I came across this recipe in an older cookbook, and it sounded like a good use for West Virginia-grown apples. The small ones left over from last fall. Not quite as crisp, but nice and juicy for baking with. I left out the walnuts called for, due to our household (if you want them, use… Continue reading Apple Coffee Bread
Tag: Baking
Lemon Pound Cake
Use fresh lemons for an amazing spring pound cake. It tastes - and smells - like a warm day in the sun. Lemon Pound Cake Ingredients: 1½ cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp baking powder ½ tsp fine sea salt 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks) (room temperature) 1 cup granulated sugar 4 large eggs (room… Continue reading Lemon Pound Cake
Baking Powder Drop Biscuits
Fluffy biscuits warm from the oven are a treat, but I have never enjoyed the extra work of kneading and rolling out biscuits. Whereas a good drop biscuit cuts out half of the labor. These are excellent for serving with a soup or chowder, or even better? Make up sausage gravy and ladle it over… Continue reading Baking Powder Drop Biscuits
Great Depression Era Baking: Cheddar Biscuits
Baking powder biscuits are one of the easiest forms of bread you can make. A single recipe can be used to make plain biscuits, savory, and sweet. While I have a couple of recipes I swap between, I wanted to try a recipe out of the My Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook, the Great Depression-era… Continue reading Great Depression Era Baking: Cheddar Biscuits
Sour Cream Pound Cake
Our middle son wanted to make strawberry trifles for dessert, so I baked him a pound cake to use as the cake base. Earlier in the week, we tried a full butter pound cake, which I found very dense. The sour cream gives this pound cake a lighter texture and makes it nicely moist. It… Continue reading Sour Cream Pound Cake