Category: berries

• blackberry cream cheese kolaches

  

  Happy September! Hope you are doing well considering how 2020 is shaping up to be thus far! Hang in there! 😉 I made these three times. I wasn’t planning to, but somehow “third time’s the charm” always seems to apply whenever I’m trying out a new recipe. This utility pole with a “3” sign on […]

  Dave G

  September 1, 2020

  baked goods, baking, berries, blackberries, dessert, food blogging, forage, foraging, snack, sweet dough, sweet rolls, yeast breads

  blackberries and cream cheese kolaches, blackberry kolaches, breads, czech, klobasnek, klobasniky, kolace, kolach, kolaches, rolls, sweet rolls, yeasted sweet dough

• citrus blueberry muffins

  

  I based the recipe on a basic muffin recipe from The Art and Soul of Baking by Cindy Mushet, but decided I didn’t want dairy or have enough dairy anyway, so instead just used extra virgin olive oil and some oat milk instead of butter and regular milk. I also decreased the sugar in the […]

  Dave G

  July 4, 2020

  baked goods, baking, berries, blueberries, breakfast, food blogging, quick bread, snack

  blueberry citrus muffins, blueberry muffins, citrus blueberry muffins, dairy-free, muffins, oat milk, olive oil

• blueberry crunch bars

  

  These came about because we saw dehydrated blueberries for sale at Costco. And we thought, why not. Then it ended up sitting in our cupboard for a few months. I had made cookies with dried blueberries and Rice Krispies cereal, and so I thought, why not make them into bars this time? This time around, […]

  Dave G

  February 22, 2020

  baked goods, baking, bars, berries, cookies, food blogging, snack

  bars, breakfast bars, cookie bars, died blueberries, refined coconut oil, rice krispies

• pistachio cranberry pretzels

  

  December is here! I wanted to make something that was only slightly sweet and with only small hints of the red and green colors of the upcoming holiday. Because that’s how I roll. I figured the next few weeks, we will see a bombardment of all things red and green. I tend to prefer the […]

  Dave G

  December 1, 2018

  baked goods, baking, berries, bread, bread flour, dessert, food blogging, pistachios, pretzels, snack, yeast breads

  cranberries, german-style pretzels, german-style soft pretzels, pistachios, soft pretzels

• wild blackberry croissant bread pudding

  

  Okay, I’ll be honest. This recipe could be made simpler by using all store bought ingredients, but where’s the fun in that? Part of the fun, I think, is tasting the literal fruits of your labor! And I know it may not be always possible to forage for berries in the wild, but if you […]

  Dave G

  September 1, 2018

  baked goods, baking, berries, bread pudding, food blogging, fruit

  berry foraging, blackberries, blackberry jam, croissant bread pudding, foraging

• matcha blackberry friands, vegan

  

  A friand is a small almond cake, similar to French financiers. In fact,  friand literally means “a tasty thing” in French. They are popular in Australia and New Zealand. The main ingredients for both friand and financier are almond flour, brown butter, icing sugar, and egg whites, but a friand often has additional ingredients and flavors […]

  Dave G

  October 1, 2017

  almond flour, almond meal, almonds, baked goods, baking, berries, cakes, cupcakes, dairy-free, dessert, egg-free, food blogging, matcha, muffins, nut flour, tea, teacake, Uncategorized, vegan, vegetarian

  financiers, friands, matcha blackberry friands, matcha friands, tea time, teacakes

• buckwheat chocolate cherry muffins

  

  How are you doing? It’s Summertime in the Pacific Northwest! Which means fresh cherries, and my favorite combo–Chocolate and Cherry! And a buckwheat experiment. And still have a few more cups of buckwheat, so stay tuned. I think the last time I had buckwheat was in the form of cold buckwheat soba noodles served with a […]

  Dave G

  July 15, 2017

  baked goods, baking, berries, cakes, chocolate cake, cocoa, dairy-free, dessert, food blogging, gluten-free, muffins, quick bread, snack, vegan

  buckwheat, buckwheat chocolate cherry muffins, chocolate cherry muffins, chocolate muffins, gluten-free, muffins, oat flour, vegan

• cherry rye hot cross buns

  

  This is based on 101 cookbooks’ recipe for Black Bread, substituting the carrots and caraway seeds with dried sour cherries. This came about because I’ve been wanting to make hot cross buns, but also wanting to use more rye and whole grains in my bread baking, so this is the culmination of those two goals. I […]

  Dave G

  April 9, 2017

  baked goods, baking, berries, bread, buns, cocoa, food blogging, healthy, low-fat, snack, yeast breads

  buns, cherries, cherry bread, cherry rye hot cross buns, cocoa powder, easter, hot cross buns, molasses, rolls, rye bread, rye buns, rye hot cross buns, whole wheat flour

• japanese cheesecake

  

  I’ve seen this around for a few years, made it once before for someone’s birthday, but this time I wanted to try out my smaller springform (7-inch diameter) pan that has been waiting patiently in my cupboard to be used. I initially thought this would be a good size for making a dessert for two, […]

  Dave G

  February 19, 2017

  baked goods, baking, berries, cakes, cheesecake, dessert, food blogging, teacake

  cotton cheesecake, japanese cheesecake, uncle rikuro, uncle tetsu