There is something about blueberries and lemon zest and cream cheese… it’s kind of like chocolate and caramel and nuts- they just go together, and you don’t fight it.  (But really- check out these Caramel Chocolate Pecan Cubes after you’re done making these muffins.) I have married cream cheese with blueberries …

I just made one of my dreams come true.  (Well, technically a dozen dreams, since this recipe makes 12 puffy and sticky and wondiferous cinnamon buns.) Because I know you’re keenly interested, let’s have a discussion about The History of Cinnamon Buns in My Life, shall we?  I don’t remember …

Bigger is better when it comes to muffins, eh? (Except when you’re talking about the muffin tops that spill over a perfectly good pair of jeans.  Of course.) These muffins don’t look that big in the picture, and for that I am bummed.  I bought these rather gargantuous (word?) muffin …

This banana bread is basically a chocolate cake, and for that reason you will love this recipe (and me) forever. This recipe makes two lovely loaves, and takes care of those spotty old bananas on your counter.  And it hits that craving for a dense, rich cake right in the …

I am so excited by these! Yeah, we’ve all had blueberry muffins, and I’ve posted more than my share of blueberry-filled recipes.  But these.  These muffins have a crumbly top, which takes them out of this realm and into another kind of buttery, sugary world.  (I think crumble tops make anything …

Who can’t make a recipe that they stumble across called “Dirt Bombs”? You know by now that I rip recipes out of magazines like there’s no tomorrow (until The Husband gently asks if I need to move any of the ragged pages from the kitchen counter over to my recipe …

Look at them. All 15 of them. 15 Ghirardelli chocolate chips taunting you, begging to be devoured. I should mention that the 15 chips (on the muffin on the right, just in case you’re confused) are merely the chips on top of the muffin, whereas an entire gang of premium chocolate chips …

I needed a recipe to remind me why it’s worth it to bake with yeast again.  Because sometimes yeast and I don’t get along… like when I made these Hot Cross Buns (which ended up not so hot… a lukewarmish success at best.  Lukewarm Cross Buns.  Not Hot.). I found it. …

It’s that pumpkin time of year, and so therefore everything is right in the baking world.  You know, Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Praline Cheesecake with Bourbon Caramel Sauce, Browned Butter Pumpkin Cake with Salted Caramel Frosting, Pumpkin Cream Cheese Tarts… we’ve been there, done that, and we’ll absolutely keep going to …

I will always always always be modifying banana bread and muffins, until the day that my hands are gnarled from arthritis at the age of 96, or if I’m lucky, 97. I love banana bread/muffins, and alternate between my two favorite recipes: Banana Nut Muffins (a bit more rich and …