Here’s a recipe for a simple, rustic galette that you can use with any seasonal fruit you want. This apple galette is endlessly customizable and celebrates apples. If you are down to make toasted sugar, it’s really good with that — otherwise, use brown sugar!
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Healthy Pumpkin Bundt Cake
Here’s a super Autumnal baking recipe: this pumpkin cake is all the best flavors of September + October in a bite. This is a slightly healthier than average bundt cake. It’s made with pumpkin, maple syrup, and cardamom, and topped with a yogurt-cardamom glaze. It’s my favorite pumpkin cake I’ve ever made, and the cardamom and maple syrup are such fall-y flavors.
…Healthy Plum Cobbler with an Oatmeal Crumble
Here’s a plum cobbler that really could be made with any fruit you want. This healthy fruit cobbler recipe is endlessly customizable and a good recipe to just have in your internal memory bank.
…Morning Buns with Jam and Labneh Frosting
Inspired by one of my favorite cookbooks ever, “Small Victories” by Julia Turshen, these are morning buns made with jam. Instead of her creme fraiche frosting, I’m making frosting with labneh! Labneh is a middle eastern cheese that is basically super-strained yogurt. These jam morning buns with labneh frosting are not too sweet and perfect for a brunch potluck (which is what I made them for!)
…Olive Oil Cake with Frosting and Figs
Here’s a recipe for an olive oil cake topped with frosting and fresh fig. It’s is scented with Grand Marnier. It’s a really sophisticated take on an olive oil cake. And if I do say so myself, has a rather luxurious, smooth texture. It also has a really creamy, tight crumb. You can obviously tell I have a love of making cakes with olive oil from the sheer number of recipes here. But this one is a little different but equally as delicious.
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Cherry Jam made with Chia Seeds
This recipe cherry chia chai jam recipe is just 4 ingredients and looks (and tastes!) way more elegant than how much work it takes to make it. It is perfect with yogurt, or on top of toast, or on top of ice cream. This cherry chia chai jam will take advantage of your yummy summer cherries and tantalize your taste buds!
…No-Bake Chocolate Tart – Just Mix and Set
Here’s a recipe for a really decadent, easy to make, no-bake chocolate tart that requires NO BAKING. just mix and set! the base is made with Oreos, and the chocolate ganache is a simple mixture of cream and chocolate. top it with chocolate shavings + cherries on top to make it really special! This no-bake chocolate tart is great for the summertime with turning on the oven seems impossible, but would also be wonderful for valentine’s day.
…Small Batch Tiramisu – Recipe For Two
Ever have a hankering for tiramisu but don’t want to make a giant casserole dish worth of it? This recipe is scaled down and is perfect 2-4 people. This small-batch tiramisu will still give you that pick-me-up you’re looking for, without having too many wasteful leftovers!
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Mango Popsicles aka Mango Paletas
Here is a dead-simple recipe for mango popsicles, with just three ingredients: mango, water, and lime juice! If you’re feeling sassy and like the contrast of salty and sweet and mango with more lime. I thought these were really yummy with a dash of Tajin on top. In peak summer, it is just delicious on a hot day. They infuse Mexican flavors in a frozen treat!
…Upgrade a Boxed Cake Mix Into a Fancy Naked Cake
Have you ever wondered how bakers on Instagram make a naked cake with flowers – those fancy layer cakes with flowers and just the right amount of frosting? You can make your own cake completely from scratch…. or you could just… not. I’m not above using a boxed cake mix for making layer cakes and neither should you! Here’s how to upgrade boxed cake mix into a fancy layer cake – a naked cake with fresh flowers. Since a naked cake is just a cake frosted with only a crumb coat, it’s honestly the easiest kind of cake to do.
…No-Churn Vietnamese Iced Coffee-Flavored Ice Cream
This is a no-churn coffee ice cream recipe that is like Vietnamese iced coffee — and it’s pretty much unreal. This recipe totally works – you won’t even know that it wasn’t churned the old fashioned way. No churn coffee ice cream — your summer is now complete.
…Blueberry Bars
Here is a recipe for blueberry bars! These are inspired by blueberry muffins, but made into a bar formation. Whereas blueberry muffins can be dry and the ratio of blueberries to dough is off, these are perfectly jammy with the high blueberry content, have great lemon-zesty notes, and won’t put you into a sugar coma.
…Homemade S’mores – Completely DIY
Here’s a recipe for completely homemade smores, down to making your own marshmallows and graham crackers. Making marshmallows at home is so much better than buying at the store if you have the time! Same with graham crackers — you get so much more honey flavor and nuttiness. You will be shocked at how delicious a homemade s’more is, and this recipe is well worth the time.
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Tahini-Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie
Tahini chocolate chip cookies are good, but skillet tahini chocolate chip cookies are GREAT. If you’ve ever been curious how to make a skillet chocolate chip cookie for two, using tahini, here is a recipe for a tahini chocolate chip cookie.
…Small Batch Vegan Coconut Donuts
Here’s a recipe for a small batch of vegan coconut donuts. It will yield 6 donuts, so it’s the perfect recipe for 1 person.
…Easy Strawberry Pavlova Recipe for 2
Pavlova is such a lovely play on texture and flavor, and when done well, is not cloyingly sweet. Here’s a recipe for how to make pavlova at home, and it’s the right amount to make pavlova for two people. Yum!
…Strawberry Tart with Queso Fresco Pastry Cream
Here’s a recipe for a strawberry tart, with the pastry cream upgraded to have queso fresco in it. Queso fresco is a Mexican cheese, with a slightly salty undertone to it, that complements the sweet strawberries really well. This is a delicious and unexpected dessert recipe!
…Chai Horchata Popsicles
Here’s a recipe for horchata popsicles, upgraded with a bit of chai spice to complement the normal cinnamon flavors. Horchata is a rice milk that’s enjoyed in a lot of Latin countries. For hot days, simply pour your horchata into a popsicle mold and freeze for 3-5 hours to enjoy this refreshing frozen treat.
…Blackberry rhubarb pie
Here’s another rhubarb recipe from me, a certified rhubarb addict. blackberry and rhubarb plus almond paste is super delicious together. I definitely did not eat this for dinner all in one sitting. (i did!)
…Millionaire Bars with a Saltine Cracker Crust
These millionaire bars are a decadent treat that plays off of Twix Bar flavors. Crunchy, salty, and chocolate-y, this is the ultimate munchie food. The saltine cracker crust is to die for. These millionaire bars are decadent and great to bring to a potluck, book club, bake sale or office cookie bake-off!
…Rhubarb panna cotta tart
This is a rhubarb panna cotta tart that capitalizes on the joys of rhubarb and is the next one in my series of rhubarb recipes this spring. in my sprint to get as much out of rhubarb season, i devised this rhubarb panna cotta tart to balance the sweet-tart flavors of rhubarb with a creamy-rich panna cotta interior. enjoy!
…Upside down rhubarb cake for two
This is a quick recipe for an upside-down rhubarb cake that’s rustic. It’s really incredible tasting if you like the sweet-and-sour vibes of rhubarb. Additionally, it’s not so big, so it’s a great dessert for two people.
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