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October 11, 2017

Chocolate Fig Swirl Rolls

December 21, 2016

Christmas menus have been planned by now and there’s hardly a need for another stollen recipe, but I feel the need to post this one for myself. The recipe I use for stollen is so marked up and scribbled over that it’s hardly understandable anymore, even to me. It’s evolved over the years to suit our own tastes, and although it’s a deviation from traditional stollen, it’s what we like. This version is notable for its dried cherries, apricots, and raisins plumped in amaretto and baked into a sweet-but-not-too-sweet dough. I skipped the powdered sugar coating for a light drizzle of almond scented icing, and this year I decided to make little twist buns (inspired by Jessie’s rolls over here) instead of loaves.

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June 9, 2016

Chocolate Beet Bread

With the brief drop in temperatures and an extra large batch of beets from my csa share, it felt right to turn on the oven once again to bake up this chocolate loaf. After some deliberating I settled on calling this a bread rather than a cake. While it feels slightly indulgent for breakfast, it’s a bit less sweet than most cakes and those beets make it extra redeeming. The beets also keep the bread moist and soft and add a subtle earthiness to deepen the chocolate. I like it simple and unadorned especially for breakfast, but if you’d like to serve it as a dessert, a drizzle of chocolate ganache would help dress it up and add a touch of richness or a quick dusting of confectioners sugar would also do nicely. Serve warm and along with a dollop of whipped coconut cream. [Read more…] about Chocolate Beet Bread