Morning Bun Muffins are here to save us all from boring breakfasts.
One bite of these orange-y, cinnamon-y, sugary treats, and you'll be up and at 'em for the rest of the day.
Why are Morning Bun Muffins the book-inspired recipe for Relative Strangers? Morning Buns are main character Amelia’s favorite pastry. They sound so delicious in the story, and I was super excited to make them as a book-inspired recipe for Relative Strangers.
Until...
If you want someone to fall in love with you this Valentine's Day, make them a batch of Cherry Chocolate Chip Scones.
Because they're the best fucking scones I’ve tasted since I vacationed in England.
Excuse the profanity, Tartlets, as my inner Roy Kent comes out. But, any scones that make me feel like I’ve magically transported across the pond are worth every swear word.
Why are Cherry Chocolate Chip Scones the book-inspired recipe...
I’m gonna be honest with you, Tartlets: I’m not sure that these Savory Thyme and Caraway Biscuits turned out exactly like they’re supposed to. But, I thought they were really tasty. And Mr Tart thought they were really tasty.
So, I decided to bite the bullet (or biscuit) and give you these savory bundles as the book-inspired recipe for Hamnet.
Why are Thyme and Caraway Biscuits the book-inspired recipe for Hamnet?
I decided to make...
No lie: this Easy Homemade Granola with Fruit and Nuts is what I eat for breakfast every day.
AND I LOVE IT. I've eaten granola for years now, but up until recently I always used the store-bought kind.
The idea to make homemade granola often occurred to me -- I could save so much money, it's so much healthier, etc. -- but there was always a reason to put it off.
I mean, why make something from scratch when it’s so easily available at the...
Allow me to introduce you to the palest Dundee Cake you'll ever meet.
Pale, but delicious. Since The Winter Sea is saturated in all things Scotland, I wanted to make a Scottish book-inspired recipe.
In order to avoid making a Scotch egg or haggis *shudders* I decided to forgo the savory route by making something sweet. After flipping through some recipe books, this Dundee Cake was calling my name. The photos you see here are actually my...
How did I go all these years of my life without ever tasting Bara Brith? This Welsh tea bread is a little like a scone, a little like a fruitcake, and a LOT like something I want to eat everyday for the rest of my life. The Bone Houses is steeped in Welsh folklore, and one of the first foods mentioned in the book is Bara Brith, a traditional Welsh teatime treat. Bara Brith is literally a tea cake – you steep dried fruit in tea and mix it into...
It’s hard to believe that these Sally Lunn Buns came out of my kitchen. But, they did, and they're freaking perfect. In case you don't remember, I suck making yeasted bread. Like, really suck at it. I mean, I've done it, with mixed results. There was the Fig and Pepper Bread, which turned out surprisingly great, and then the Cinnamon Rolls-turned-Cinnamon Cake, which, while delicious, obviously didn't go quite as intended. There are a few...
It’s time to talk about one of my favorite desserts: Powdered Sugar Donut Holes. Yeah, so…there’s a lot of drug use in Daisy Jones & The Six. Like, A LOT. Not exactly what book-inspired recipe dreams are made of. As a nod to the mountains of cocaine snorted up by every wannabe and actual rock star from the 1970s, I’m making Powdered Sugar Donut Holes on the blog today. I’m pretty sure Daisy and her bandmates went to more than one...
It's the most wonderful time of the year... time for PUMPKIN EVERYTHING. Starting with Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Bread. Why is Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Bread the book-inspired recipe for My Dark Vanessa? You might be thinking that Pumpkin Bread is a strange book-inspired recipe to pair with My Dark Vanessa. And I guess you'd be right. I mean, My Dark Vanessa is HEAVY, and this delicately spiced autumnal treat is anything but. However, Vanessa's dark...
Much to what would be main character Anna Kate’s horror, Zucchini Bread is my book-inspired recipe for Midnight at the Blackbird Café. Ha! I bet you thought I would be making a “Blackbird” (a.k.a., Blackberry) Pie for this post, since that’s the magical and most in-demand dessert served up at the cozy café. But, I suck at making traditional pies. I’ve decided to back the dark horse this time. Even though Anna Kate loathes Zucchini...
