If this cake doesn’t scream Christmas, I don’t know what does! The moist, spice-laden dessert tastes great both after dinner and the next morning with your tea or coffee. It’s based on a traditional English recipe found in Rose’s Heavenly Cakes. You can only imagine how excited I was when I realized that I didn’t [...]
Tags: Baking·Cake·COOK·Gingerbread·Holiday
I’m not sure whether or not this is actually considered a cookie, but these are so good that it doesn’t really matter! Besides, I like to share cookie recipes that are a little different from what we traditionally see during the holidays. My final treat for “cookie week” is a raspberry kolacky. I first tasted [...]
One of my favorite reasons for having a food blog is that it pushes me to make things that I normally wouldn’t attempt. Sometimes they work out and sometimes they don’t, but I’m having a great time making all this food. This treat is a good example of something that I wouldn’t normally be interested [...]
Cookie week continues at The Urban Spork with this delicious molasses treat. I know how busy most of you are at this time of the year, so I want to provide some cookie options that have a longer shelf life – allowing you to do some of the preparation ahead of time. These cookies will [...]
With the holiday season in full swing, I thought it would be fun to spend the next week sharing some of my favorite cookie recipes. Hopefully these recipes will inspire or at least keep you motivated while you do some of your holiday baking. I’m kicking off cookie week at The Urban Spork with Chocolate [...]
It snowed today in Chicago. No accumulation, but there were some serious flurries happening this afternoon. Fortunately, I didn’t have to go out in the cold and spent some time huddled around my oven where a fresh, round loaf of bread, or Boule, sat baking. I watched the crust brown as the smell of freshly [...]
I like pumpkin pie as much as the next guy, but sometimes it’s nice to mix it up a bit – especially at this time of the year when I find myself eating pumpkin desserts from October through December. This tart has a rich, creamy pumpkin pie filling inside of a nutty, buttery graham cracker [...]
The big day is getting closer and I wanted to finish my sweet-potato mini series with this delicious, simple souffle recipe. I usually make these in individual portions, but you can also make one large souffle in a 1-quart dish. Consider serving these as an impressive side dish, in place of regular potatoes. Ingredients 1 [...]
Tags: COOK·Side Dish·Souffle·Sweet Potato
These biscuits are going to knock the socks off of your family this Thanksgiving. This will be a definite favorite at the table and even tastes great the next day as the “bread” for your turkey sandwich. I find that even people who don’t care for sweet-potatoes really like these biscuits. Don’t you think it’s [...]
Tags: Biscuits·COOK·Sweet Potato
Inspired by all of the baked goods I saw (and ate) last weekend in San Francisco, I decided to keep my “sugar high” going with these delicious treats. I came across this muffin recipe in the jaw-dropping Earth To Table cookbook that I will be discussing in a future post. As usual, I was looking [...]
