Easy Pumpkin Cream Biscuits

You just need 4 ingredients & 30 minutes to make these soft and fluffy Easy Pumpkin Cream Biscuits. Serve savory with your favorite soup or chili, or drizzle with honey for a sweet treat...

I am partnering with King Arthur today to bring you all this recipe. As always, all opinions expressed below are 100% my own.

Brace yourself, my friends. The season of all things pumpkin is almost upon us! And quite frankly, I have been having a hard time not sharing this recipe for Easy Pumpkin Cream Biscuits with you all sooner. But I figured I should at least wait until it was almost September. ;) August 28th is close enough, right?

I have actually been in the kitchen for a couple of weeks now creating and then photographing a few pumpkin recipes to share with you all on the blog a little later on. 

Granted, it felt a little strange whipping up pumpkin recipes in the middle of August, but deadlines are deadlines and often brands want recipes for Halloween & Thanksgiving a couple of months ahead of the curve. 

But I haven't been complaining! I adore pumpkin... and fall... and baking for the fall holidays. :)

First up for Fall 2015? These super simple, soft & thick Easy Pumpkin Cream Biscuits. And when I say easy, I really mean easy, folks. 

Thanks to the good folks at King Arthur, I just became a self-rising flour convert. I brushed off self-rising flour before simply because I thought how hard could it be to add a few ingredients to flour myself and be done with it? 

But I found something out real quick after receiving and using my first bag of King Arthur Self-Rising Flour- the right self-rising flour makes THE BEST homemade biscuits...

Cinnamon Glazed Pumpkin Buttermilk Donuts

Moist cake donuts are packed with pumpkin and then drizzled in a cinnamon glaze in these delicious Cinnamon Glazed Pumpkin Buttermilk Donuts...

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Since becoming a self-rising flour convert last month when I made & shared with you all the recipe for these beyond amazing Easy Pumpkin Cream Biscuits, I have been on the hunt for even more fabulous fall baking recipes I could come up with using this miracle flour. 

I say miracle flour because for whatever reason self-rising flour produces a much more fluffier end product with an amazing texture that I was just never really able to achieve by simply sifting the flour, baking powder, and salt myself. Don't ask me why- it just must be all in the way that it is sifted at King Arthur. ;)

When I was doing my self-rising recipe research a couple of weeks ago, it occurred to me that I really don't have that many homemade donut recipes on the blog. Actually there is one to be exact- my Cinnamon-Sugar Apple Butter Donuts. I decided that it was time to change that already. 

Seeing as how I had some buttermilk leftover from another fabulous fall baking recipe I had been working on a few days before (stay tuned- that one will be on the blog before too long!), I knew I wanted to make a moist buttermilk cake donut. And what says fall has arrived more than pumpkin? Am I right here, folks? :) 

Moist cake donuts are packed with pumpkin and then drizzled in a simple cinnamon glaze in these delicious Cinnamon Glazed Pumpkin Buttermilk Donuts...

Mixed Berry Greek Yogurt Bagels

You only need 2 ingredients & about 40 minutes to bake up a batch of these easy to make, protein-packed Mixed Berry Greek Yogurt Bagels...

This dairy packed recipe was created in partnership with the ADA Mideast. As always, all thoughts & opinions expressed below are 100% my own.

Since I have been on a kick lately to eat healthier, I have made it one of my goals to incorporate more low fat Greek yogurt into my cooking & baking. Not only it is one of my favorite ways to lighten up some of my go-to recipes, but Greek yogurt also happens to be high in protein (aka, keeps me feeling fuller for longer) & packs a nutritional punch with dairy's 9 essential nutrients. 

(CLICK HERE to check out some of the differences between Greek yogurt & regular yogurt.)

Since I love using Greek yogurt in my baking, I decided to give the latest foodie trend a go- making soft & fluffy bagels using only two ingredients, self-rising flour & protein-packed Greek yogurt! 

Yes, I was a little skeptical myself at first. But after baking up a batch of these Mixed Berry Greek Yogurt Bagels, I am definitely a believer now...

