What is a johnnycake, you ask? Your new best friend, that’s what. A johnnycake is a mix of cake, cornbread and pancake. That means you can eat this for breakfast- not that you need my permission to eat cake for breakfast. In fact you never need permission to eat cake for breakfast, remember that! This…
Category: Quick Breads
Cornmeal Biscuits
Let me paint you a scenario. You are out to breakfast, you sit down among the bustling morning crowd, coffee wafts around you and the morning feels light. You sit down at your table and read the menu. Classics. From the Griddle. Benedicts. On the Lighter Side. Eggs look good. But so does the french…
Cream Scones with Dried Fruit
Scones smell like when you used to be excited to wake up on Saturday morning at 7 a.m. They smell like “Poached or scrambled?”. They smell like tiptoeing next door to my Aunt’s house, peeking in, my feet cold on her frosty door stoop- hoping she was awake with her coffee brewing and the oven…
Blueberry Muffins
When I head to the store and have a craving for something sweet I usually linger over the muffins, perfectly lined up in their plastic tins. But then I think, “Not worth the calories.” When you go to the coffee shop and eat a muffin that has been baked hours ahead there is such a…
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