I tried to come up with a catchy name for these muffins. “Oatmeal,” “healthy,” and “whole wheat” don’t really sound that appealing, even though they’re accurate descriptors. When I hear “oatmeal muffin,” I think of a somewhat dry muffin with a chewy texture and small chunks of oatmeal. For these blueberry muffins, you give oats […] Read more…
Archive of ‘Other Dessert’ category
Gluten-Free Cherry Pie Squares
Have you ever had a cooking disaster? Burned sauce, dry meat, over-mixed dough…we’ve all been there at one point or another. Something I have struggled with is gluten-free baking. The first time I attempted to bake gluten-free, I decided to tackle a pie recipe for Thanksgiving. Oh, and I forgot to mention – this was […] Read more…
Almost Healthy Nutella
So, as it turns out, Nutella isn’t good for you. Considering that sugar and palm oil are the first ingredients and it’s artificially flavored, I wasn’t exactly shocked. Like the article says, a settlement will “be paid to consumers if they are willing to admit they can’t read a nutrition label.” Whether you can analyze […] Read more…
5 Minute Lemon Mousse
Even after filling macarons with my Meyer lemon curd and giving a jar of it away, I still had a lot of lemon curd on my hands. Luckily, there’s no shortage of ways to enjoy it: mixed in yogurt, on toast, straight out of the jar with a spoon. Still, I was getting a little sick of my go-to ways […] Read more…
Nutella & Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies
The other day I was looking at my calendar and suddenly realized that I have made four Nutella based recipes in the last couple of weeks. Four! Um, that’s a bit excessive, no? Apparently you guys don’t think so though – when I broke the news on my Facebook page and asked if that made you […] Read more…