While certainly not a German recipe or even German inspired, these trail mix rice krispie bars (or “Rolf’s Nut Bars” as my Oma calls them) are one of those treats she always had on hand when I came to visit. A recipe originally from her friend Rolf, I recently rediscovered it in my pile ofRead more
It has been a looooooooooooong time since I made scones, but my Mom’s rhubarb plant has been growing like crazy since we made rhubarb cake so I decided to help the plant lighten the load. You might be thinking rhubarb is way too tart for scones, but it actually really lightened up the rich butteriness ofRead more
Sometimes you just want cake… you NEED cake. It’s not anyone’s birthday, anniversary, special day, event or even Cake Day (every November 26th if you wanted to know 😉 ) but you make cake anyways. This Vanilla and Chocolate Spelt Marble cake was that cake for me. A little vanilla, a little chocolate, dense butRead more
Seeing my friends try out my recipes and get giddy when they have success makes me wildly happy. So when one of those friends I’ve known my entire life (Hi Erica! 😀 ) asked me to create a trail mix/granola type cookie I was thrilled…. and it gets me baking something other than the “typical” recipes I usuallyRead more
Last year when the rhubarb started poking its head above the ground my Mom told me how she used to dip the end of a stalk in sugar and munch away on it like that when she was a child. Odd, I thought, but what the hey, I’ll give it a try. Uh nope. TastedRead more
Where has this bread been all my life?! It wasn’t until very recently when I made my Sunflower Flax Seed Spelt Bread that I had any clue how amazingly tasty seeds are in homemade bread! So much flavour and texture, my tastebuds barely know what to do. The morning I made this bread I waited ever so patientlyRead more
All work and no baking makes Sophie go something something… Crazy? Don’t mind if I do! Whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop. 😀 It’s been a very full month around here and I’m really missing baking up new (and old) recipes to munch on and share with you all! I did manage to whip up a batch of theseRead more
So I’m a little behind the eight-ball with this post as I first made this bread last weekend, but I’ve got another batch rising as I type! I wanted to experiment with something a little different so I went perusing through my Mom’s wealth of bread books and happened upon a flax and sunflower seedRead more
I hadn’t made bread for a few weeks and was starting to struggle with when to fit it into my schedule. I start to get a little cranky when I don’t make time for creativity (and tinkering with bread is a big one for me). Then a thought gently floated into my mind and suddenlyRead more
CHOCOLATE! All I could think about with Valentine’s Day coming up was chocolate, chocolate, chocolate. I had my heart set on making some ooey, gooey brownies for me and my man so I went poking around Pinterest to see what I could find. Good grief. I almost gagged at the amount of butter and theRead more
I may have squealed a little when Carly asked me to write a guest blog post for Modern Hippie Housewife. I knew exactly what recipe I wanted to share: this delightfully fancy looking but oh so simple apple cake. This is a recipe that my Mom has been making since she was in her twentiesRead more