Baked Goods, quick breads & muffins

Pecan-Berry Coffee Cake

Nifer — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:18:16 +0000

This scrumptious coffee cake recipe has a crumbly pecan topping and is speckled with blueberries or raspberries. You’ll never guess there’s apple in the berry coffee cake: it replaces some of the butter found in most coffee cakes and adds a decidedly sweet taste and moist crumb. This is a great recipe to serve at brunch and can be made the day before.

Coconut-Carrot Morning Glory Muffins

Sarah Hoff — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:43:58 +0000

Coconut-Carrot Morning Glory Muffins

These carrot-flecked, whole-grain morning glory muffins can be made ahead for breakfast or a snack so you can hit the ground running on a busy morning. Add a nonfat latte and your day will be off to a healthy start. Or make this coconut-carrot morning glory muffin recipe for a special brunch. Look for coconut oil, in jars or tubs, near other cooking oils in large supermarkets, in the natural-foods section, or in natural-foods stores.

Cranberry Cornbread

Erin McCormick — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:54:22 +0000

Cranberry Cornbread

Cornbread gets a festive makeover in this recipe with the addition of fresh and dried cranberries. If you like your cornbread on the sweeter side, increase the honey to 1/2 cup.

Orange-Date Pumpkin Muffins

Sarah Hoff — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:57:27 +0000

Orange-Date Pumpkin Muffins

A whole orange pulverized in the food processor gives these nutrient-rich date-pumpkin muffins a wonderful intense flavor.

Roasted Garlic & Herb Bread

Erin McCormick — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:38:44 +0000

Roasted Garlic & Herb Bread

This savory quick bread is loaded with roasted garlic—two heads of it!—plus chopped fresh herbs of your choice, so it has a big nutty, toasty, herbal flavor that’s ideal with a hot bowl of soup. If you’re intimidated about baking bread, a quick bread, which is made with baking powder and baking soda instead of yeast, is the perfect place to start.

Caramelized Onion Flatbreads

Erin McCormick — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:26:12 +0000

Caramelized Onion Flatbreads

Fresh from the skillet, these flatbreads are perfumed with intense sweet caramelized onions. They’re wonderful dipped into a little soup or to serve alongside a saucy curry. They’re quite simple to make—to speed up the process use two skillets or a griddle so you can cook twice as many at once.

EatingWell Zucchini Bread with Chocolate Chips

Erin McCormick — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:14:19 +0000

EatingWell Zucchini Bread with Chocolate Chips

Here’s a super-simple zucchini bread recipe. The addition of chocolate chips makes it more like a dessert than a breakfast, but you can enjoy it anytime. Skip the chocolate and try it with toasted walnuts or raisins if you prefer. Freeze 2-cup portions of shredded zucchini so you can make zucchini bread all year long.

EatingWell Zucchini Bread

Erin McCormick — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:58:22 +0000

EatingWell Zucchini Bread

This simple zucchini bread recipe is a great way to use up your summer bumper crop of zucchini. Try it with toasted walnuts or raisins, or add chocolate chips for a more dessertlike bread. Freeze 2-cup portions of shredded zucchini so you can make zucchini bread all year long.

Lemon-Cranberry Muffins

Erin McCormick — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:19:28 +0000

Lemon-Cranberry Muffins

These lemony cranberry-studded muffins crunch lightly with cornmeal and are topped with a kiss of sugared lemon zest. They’re great warm from the oven, but also keep well for a few days and freeze beautifully.

Banana-Blueberry Muffins

Nifer — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:20:27 +0000

Banana-Blueberry Muffins

The slight acidity of buttermilk tenderizes and moistens baked goods while allowing you to cut way back on butter or oils. Here, it also lends a slight tanginess to the winning combination of bananas and blueberries.

Banana-Blueberry Buttermilk Bread

Nifer — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:05:06 +0000

Banana-Blueberry Buttermilk Bread

Dutch Apple Bread

admin — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:58:08 +0000

Dutch Apple Bread

Here we replaced butter and whole eggs with canola oil and egg whites, substituted buttermilk (or yogurt) for sour cream, and used half as many nuts as traditional apple bread recipes.

Cheddar-Cornmeal Shortbread

admin — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:58:08 +0000

Cheddar-Cornmeal Shortbread

Crunchy cornmeal and sharp Cheddar pair perfectly in this savory shortbread.

Quark Biscuits

admin — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:58:08 +0000

Quark Biscuits

Quark, a mild fresh cheese, yields a particularly moist biscuit.

Corn Bread Stuffing

admin — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:58:08 +0000

Corn Bread Stuffing

Flecked with fresh herbs and dried currants, this corn bread stuffing is a nice alternative to regular bread stuffing.