Pasta with Roasted Squash and Ricotta Salata
I love an easy week night dish. Usually my go to if I don’t have time or don’t feel like getting too involved with cooking …
I love an easy week night dish. Usually my go to if I don’t have time or don’t feel like getting too involved with cooking …
This is Part 2 of Mini Vanilla Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches continued from yesterday’s post. For that post, we used vanilla wafers for all of …
I was sooo tempted to call these “Mini Vanilli” Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches. But they’re the real deal, so we’re going straight up with Mini …
The strawberries I’ve been buying lately have been amazing. I only buy organic berries, so when they are plentiful, I’m all in. I love them …
Cinco de Mayo was last week. So was the teacher appreciation lunch for which I made these amazing Dulce de Leche Brownies. That was then. …
What is it about powdered sugar that too much is never too much? You know I don’t like things over the top sweet, but these …
It’s going to be 86 degrees here today. And, maybe this recipe for Vanilla Chai Sugar Cookie Bars would be more appropriate for a fall …
Everything that is wonderful about this cake is in the name. Pineapple Coconut Tres Leches Cake. Pineapple? Yum! Coconut? Yum! Tres Leches? Yes! Cake? Absolutely! …
Grab a spoon. Maybe a big one. This Pico de Gallo is so good, you don’t need chips as a delivery vehicle. But go ahead …
I made a promise last week. Today I’m delivering. This is the recipe for the Whipped Chocolate Frosting I used on the Pac Man cake …
This is Part Two of The Pac Man Party, the second installment of my latest series, Flashback Friday. In this series, I share some past …
I present to you, one possible solution to the sweet or savory breakfast dilemma… Sticky Maple Bacon Biscuits. That’s right. You know how you go …
Scrambled eggs have always been one of my favorite ways to eat eggs. Don’t get me wrong, I love eggs made just about any way, …
I love how fruit adds the perfect sweetness to a savory meat dish. With Raspberry Balsamic Glazed Chicken, you get the wonderful fruity sweetness of …
Welcome to Flashback Friday, a new series on The Merchant Baker. Here, I hope to share some of our creative endeavors… projects that we worked …
Remember Orange Olive Oil Cake? We liked it so much, I decided to try another flavor in a smaller size. With Lemon Lime Cream Slab Pie now weeks …
Look! We have real food today! Okay, it’s still on the sweet side, but it’s not dessert. Today, we’ve got Pineapple Coconut Glazed Carrots. Normally, …
Fact: There is no cherry soda in this bread. But there is chocolate… This bread is based on my beloved Irish Soda Bread. I decided …
Sconuts? Yes. I went there. I did a mash up, broke out the sprinkles and food dye and made Iced Vanilla Sconuts. I thought I …
So, apparently, last Saturday was the ultimate Pi day of the century. And I thought, for my very first blogger Pi day, I should join …
Hey there. I’ve got a new Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe for you. Malted Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies. I’m not big on picking a favorite anything …
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you leftover ganache and cake crumbs, make Chocolate Stout Cake Crumb Truffles. This post is …
Hold everything! I finally baked beer in a cupcake and I LOVED IT! I made Chocolate Stout Cupcakes filled with Irish Cream and wow, they …
This Irish Soda Bread is almost more tea cake than bread. It’s lightly sweet. The addition of sour cream adds richness and moisture. Plump golden …
It’s been a citrus kind of winter for me. That’s why I decided to make these fluffy Orange Buttermilk Pancakes with Fresh Citrus Syrup. Remember …
I am a certified blondie lover. Some people might say they are simply a chocolate chip cookie baked in bar form. But one bite of …
Here’s the story behind these Dutch Apple Pie Muffins. They were supposed to be banana. I’d been working on a banana muffin recipe and there …
This is the kind of breakfast my dad would make. Torta. It came in many forms, but at it’s most basic, it was fried potatoes, …
I only make Raspberry Rugelach during the holidays. But why? It’s one of my favorite cookies. I’ll buy them in bakeries during the year, so …
Ah yes…cheese… Like bacon, it does make almost everything better. And these Cheddar Buttermilk Biscuits? Well I don’t know if they are better than their …
This recipe? Well, it’s been a long time coming. I received it about forever ago, which is about a hundred years, or when I was in college. Berry Blintz …
This idea was too pretty not to share. Strawberry Chocolate Bark. Instead of chocolate covered strawberries, we have strawberry covered chocolate. How cool is that? …
It’s a simple name. Strawberry cake. I thought about calling it Fresh Strawberry Cake, but this recipe uses frozen strawberries. It could have been Natural Strawberry …
I’ve been on the hunt for a perfect brownie for awhile now. Black Cocoa Brownies were the last ones I was experimenting with when we …
We’re not as carnivorous as we used to be. That was part of the motivation behind this recipe for Italian Quinoa Patties. Not that we …
Remember Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies? Well, these Soft Chewy Peanut Butter Chip Cookies are a very close relation. I love peanut butter cookies, but to …
Well isn’t this the perfect little yummy dish for a blog based near Philly? Cheesesteak eggrolls. I grew up outside of Cleveland, so I’m not …
Have you tried Avocado Toast yet? I discovered the whole idea of Avocado Toast around 3 years ago, although I am not the one who came up with …
Now that we’re past the mid point of January, I think it’s high time we break out some chocolate…and some caramel…and some pecans… How about some …
I had some won ton wrappers left over from a previous recipe… and I’ve always wanted to try using them as vehicle for dessert, so …
It’s been icy cold and rainy here. Perfect weather for Sausage Lentil Rice Soup. That might be the only perfect thing about this weather. There’s nothing …
Fluffy buttermilk biscuits can be easy to make if you’ve got the right tips and tricks for success. This post contains all of the best …
Orange Olive Oil Cake…O.M.Y. (Oh My Yum!) A good friend generously coined this phrase after viewing one of my recent posts. It might be too casual a term …
Favorite new meal creation of last year? Asian Peanut Chicken Slaw. Hands down! It’s a friend of those Chinese chicken salads that were so popular a million …
Protein at breakfast is a must for me. Spinach Feta Egg White Cups have been at the top of the list for fulfilling that need ever since …
Here’s something to go with the Cilantro Lime Rice recipe I posted yesterday…Southwestern Egg Rolls with Creamy Avocado Sauce! A small cheer rises when my family …
What’s the first thing you’re going to want to make once you’ve made Perfect White Rice? Cilantro Lime Rice, of course! You know it. You …
I thought I’d start the New Year off with some rice. My dad would have started off almost every meal with rice, if he could. …