Pumpkin Scones with Maple Glaze! 🧡 These are lo Pumpkin Scones with Maple Glaze! 🧡 These are lovely for a holiday weekend or brunch, with warm spices and pumpkin purée mixed into the dough. They bake up soft and tender, and go great with a morning cup of coffee.⁣ ⁣ Link to the RECIPE in my profile.⁣ ________ #sconerecipe #bakingblog #pumpkinscones #weekendbaking
Yes to Coffee Ice Cream Pie! With a chocolate cook Yes to Coffee Ice Cream Pie! With a chocolate cookie crust, no-churn (and so easy!) coffee ice cream, with a topping of caramel whipped cream and candied cacao nibs. The crust and ice cream base can be put together a day or two in advance, which also comes in handy. ⁣ ⁣ **Link to the recipe in my profile.⁣ ⁣ ⁣ __________⁣ #icecreampie #thanksgivingdesserts #coffeeicecream #dessertrecipe
(Almost) No-Bake Cheesecake Bars with Cranberry Re (Almost) No-Bake Cheesecake Bars with Cranberry Red Wine Swirl! I love no-bake cheesecake bars, and this cranberry swirl variation has become a favorite during the cooler months when fresh cranberries are in season. They’re simmered with red wine, cinnamon, and sugar to create a delicious quick jam. The red wine and cranberries compliment each other perfectly, and there is just a hint of cinnamon to add a spicy warmth. You can make the recipe a day ahead to make things easy on Thanksgiving day and it’s a great option if you don’t love pie. **Link to the recipe in my profile!
🧈🧈 2 days left to entered the butter GIVEAWA 🧈🧈 2 days left to entered the butter GIVEAWAY! 5 lucky winners will receive 10 pounds (!) of @dinnerbellcreamery butter, just in time for holiday baking. To enter, go to the shortbread cookie post that is pinned to the top of my feed. ❤️
**New recipe! Apple Cider Pull-Apart Bread. This f **New recipe! Apple Cider Pull-Apart Bread. This fluffy, soft pull-apart bread is just as the name suggests; you simply peel away a layer to eat a slice! Infused with apple cider and cinnamon, it’s a variation on my Apple Cider Cinnamon Rolls (which were just given a lovely review by @thekitchn). You’ll also find a Lemon Pull-Apart Bread in my #BakingForTheHolidays cookbook. ⁣ ⁣ Here, the apple flavor is light but bright, and does shine through especially with a hit of apple brandy in the icing. ❤️⁣ I’ve used apple cider in both the dough and the icing for this bread, rather than apple chunks or bits or shreds. I find the pieces very distracting in my breads or buns; they tend to just fall out on the plate and need to be eaten with a fork. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Link to the recipe in my profile!⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #pullapartbread #breadrecipe #applecider #bakingblog #bakingathome
Crème Brûlée Pumpkin Pie! 🧡 This is almost s Crème Brûlée Pumpkin Pie! 🧡 This is almost straight-up pumpkin pie; as much as I like this famous dessert, I find a little crunch is essential. So this is a warmly spiced pumpkin pie, with a brûléed sugar top that cracks beneath your fork, revealing the creamy custard. ⁣ ⁣ Link to the recipe in my profile! #pierecipe #pumpkinpies #piecrust #cremebrûlée #thanksgivingpie #thanksgivingpies
giveaway now closed, winners contacted // *A butte giveaway now closed, winners contacted // *A butter giveaway 🧈🎉 with 5 winners + new recipes for Buttery Shortbread (chocolate, vanilla, and twist!): each winner will receive 10 pounds (!) of @dinnerbellcreamery butter delivered to their door. As baking season approaches, being stocked with good butter is very much on my mind. ⁣ ⁣ This is my classic shortbread recipe, which is intensely buttery and subtly sweet, easy to make, and stores well for packing into cookie boxes. The vanilla is classic, with an added egg yolk for richness. The chocolate has great cocoa flavor, and the twist is the best of both worlds. ❤️ I make these cookies every holiday - they are a family favorite, and my mom has been known to smuggle them out of my house in her purse, only to bring them home and freeze them, eating one every day until she runs out. ⁣ ⁣ ⭐️ Link to all 3 shortbread recipes in my profile!⁣ ⁣ Dinner Bell Creamery is comprised of family farms right here in the Upper Midwest, bringing the quality and experience of 50 years of partnership between dairy farm families and skilled buttermakers and cheesemakers to home cooks. I am delighted to partner with them in this celebration of National Butter Day, coming up on November 17th. ⁣ ⁣ To ENTER the giveaway:⁣ 1. Follow @sarah_kieffer and @dinnerbellcreamery⁣ 2. Tag a baking friend in the comments⁣ ⁣ Giveaway closes at 11:59pm CST on Nov 16, 2022. 5 random winners will be notified via direct message here on Instagram.  #shortbread #shortbreadcookies #cookierecipe #cookierecipes #cookiegifts
Having way too much fun making ghost meringues lat Having way too much fun making ghost meringues lately. 👻🧡 Here they take center stage as a Halloween cupcake army; enjoy the evening, friends! ⁣ ⁣ (I used the Chocolate Gift Cake recipe that is my #BakingfortheHolidays cookbook, and filled the cupcake cavities halfway with batter. Then topped with the chocolate buttercream that is also in that recipe and meringue ghosts.)
*New* recipe! Chewy Brown Sugar Toasted Sesame Coo *New* recipe! Chewy Brown Sugar Toasted Sesame Cookies; with crisp edges and a gooey, chewy center. The caramel-y notes from the dark brown sugar and toasted sesame oil are delicious together, and the sesame seeds add the right amount of crunch. I had to freeze half the batch so that I would stop eating them, they’re that good. ⁣ ⁣ Many of you love my Brown Sugar Cookies and my Pan-banging Sesame Cookies, so I took inspiration from both of those recipes to create this one. I did leave out the chocolate here, finding that the flavor was perfect without it. ⁣ ⁣ ❤️ Link to the recipe in my profile! •••• #cookierecipe #sesameoil #bakingcookies #sesameseeds
🧡 Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting! A cl 🧡 Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting! A classic, with a few tweaks I’ve made over the years, trading some granulated sugar for maple syrup and brown sugar, bumping up the spices, and adding a little more cream cheese and a little less powdered sugar to the frosting. Just how I like my pumpkin bars. 🧡⁣ ⁣⁣ Link to the RECIPE in my profile.⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ __________⁣⁣ #pumpkinbars #pumpkinrecipe #bakingblog⁣⁣ #bakingathome
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