baking – A Twist of Metaphor

Fresh carrot and beet muffins, cooling on a wire rack. They are red-orange from the carrots and beets.

Carrot Beet Muffins

January 21, 2025January 21, 2025 inametaphor

I cobbled this together from a few different recipes when I was looking for a way to use up beets, which neither Becca nor I love all that much. The dates act as an interesting substitute for raisins.

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Bannock Bread Pudding

December 28, 2016November 18, 2022 inametaphor

Bannock is a simple, sweet soda bread. For a treat, make extra and use it in my Bread Pudding recipe. If you're doing that, make it a week ahead of time.

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

November 12, 2016November 18, 2022 inametaphor

I have a confession to make: I don't like 99% of the chocolate chip cookies out there. Given a choice, I will pick just about any other cookie. So I set about creating a chocolate chip cookie I liked.