Tag: walnuts

• maple walnut blondies

  

  Hi All! Happy Fall!! The combination of using black walnuts, Nocino (walnut liqueur), maple granulated sugar, and brown butter really set this apart from other blondies. It’s like everything is heightened. Blondies with oomph! Trust me, you’ll savor every bite. If you can’t find these less common ingredients, it will still be a good blondie,…

  Dave G

  October 1, 2018

  baked goods, baking, Black walnuts, blondies, brown butter, dessert, food blogging, snack

  black walnut blondies, Black walnuts, blondies, maple walnut blondies, nocino, walnut liqueur, walnuts

• banana nut yeast bread

  

  Hi All! I’m already on vacation mode, but wanted to put out this post before I leave for my 30th High School Reunion tomorrow! Excited to reconnect with high school buddies, some of whom I haven’t seen for 30 years! Eager to compare bald spots and pot bellies! Haha! Today’s post is making banana bread…

  Dave G

  July 13, 2016

  baked goods, baking, banana bread, bananas, bread, bread flour, food blogging, yeast breads

  banana bread, banana nut bread, banana yeast bread, candied walnuts, walnuts, yeast bread

• rainy day baking 3: chocolate walnut cupcakes

  

  The hourly weather forecast called for 100% chance of rain today here in Seattle. It’s been nonstop drizzle since about 9AM. Which I kind of like! We were supposed to go play tennis today. We actually played last weekend in our new neighborhood. I haven’t played tennis since about 2001, so it was good to finally do…

  Dave G

  March 15, 2015

  baked goods, baking, cakes, chocolate, chocolate cake, cocoa, coffee cake, cupcakes, dessert, muffins, snack

  chocolate cupcakes, chocolate walnut cupcakes, nocino, walnut liqueur, walnuts

• Budapest Coffee Cake

  

  This is a recipe from Maida Heatter, a pastry chef and cookbook author of numerous books on desserts and baking. It is called the Budapest Coffee Cake, and is from “Book of Great Desserts”. It was (is?) the most popular recipe from that book, published in 1974. I like it because it contains cinnamon AND…

  Dave G

  May 17, 2014

  baked goods, baking, breakfast, brunch, cakes, cocoa, coffee cake, dessert, Maida Heatter, quick bread

  Budapest Coffee Cake, cinnamon, cocoa powder, coffee cake, currants, walnuts

• Fig, Walnut, Caramelized Onions, Blue Cheese, and Honey Focaccia

  

  (This is something I made last week, but am now just getting to post. I’m actually at home with my feet up. Literally. I have this weird thing going on with my left ankle that makes it difficult for me to focus on anything, so bare with me. I will spare you the details. I…

  Dave G

  May 6, 2014

  appetizer, baked goods, baking, bread, breakfast, brunch, dessert, focaccia, pizza, savory, side dish, yeast breads

  baked goods, baking, blue cheese, caramelized onions, dried figs, figs, focaccia, fougasse, gorgonzola, honey, honeycomb, mission figs, walnuts

• Walnut Alfajores

  

  Alfajores are usually sandwich cookies, popular in Latin American countries, as well as in the Philippines, but originated from Spain. Chalk it all up to all that Spanish colonization happening for centuries, I guess. Some are filled with dulce de leche or cajeta (cow or goat’s milk caramel), or jam. Some have coconut in or…

  Dave G

  April 29, 2014

  baked goods, baking, cookies, dessert, Latin American

  alfajor, alfajores, Argentina, cookies, Italian, latin american, nocello, nocino, sidetrack distillery, walnut liqueur, walnuts

• A Glorious Morning Muffin

  

  I tend not to make new year’s resolutions that are supposed to start strictly on the 1st of January. Rather than do that, I usually start pondering making changes in my life right around the middle of the holidays, and after the 1st will slowly gravitate towards a goal. This has been helpful in making changes…

  Dave G

  January 12, 2014

  baked goods, baking, banana bread, breakfast, healthy, low-fat, muffins, quick bread

  Banana, bran muffins, dates, flaxseed, morning glory muffins, muffins, oats, pineapple, walnuts, wheat bran, yogurt