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Deconstructed Cinnamon Roll Flatbread

Maris Callahan — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 20:08:37 +0000

Instead of waking up and baking cinnamon rolls from scratch, which can be a lengthy endeavor, try this “naan traditional” deconstructed version with Stonefire Authentic Flatbreads, cinnamon, sugar, butter and homemade icing. Living in the city, I don’t consider fast food to be much of a temptation. Sure, I’ll fall prey to the occasional temptation of ordering pizza here and there, but I can’t remember the last time I’ve hit a fast food chain. When you live in a place where most of your shopping happens at a mall, rife with fast food joints, it’s not so easy to resist the siren song of the aroma that wafts from a cinnamon roll stand. Luckily, there’s another option and it starts with Stonefire Authentic Flatbreads. These deconstructed cinnamon roll flatbreads are the perfect breakfast in bed treat, especially with Valentine’s Day on the horizon. When you want to surprise someone with breakfast before they wake up, it needs to be quick and it needs to be stealth, or your mission will be intercepted by someone who smells bacon cooking and wants to know when their coffee is ready. That is to say if you’re planning on baking cinnamon rolls, you’d better hope […]

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Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie with Gingersnap Crust

Maris Callahan — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 04:16:59 +0000

There’s something funny about time. When you’re in a four-hour meeting, time moves quite slowly. But in the grand scheme of things, life moves quickly. Sometimes changes happen before you’re ready for them and sometimes when they happen, you realize that they were in fact long overdue. In this case, I’m glad that time is flying as quickly as it is because the fact that it’s November means that it’s almost time for Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is like Christmas for most foodies. Not only do you get to spend most of the day in the kitchen baking, basting, stirring and chopping, but the day culminates with a group of people oohing and aahing over the meal. Contrary to just about every other meal I eat during the year, at Thanksgiving, dessert is my least favorite part. If you pace yourself like me, you’ll be too full for dessert by the time the pumpkin pie rolls around. Creamy and just rich enough, this cheesecake is an easy replacement for any pumpkin pie and its gingersnap crust is the perfect teaser for a holiday season filled with gingerbread men and sugar cookies. Save Print Creamy Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie with Gingersnap Crust Author: Maris Callahan […]

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12 Tasty Apple Desserts Beyond Pie

Maris Callahan — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 05:00:03 +0000

I love apple season. Picking them, baking with them and yes, even eating them plain, comprise some of my favorite parts of the fall season. In fact, one of my favorite memories of all time is when I visited my brother in college for the Ithaca Apple Festival. While the festival itself was brief, we did plenty of baking and I left behind several tasty apple desserts that we had to hide in his bedroom to keep away from a sticky fingered roommate. To get us all into the fall spirit, I pulled together some of the most delicious recipes I could find that extend well beyond the realm of plain old American apple pie. Instead, think about cakes, cookies, crumbles and cheesecakes next time you find yourself leaving an apple orchard with more fruit than a reasonable person could ever eat. These are all great desserts for a party, a tailgate or even to tempt your coworkers with at the office until they tell you to stop it, you’re ruining their diets. Not that I would know or anything… Apple Walnut Cake Apple Walnut Cake is a simple, sweet way to enjoy apples in the fall. Even with a cup of sugar, this isn’t […]

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Blueberry Elderberry Tart with Shortbread Crust

Maris Callahan — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 18:15:58 +0000

If you love to bake, there is nothing more exciting than trying a brand new appliance or ingredient that you’ve never before used in the kitchen. We recently discovered Norm’s Farms, a family-owned business based in North Carolina that happens to be at the forefront of one of the most sustainable and exciting new crops: Elderberry. Their products, which include plants, jellies, jams, preserves, extracts and syrups packed with with Vitamins A, B and C , iron, potassium, are made here in the United States. Founded by Ann, Rodger, and Erin Lenhardt, the Norm’s Farms family believes in the sustainable production of healing foods made with natural, simple ingredients–just like the elderberries that they grow. Because the Norm’s Farms family recognizes that their small Missouri farm cannot keep up with the company’s demand, they have begun working with small family farmers in North Carolina to help establish elderberry orchards. Norm’s Farms will have a local source of elderberries for their products in addition to those grown in Missouri. Growing up, I had a major sweet tooth that was especially loyal to anything chocolate. I had very little use for fruit based desserts, vanilla ice cream or any candy that wasn’t somehow […]

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Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie

Maris Callahan — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 05:00:54 +0000

Baking cookies, while equally rewarding and satisfying, can be a tedious and occasionally, a thankless job. Though the end result, a delicious cookie, is almost always worthwhile, there is a lot of taking things in and out of the oven and rarely do one-bowl cookie recipes deliver on their promised lack of dishes. A ready alternative: baking a giant skillet chocolate chip cookie next time the craving strikes. You don’t need a mixer to make this bad boy and you don’t even need to dirty multiple cookie sheets or spend an hour taking cookies out of the oven and replacing them with a fresh batch. All you need is one oven-safe skillet and, of course, a tall glass of milk on the side. We also love this miniature version from the Bake or Break blog, but we know it’s unlikely that people have even one oven-safe skillet at home let along multiple tiny ones. Which brings us to another point, if you don’t have an oven safe skillet it’s completely worth buying one for this single purpose. Cast iron skillets only run about $30 from your average kitchen store and they’re well worth the investment if you treat your cast iron […]

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