Cranberry Pumpkin Seed Artisan Yeast Bread - a new twist on that holiday favorite - Cranberry Pumpkin Bread! Cranberry Pumpkin Seed Artisan Yeast Bread makes an delicious addition to Thanksgiving dinner or any fall meal. Everyone thinks that making a yeast bread is a lot of work and incredibly time consuming. Years ago, before wonderful appliances like my KitchenAid … [Read more...]
Nutty Pumpkin Cranberry Bread – What a Way to Go Crazy!!!
Pumpkin Cranberry Bread ..... It's a Fall thing!!!! There’s nothing that says “autumn” like pumpkin. Visually it matches the orange tones of the changing foliage. Its texture makes it a great choice for moist, filling comfort foods. Add in some cranberries and some nuts and you have one of my favorite fall baking recipes, Nutty Pumpkin Cranberry Bread. It's one my … [Read more...]
Tasty Orange Cranberry Muffin Recipe
This Tasty Orange Cranberry Muffin Recipe is big on flavor with a great texture! This is my favorite Orange Cranberry Muffin Recipe. I've tried quite a few over the years and this one is a culmination of those trials. I have taken an ingredient from here and another from there, added a couple of extra steps and came up with what I consider a superior Orange Cranberry Muffin … [Read more...]
It’s Blueberry Season in Maine…time for Blueberry Sour Cream Pound Cake!!!!!!
Blueberry season in Maine means great Blueberry Recipes! It’s Blueberry season here in Maine. In fact, down in Machias they are celebrating their annual Blueberry Festival August 18th - 19th, 2018. It is a great event with all sorts of things going on like crafts, entertainment, parades, and more. They hold it every year in mid-August so you may want to plan on joining in the … [Read more...]
Rhubarb Recipes and Growing Rhubarb in your Garden
Rhubarb Recipes and How to Garden Rhubarb It's time to dig out my rhubarb recipes. Spring is here. The snow is almost all gone with just a bit of the icy white stuff lingering around the edge of the fields. I spent yesterday cleaning out around the perennial plants and adding a new layer of compost to my rhubarb plants. They are looking great again this year and I will start … [Read more...]
Best Moist Strawberry Rhubarb Bread Recipe
First we need Rhubarb and Strawberries for our Bread - Timing is everything! I love making this strawberry rhubarb bread recipe. One of the earlier plants that comes up in my garden is my rhubarb. I'm not sure what variety it is but its a special plant to me. When we moved here to northern Maine from New Hampshire, my dad gave it to me to bring with me. It was divided from the … [Read more...]
4th of July Patriot Pie – Apples, Blueberries, Raspberries – Yum!
4th of July Patriot Fruit Pie - incredibly delicious with a red, white and blue touch! I always make this recipe on the 4th of July and it's afamily favorite all summer long. But in July the berries are abundant here in Maine, so all the berries are fresh and yummy. And those delicious, fresh juicy berries make this pie the yummiest, plus you have the fun of picking them … [Read more...]
Easy Moist Pistachio Muffin Recipe
Green is Good - especially when it's a Pistachio Muffin! I love the pistachio flavor, be it in ice cream, pudding, or in the yummy results of this Pistachio Muffin Recipe. The first time I ever had pistachio ice cream, as a kid, I thought it was maraschino cherry ice cream and they had got the color wrong. To this day, pistachio "anything" reminds me of that wonderful ice … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Multigrain Artisan Bread Recipe
Slow Cooker Bread - A solution to hot summer baking woes! Home baked bread is tops in the Thompson house, so that's why I use this Slow Cooker Multigrain Artisan Bread recipe to give the family one of their favorite treats when the weather is hot and I don't want to heat up the kitchen. Slow Cooker Bread is a way for me to give the family something they love without heating up … [Read more...]
French Baguette Recipe
My hubby loves this Crusty French Baguette Recipe! One of Bill's favorite breads is the crusty French Baguette and he says that my recipe is one of the best he has ever had. I had never made a French Baguette until we moved here to remote northern Maine. Bakeries were plentiful in southern New Hampshire where we grew up so I never had the need. But here in northern Maine … [Read more...]