Blueberry Muffin Loaves
There are few things better than a warm blueberry muffin and a hot cup of tea in the early morning drowsiness of waking up. This is a very good muffin. Actually, it is a small loaf, baked in my small loaf pan shown below. My…
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Oldies But Goodies: Blueberry Cornmeal Shortbread Tart
Every month Blue Cayenne features recipes from our archive of more than four hundred recipes. These recipes are our “Oldies But Goodies.” Today’s Oldie But Goodie recipe is for a spectacular Blueberry Cornmeal Shortbread Tart . You can find the original recipe here. You don’t want…
Blueberry Cornmeal Shortbread Tart: It’s a Cinch!
Pie crust. Let’s see a show of hands from those of you who love love love the taste of a crisp and flaky homemade crust but find making it challenging–particularly during these hot summer months when those pea-sized balls of butter that are critical…
Blueberry Muffin Cake :)
When I was growing up, “Eat your spinach” was touted as the route to good health. I can still sing the Popeye spinach song, too: “…I’m strong to the finich, cause I eats me spinach.” (Damn. That little earworm will be in my head all…
Blueberry Muffins and A Little Refrigerator Drama
Three hundred and seventy-three blueberries. That’s how many berries Juliet and I had to pick up off the floor. I had reached into the refrigerator, gotten distracted as I grabbed a jar of marmalade and, in one fraught moment, managed to dislodge the two-pound box…
Hand Pies!
Egyptian pharaohs, European kings (and queens!) and Cornish miners all ate them. Beggars ate the crusts. Now, they are hot on the culinary scene again and they are delicious. Hand pies! Hand pies originated when some smart cook realized that there was a workaround for…
Southern Comfort: Lemon Buttermilk Ice
Pucker up for this one. This Lemon Buttermilk Ice recipe is adapted from one authored by Steven Satterfield, executive chef/co-owner at Atlanta’s Miller Union and author of the Root To Leaf cookbook. ( Amazon: Root To Leaf ) Satterfield is a James Beard Foundation award winner…
Peach, Plum and Blueberry Cake and a Young Man with a Man Bun
I was shopping in Sprouts recently and found myself following the wonderful scent of fresh nectarines wafting across the store when I ran into a young man with a man bun who was on the same mission. “I could smell the nectarines from across…
