When the temperatures drop and a chill settles in the air, nothing feels better than wrapping your hands around a warm mug of hot chocolate. But what if you could capture that cozy feeling in a dessert recipe that’s just as comforting? That’s where hot chocolate cookies come in. They’re everything you love about your … Read more
I found a container of pumpkin puree in the back of my fridge last November that I’m pretty sure had been there since the first week of October. Three tablespoons. Gray on top. I had opened the can for a muffin recipe that wanted a cup and a half, used what it asked for, put … Read more
Brown sugar cinnamon was the box worth looking for. Making that flavor at home gives you something a little different: crisp pastry edges, a gently spiced filling, and cinnamon icing you can spread as thick or thin as you like. The dough is a sourdough pastry crust, so there’s no feeding schedule or rise to … Read more
I’m going to tell you the annoying part first. The best version of these cookies is not the one you bake twenty minutes after you mix the dough. It’s the one you scoop, cover, and leave in the fridge until tomorrow. That’s not me being precious about it. The dough is a mix of flour, … Read more
Discard pancakes have a bad reputation, and most of the time it’s earned. People dump a cup of starter into a bowl, stir in some flour, and end up with flat, rubbery discs that taste faintly of glue. So the internet decides sourdough discard pancakes are just worse pancakes, and moves on. They shouldn’t. Done … Read more
Most no-bake cheerio bars crumble the second you cut them. These do not. Three ingredients, ten minutes, no oven, and clean squares that survive a lunchbox. The whole secret is a little more binder and a firm press, and I will show you exactly how. These peanut butter cheerio bars are the fixed version of … Read more
Here is the problem with most healthy soup recipes: you finish the bowl, and an hour later you are back in the kitchen hunting for something else to eat. A pot of simmered vegetables looks virtuous, but it will not hold you. Protein is what fixes that. It keeps you full for longer, it protects … Read more
Ever pulled sourdough cinnamon rolls from the oven looking perfect, only to find them dense, dry, or tough the next morning? I’ve made enough of them to know how tricky enriched sourdough can be, and pumpkin adds even more moisture to manage. These sourdough pumpkin cinnamon rolls fix that with a soft, fluffy dough, brown … Read more
Pumpkin bread doesn’t need a cheesecake filling, three bowls, or an afternoon blocked off for baking. It needs plenty of pumpkin flavor, warm spices, a moist crumb, and preferably something good happening on top. These cinnamon swirl pumpkin bread mini loaves check all four boxes. The batter takes about 10 minutes to mix, uses canned pumpkin and … Read more
These are the soft, fluffy, gooey sourdough discard cinnamon rolls I make when I want to use up starter and end up with something that tastes like it came from a good bakery. Let me be upfront about what makes them work, because it’s the thing most recipes gloss over. These use sourdough discard for … Read more
