English Muffins
If you are ever in St. Helena, a quaint town in the heart of the Napa Valley, you must visit The Model Bakery . It is hands down our favorite bakery. They not only make excellent Almond Macaroons , as we previously shared with you, …
Breakfast
Air Fryer Apple Donuts
Ahhh…fall has finally arrived in our area. The nights are finally cold and the days are crisp. Fall is apple season for us and one of our all-time favorite treats are Apple Donuts. In years past, we have made the trek up to Apple Hill …
Our Favorite Pop-Tarts
It seems that everyone is baking right now so we thought we’d share a comforting, snack-friendly and (and kid friendly!) recipe for you to try today: Our Favorite Pop-Tarts. You likely have the ingredients on hand. Any jam can be used for the filling so …
Kouign-amann
One of our favorite sweet indulgences is the kouign-amann. We so love this flaky, buttery, caramelized pastry that originated in Brittany. The name kouign-amann is actually the words for butter and cake in the Breton language. Did we mention butter? The first kouign-amann we tasted …
Eggnog Air Fryer Doughnuts
Do any of you have fear of frying? We certainly do! We don’t like to waste all that oil and we don’t like the big mess that comes with deep frying. So we went and got ourselves an air fryer. Now we can make our …
Cinnamon-Sugar Pull-Apart Bread
Do you ever feel like you belong to a culture or a community but you don’t think you have much of factual basis for feeling that way? We both recently did the 23 and Me ancestry DNA testing. Much to our surprise, we both came …
Banana Peanut Butter Toffee Crumb Cake
We always seem to have an abundance of overripe bananas around. Do you have this problem as well? You like bananas, you buy more than you should because you think to yourself “bananas are good and good for me.” You eat one and the other …
Liege Waffles
In honor of International Waffle Day (March 25th), we are celebrating with Liege waffles! Have you tried a Liege waffle? They are from Belgium, they are magical and they have a bit of a cult following. People who love them, effuse about them and their …
New York Style Sourdough Bagels
We love bagels. Is anyone around here a bagel fan? Warm from the oven, chewy exterior, spongy interior…yummy! Making bagels has been on our bucket list for a long time but we are pretty intimidated by the process. Fortunately for us, our friend and avid …
Buttermilk Biscuits
We serve up buttermilk biscuits regularly around here. The frozen Pillsbury ones used to be our go-to biscuits but these are so much better and they are super easy to make. Eat these buttermilk biscuits for breakfast with sausage gravy…or butter and jam…or in breakfast …