Rather Be Baking

baked french toast

Laura — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:21:46 +0000

Usually I’m a cereal-and-yogurt kind of girl when it comes to breakfast, but on the weekends, that tends to go out the window. Sometimes it’s me in the kitchen and sometimes it’s Ryan, but at least once each weekend we like to do breakfast right. After all, it is the most important meal of the [...]

dulce de leche cookies

Laura — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:30:50 +0000

I really, really love caramel. I realize that every English teacher I’ve ever had would tell me that one “really” is enough, but they’d be wrong. This is caramel we’re talking about, after all. I’d eat it on anything and everything if not for, you know, saturated fat and stuff. These are certainly not the [...]

peach-plum cobbler

Laura — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:00:17 +0000

I realized this weekend that I’ve developed a habit of baking dessert on Sunday nights. Usually I bake during the day, but there’s something about Sunday night that makes me want a warm, fresh-from-the-oven dessert. I guess it feels like a nice way to close out the weekend. And all summer long, these desserts have [...]

herb cloverleaf rolls

Laura — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:17:30 +0000

As summer trudges onward, I find myself less and less hungry. What can I say? The heat is starting to get to me. Dinner is certainly the most affected and I’m beginning to feel sorry for Ryan because I just don’t feel like cooking. I find myself turning to salads and sandwiches as often as [...]

banana oatmeal chocolate chip cookies

Laura — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:07:56 +0000

I know what you must be thinking: didn’t I just read something about bananas? The back-to-back banana recipes were truly unintentional and yes, I do know how to bake other things, thank you. It’s okay, though, because the last recipe and this one could not be much different if they tried. This little ditty (which [...]

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Laura — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:21:39 +0000

I really love this post from Joy the Baker. It’s all about using what you have. It’s about those days when you’re hungry for something sweet but too lazy to go to the store. This pretty much describes every day for me (including right now). The results of thriftiness and a little ingenuity can be [...]

brownie mix cookies

Laura — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:00:15 +0000

This week I’m at home in Arkansas visiting family and hanging out with my “little” sister before she leaves for college. Let’s not talk about it. I may cry. All this being said, I did two weeks’ worth of baking last week to account for my travels. While grocery shopping I picked up a brownie [...]

weeknight chocolate cake

Laura — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:00:46 +0000

Traditionally speaking, I am not a big cake baker. I’ll chalk it up to my lack of patience, although working in a cupcake bakery is slowly but surely changing that. Nonetheless, the whole process of evening layers and smoothing frosting really gets on my nerves, so I try to avoid it. That’s why I like [...]

dark chocolate and strawberry tartlets

Laura — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:00:09 +0000

Chocolate and strawberries are quite possibly my favorite flavor combination, ever. They’re possibly upstaged by chocolate and mint, but somehow that only seems right around the holidays. But chocolate and strawberries are year-round heaven. They never fail me. It’s no secret that we’re reaching the end of strawberry season, but there are still some beauties [...]

carrot cake scuffins

Laura — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:00:52 +0000

I’m a big believer in moderation. Yes, I made coconut peach bourbon cupcakes, but let the record show, I only ate one. And then my thoughts turned to these babies, which are chock full of carrots and raisins and walnuts and all sorts of good things. I wish I could take credit for the idea [...]