Potato Biscuits & Bacon Gravy Poutine

Moist & fluffy potato biscuits are topped with cheese curds, a homemade bacon gravy, and crispy bacon in this Potato Biscuits & Bacon Gravy Poutine...

If you happen to love poutine as much as I do, then I have good news for you, folks- I just took my poutine recipe game to the breakfast table! ;) As some of you may recall, I have been kind of obsessed with this traditional Canadian dish (& it's many variations) since I attended the Food & Wine conference last July. We were spoiled by this amazing and HUGE poutine bar for lunch one day of the conference, and I have been hooked ever since. Unfortunately, cheese curds are kind of hard to come by where I live. We have very few dairy farms here in West Virginia, and cheese curds are usually an artisanal product of local dairies. But then the other week as I was browsing the cheese selection at my local grocery store, I spotted them- Wisconsin cheese curds! Granted, there was only one kind made by a single brand, but to say I was ecstatic to finally have my hands on some cheese curds without having to drive hours for them (ahem... Ohio) would be an understatement. 

And I found them just in time too because Sunday Supper and the Food & Wine Conference had just announced their first recipe contest for 2016- a poutine recipe contest sponsored by the Idaho® Potato Commission. This hearty & comforting Potato Biscuits & Bacon Gravy Poutine recipe is my entry, folks... :)

Hard Root Beer Float Bread

This Hard Root Beer Float Bread is dense and moist with the tasty flavor of root beer that is complemented perfectly with the vanilla glaze...

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So, can we chat for just a sec about my newest obsession? Hard. Root. Beer. I know some of you all already know what I am talking about here, but for those of you who don't know today's post is about to enlighten you. ;) 

It is like the root beer you love from your childhood, but with a boozy kick. I have tried a few different ones now, but I have to say that most hard root beers start out tasting exactly like regular root beer with a slight beer taste on the end notes. Ever since I took my first sip of it I have been itching to bake with it. 

The first thing that comes to mind for me when I think of baking with beer is obviously beer bread. I love beer bread because it is so simple to make- it takes just a handful of ingredients, has no rise time thanks to the yeast in the beer, and you are less than an hour away from having fresh baked bread on your table. 

But hard root beer is sweet, folks. Just like you would expect it to be. So, I decided to use the hard root beer to make a super simple & sweet quick bread. In this Hard Root Beer Float Bread, a simple vanilla glaze is drizzled over top to act as the "float" part of this bread...

Chai Spiced Gingerbread Stars

With warm chai spices and a touch of molasses, these Chai Spiced Gingerbread Stars are sure to quickly become a new classic cookie for your holiday baking...

Last week I shared with you all a recipe for a DIY Chai Spice Mix. And now I am giving you a holiday perfect recipe to use that spice mix in- these simple Chai Spiced Gingerbread Stars. :) 

I actually baked up these gingerbread cookies a couple of weeks ago to pack up & send off to the three fellow food bloggers I was matched up with for The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap. This was my second year participating in the swap, but the swap itself is in its fifth year now. 

Basically, it is a fun way to have a holiday cookie exchange with other food bloggers from around the country and to raise donations and awareness for Cookies for Kids' Cancer. You get 3 different dozen homemade cookies delivered right to your door, and you get to support a worthy cause at the same time- that is a win-win in my book. :)

I adapted this Chai Spiced Gingerbread Stars recipe from Allie's (Baking A Moment) recipe for Gingerbread Cookies That Don't Spread in the Oven. As soon as I came across her recipe, I knew I had to base my gingerbread recipe from hers. 

Most of you are probably all too familiar with gingerbread men who become puffy, inflated, & spread out of shape as they are baking. I made a few tiny tweaks to Allie's recipe, but these cookies held their shape as you can see from the photos. 

With warm chai spices and a touch of molasses, these Chai Spiced Gingerbread Stars are sure to quickly become a new classic cookie for your holiday baking...

Peppermint Hot Cocoa Pancakes

Light & fluffy pancakes are infused with lots of hot cocoa & peppermint flavor, and then topped with a super simple marshmallow cream topping in these Peppermint Hot Cocoa Pancakes...

