Rather Be Baking

coconut peach bourbon cupcakes

Laura — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:40:25 +0000

I may have a bit of a tendency to go overboard on some things. You know, sometimes. For instance, a recipe for peach bourbon cupcakes seems indulgent enough, yes? The answer is yes. But I just couldn’t leave well enough alone. Lily-gilder, party of one. It all started innocently enough. The recipe called for almond [...]

shortcut cinnamon rolls

Laura — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:00:24 +0000

It’s no secret that I like a good shortcut now and then. I’m at the bakery piping buttercream by seven each morning, so I’ve taken to brewing coffee the night before and pouring it over ice on my way out. Lately my straightener doesn’t see the light of day for more than three seconds until [...]

orange blueberry crumb bars

Laura — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:00:14 +0000

Blueberries are something of an acquired taste for me. Whether it be scones, muffins, or just fruit in general, anything with blueberries has never been my first pick. But in recent years I’ve come to enjoy them and even adopted my mom’s habit of eating them atop my cereal every morning. I’m now able to [...]

jalapeño cheddar sandwich bread

Laura — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:56:45 +0000

I may have completely lost my mind. I put both jalapeños and cheddar cheese into a loaf of bread. And now we can’t stop eating it. This bread has now been eaten for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It has happily provided a vehicle for egg sandwiches and some particularly fantastic BLTs. This is certainly not [...]

half-baked

Laura — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:40:25 +0000

This weekend we experienced temperatures in the three-digit range, and it wasn’t pretty. I was pretty much forced to make these. It was (and still is, really) way too hot to turn on the oven. You understand. I’ve seen them floating around various healthy living blogs recently and, well, I couldn’t wait any longer. And [...]

hypothetically speaking

Laura — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:39:50 +0000

Let’s say you’ve been a casual runner for years, and decide it’s time to get competitive. Let’s say you happily start training for a series of races, and all is well for about a month, and then you twist your ankle. Let’s say your job puts you on your feet about 99.99% of the workday, [...]

whole wheat blueberry muffins

Laura — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:35:21 +0000

Ryan has a thing for blueberry muffins. You may recall the muffin extravaganza of 2009, which included quite possibly the world’s most perfect blueberry muffins. I wanted to make some for him, and I really should have stuck with the recipe I already knew and loved. But you know me, I can’t leave well enough [...]

applesauce cake

Laura — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:09:06 +0000

This week we’ve been in Utah for six months and can’t quite believe it. I’m not sure if it’s justified but I feel as though somehow we’ve accomplished something. Or I just want an excuse to make cake. This is just the sort of homegrown cake that doesn’t really need a special occasion. It’s not [...]

in real life

Laura — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:57:34 +0000

So. For the last week or so I’ve been trying to enjoy more of real life. You know, the non-Internet-based kind? Remember that? It’s something I’m still working on, and I’d recommend it. Practically this means spending more time in my running shoes and in the sunshine, among other things. Exercise and Vitamin D are [...]

favorite banana bread

Laura — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:53:46 +0000

Everybody makes banana bread, right? That’s what I thought until I began bringing it to share with coworkers at various previous jobs of mine. People would go nuts. They couldn’t believe it. One lady told me that she makes her family banana bread from a boxed mix. What? I didn’t really know such things existed. [...]