Tag: almonds

• fauxstock

  

  For those of you that are already familiar with bostock, I need to ‘fess up that these may look like the real thing, but they are actually sort of a fake bostock. Hence the name. The bread part is an enriched sweet dough, similar to cinnamon roll dough, but it’s not brioche. Everything else follows the recipe…

  Dave G

  April 1, 2018

  almond flour, almond meal, almonds, baked goods, baking, bread, bread flour, brioche, brunch, dessert, food blogging, french, snack, sweet rolls, yeast breads

  almond brioche bread, almond extract, almonds, apricot jam, bostock, enriched dough, fauxstock, french, french pastry, frnagipane, pan dulce, rebanadas de bostock, rebanadas de mantequilla, sweet dough

• almond joy scones

  

  Remember this little ditty? This commercial jingle for Almond Joy and Mounds candy bars from the 70s and 80s? If you were what was called a latchkey kid, meaning you had to spend long hours home alone after school because your parent(s) worked, you were sure to have had this jingle etched into your brain, if not…

  Dave G

  July 1, 2017

  almond flour, almond meal, almonds, baked goods, baking, biscuits, coconut, dairy-free, egg-free, food blogging, quick bread, snack, vegan, whole wheat

  almond joy scones, almonds, chocolate, coconut, dairy-free, egg-free, scones

• mixed nut muffins

  

  It’s the first weekend of Summer in the Seattle area, and I’m so happy the weather finally reflects that! Happy Summer! These came about as I sat wondering what I have on hand that I haven’t baked with yet… Mixed nuts! Literally staring at me from the kitchen counter! My go-to snack lately. This particular…

  Dave G

  June 24, 2017

  baked goods, baking, dairy-free, dessert, food blogging, gluten-free, muffins, quick bread, snack

  almonds, cashews, mixed nut muffins, mixed nuts, pecans, pistachios

• saffron almond olive oil cookies

  

  I was hoping to make cookies, but did not have any butter. I did have extra virgin olive oil, though. So I went searching online, which is what I always do, for recipes or inspiration. Sometimes both. This is a recipe from Mark Bittman. I did not have zest, or juice, but I did have…

  Dave G

  March 6, 2016

  almonds, baked goods, baking, cookies, food blogging, snack, Uncategorized

  almond extract, almonds, marcona almonds, olive oil, saffron, saffron cookies

• guava cupcakes

  

  Yes, I know. They sort of look like muffins topped with pepperoni. This is still a work in progress. It’s guava paste. Maybe cutting them into cubes would’ve been better. I realized after making these that I am developing sort of a love/hate relationship with guavas. Maybe more with guava products. At least as far…

  Dave G

  February 26, 2016

  baked goods, baking, breakfast, cupcakes, dessert, food blogging, muffins, quick bread, quickbread, snack

  almonds, Guava, guava cupcakes, guava paste, guava pulp

• brown butter pear hazelnut cakelets

  

  Bosc Pears!!! Bosc pears are….well…hard to transport in a backpack. Especially when they are perfectly ripe. Don’t. Unless you don’t mind the skins of the particularly ripe ones coming off and causing some of the flesh and juices to seep out into your backpack! I speak from experience. Still, once I got home, I ate…

  Dave G

  October 18, 2014

  almond flour, almond meal, almonds, baked goods, baking, cakes, cupcakes, dessert, hazelnut flour, hazelnuts, muffins, snack

  almond meal, almonds, brown butter, brown butter pear hazelnut cakelets, cake, fall, hazelnut flour, hazelnuts, nut flours, pear hazelnut cake

• Chocolate Honey Cake, a.k.a. The Robert Redford Cake

  

  If you were to do an online recipe search for “Robert Redford Cake”, what you’d get would be recipes that are called “Better than Robert Redford Cake”, or sometimes, “Better than Sex Cake”. Back in the day, Robert Redford was such a big star and sex symbol, and so these cakes are supposed to be…

  Dave G

  May 20, 2014

  baked goods, baking, cakes, chocolate, chocolate cake, dessert, gluten-free, Maida Heatter

  almonds, chocolate cake, chocolate honey cake, flourless chocolate cake, hazelnuts, honey, Maida Heatter, robert redford, souffle cake

• Bacon Pesto Swirl Cookies

  

  Remember curried hummus with cilantro almond pesto? I lied. No matter how good something is, I can get tired of eating it. I ended up with a small amount left of the pesto. The hummus I made into a hummus bread, which I’ll post about later. While I could have eaten the pesto easily with some pasta, or…

  Dave G

  April 14, 2014

  appetizer, baked goods, baking, cookies, savory

  almonds, bacon, bacon bits, bacon pesto swirl cookies, cilantro, cilantro almond pesto, cookies, pesto, savory cookies, swirl cookies

• Ginger Almond Brownies

  

  No, these are not potato chips with the brownies, although that might not be a bad combination, either. Today I emptied out my cupboard, to see what I could still use, and to throw away what has expired. I was saddened to see that I had about a pound’s worth of different chocolates–some in the…

  Dave G

  April 8, 2014

  baked goods, baking, bars, brownies, chocolate, dessert

  almonds, brownies, crystallized ginger, espresso powder, ginger, ginger almond brownies