from the same exact yeast dough, but instead of being rolled up and cut it is rolled into balls, dipped in butter and brown sugar/cinnamon, and stuck back together in a pan to be devoured piece by piece.