Dessert

Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

When a 13 year old boy tells you they taste like Cinnabon and a colleague enters your classroom sniffing the air like a bloodhound, you know the recipe is a keeper. I brought this recipe back this week and had trouble finding it online which left me a bit panicked. What if it disappeared one day? SO . . . here it is to be preserved forever in my notes. From Tasty.co where this is also a video. ½ cup unsalted butter, melted 2 cups whole milk, warm to the touch ½ cup granulated

Blueberry Muffins

Every morning, the boys and I are spoiled to have 35 acres of farmland to walk and run. Every spring, Tuck and Eva's cul-de-sac is lined with blueberries that just don't quit. This recipe is the first one I go to. It's based on a famous recipe, famous hotel, and famous lore. All I know is they're GOOD. 1 stick of softened salted butter 1 cup granulated sugar 2 eggs at room temperature 1 tsp vanilla 2 tsps baking powder PINCH of salt (since I used salted butter) 2 cups AP flou

Pie Crust Promise

"That's a pie crust promise - easily made, easily broken." ~ Mary Poppins So I made my resolution to post every Sunday. . . maybe every other Sunday? I'm missing La Madeleine in this real winter that Nashville is having. No, not a person, but a place with memories: Lunches with my high school boyfriend's mother over quiche and tomato basil soup . Catching up with Jodi when back in Bethesda over croissants and potato galettes. Grading papers on a school night by their fire an