I received an OXO On Illuminating Digital Hand Mixer for review purposes. 

All opinions expressed below are my own.

Okay, folks. Christmas is just 18 days away. We brought home the tree yesterday and spent the evening decorating it with keepsake ornaments, and glittery bulbs, and lights. 

The stockings have been hung. The North Pole has more or less thrown up all over my home, inside and out. It is officially go-time. ;) 

If your home happens to be anything like mine on Christmas morning, the kiddos are usually up with the very first crack of sunlight at dawn.... even the teenager. 

We spend the morning unwrapping gifts, prying thousands of twist ties and other means of plastic entrapment from packaging, and then dive into the stockings last. By the time that our living room has been left in a mess of crumpled paper and bows, we are famished and ready for a special Christmas morning breakfast. 

Every Christmas I try to do something special and festive (and easy!) for breakfast that morning. 

This year I am taking a cue from one of our favorite warm & cozy holiday beverages with these Peppermint Hot Cocoa Pancakes. Light & fluffy pancakes are infused with lots of hot cocoa & peppermint flavor, and then topped with a super simple marshmallow cream topping- Christmas morning perfection!

Apple Chai Mug Cakes for Two

Brimming with chunks of fresh apple & warm chai spices, these Apple Chai Mug Cakes for Two are ready in less than 10 minutes...

Have I ever mentioned to you all that fall happens to be my favorite season of the year? (I am pretty sure you guys have probably heard about my love of all things autumn at least a hundred times since I started this blog, but humor me, okay? ;) ) 

One of my favorite fall family traditions is our annual pilgrimage to a farm/apple orchard/pumpkin patch in Pennsylvania to go apple & pumpkin picking. We have been going to this very same farm each October for 6 years now. In fact, my daughter's first visit there is while she was still in utero. 

Flash forward 6 years later to the weekend before last when we once again visited our favorite farm to go apple picking. Except this time my sweet daughter happens to be smack dab in the middle of the Ferocious Fives. 

I am not even sure that the ferocious fives is technically a thing, but let me tell you all that my husband & I experienced the full brunt of it's wrath a couple of Sundays ago. And if it isn't already a thing, it totally should be. 

I won't get into all of the sordid details, but let's just say that we ended up leaving after only being there for an hour with my daughter screaming bloody murder the whole way back to the car. Did I mention that this farm is an hour & a half drive away? Yep.

Blackberries & Cream Biscuits

Sweet summer berries are the star of the show in these simple & easy to make Blackberries & Cream Biscuits...

My youngest just may have started the first grade last week. And my oldest may have moved into his dorm room this past weekend to start his sophomore year of college, but I am not throwing in the towel on summer just quite yet, folks. I mean, technically it is still summer until September 22nd- am I right? ;)

I am sure you all have already seen the pumpkin recipes starting to creep in all over Facebook lately. And while I am probably the biggest fan of fall that you will ever meet, I am not quite ready for all the pumpkin things just yet. I most definitely will be, but not in mid AUGUST, you all. 

So, let's enjoy summertime just a little bit longer with these easy to make Blackberries & Cream Biscuits, shall we?

Basil, Garlic, & Mozzarella Focaccia

Over the weekend I got to cross two items off of my culinary bucket list...

1. Make homemade focaccia.
2. Bake in a cast iron skillet.

Honestly, I hadn't tried either one before out of a fear of what I did not know. Up until about a year ago, I had never really baked with yeast. I don't care how amazing a recipe looked, if yeast was listed as an ingredient I was immediately turned off by it.
Why?
Because I was super intimidated by anything that involved using yeast, and rise times, and such. Most of the time any recipe that I tried that required yeast almost always failed for me. Almost a year ago, I shared my recipe for French Vanilla Chai Cinnamon Rolls on the blog- it was my very first self-developed recipe using yeast that was a hit out of the park success. Ever since then I have been hooked on baking with yeast.

And recently I discovered Fleischmann's® RapidRise® Yeast and found myself even more hooked on developing baking recipes using yeast...