Christmas is just around the corner… Can you believe it? Many years in the past, I have been one of those people who is organized, prepared,…
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Balsamic Glazed Skillet Potatoes and Brussels Sprouts
I am always looking for new ways to prepare vegetables. During the winter, I typically do a lot of roasting. Who doesn’t love roasted vegetables?
The thing is, sometimes I don’t plan ahead of time. Roasted vegetables take time and require preheating the oven. That’s when I usually turn to a skillet. Lately, I’ve been using my cast iron skillet a lot, and let me tell you, it preheats much more quickly than my oven does!
Last week, I received a sample of Tasteful Selections potatoes. It’s not often that I receive samples of fresh produce, so I jumped at the chance. From the moment they arrived, I couldn’t wait to start cooking with them. I was especially drawn to the Sunrise Medley that contained gold, red, and purple potatoes.
Brown Butter Rum Cream Cheese Frosting
This weekend is my brother’s wedding. Those of you who follow me on Twitter or read my blog regularly may remember that I am baking their wedding cake – a small cake and lots of cupcakes, actually. As you can imagine, this week has been pretty busy for me, and the weekend will be no different!
Throughout the week I’ve been working on adding ivory ribbons to cupcake wrappers and decorating mini gum paste flowers. Now, today starts the baking frenzy. I’ve tried to keep up with blogging in the meantime, but things may be a bit slow around here for a little while next week as I do my best to get back into the swing of things.
In preparation, over the past few months, I’ve been trying lots of new cupcake and frosting recipes trying to find the perfect flavors for the wedding cake and cupcakes. So, I thought I’d share one of the frosting recipes with you today. This wasn’t a winning recipe for the wedding, but I thought it was pretty good. I used some butter rum extract from King Arthur Flour to jazz up a brown butter cream cheese frosting. It’s a great flavor combo for the holidays… If you like butter rum flavor, that is. The frosting has a definite rum flavor, which I like a lot. The frosting tends to steal the show, so it’s best paired with a simple flavored cake like a basic spice or vanilla.
Spiced Cranberry Apple Butter
I made this cranberry apple butter a few weeks ago, but it’s taken me a while to get around to posting it. I suppose that’s…
Cranberry Crostata (Daring Bakers November)
The 2010 November Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Simona of briciole. She chose to challenge Daring Bakers’ to make pasta frolla for a crostata. She used her own experience as a source, as well as information from Pellegrino Artusi’s Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well.
This is the third month in a row that I have actually participated in a Daring Bakers challenge! Can you believe it? I had a bit of a rough spell with very little inspiration/energy, but I’m back!