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Gingerbread Dutch Baby

06 Saturday Dec 2014

Posted by BakedNorthwest in Baking, Breads, Breakfast, Holidays

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brown sugar, butter, cast iron, cast iron skillet, cinnamon, cloves, dutch baby, dutch pancake, ginger, gingerbread, gingerbread spice, molasses, nutmeg, pancake, syrup

Gingerbread Dutch Baby

Happy Saturday! Just a quick and easy little holiday breakfast recipe for you. My obsession with Smitten Kitchen continues…and I made this gingerbread dutch baby this morning. I didn’t stray too far from the original recipe, but I used a 10 inch cast iron skillet instead of a 9, cut back on the butter and used nonfat milk instead of whole. Enjoy!

Recipe
Gingerbread Dutch Baby
Makes 1 (10 inch) Dutch Baby, serving 2
adapted from the Smitten Kitchen Cookbook

Ingredients

  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 tsp unsulfured molasses
  • 1/3 cup flour
  • 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 tsp (a dash or two) ground ginger
  • pinch of ground cloves
  • 1/8 tsp (dash or two) nutmeg
  • dash salt
  • 1/3 cup milk (I used nonfat, though the recipes suggests to use whole)
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • Powdered sugar and maple syrup, for serving

Directions

Preheat oven to 400F. Crack the eggs into a blender and run until they are pale in color. Add remaining ingredients except for the butter and powdered sugar, and process until smooth. Add the butter to the cast iron skillet (I used a 10 inch, though the recipe suggested a 9 inch) and put in the oven for a minute until the butter is melted. Swirl the butter around and up the sides, making sure the pan is nicely coated.

Pour the batter into the prepared skillet, and bake for 15-20 minutes, until the pancake has puffed up and browned a bit. Mine went in for the full 20 minutes and didn’t really poof until the last five minutes of baking.

Remove pancake from oven and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve slices directly from the cast iron skillet with warm maple syrup.

Sweet Potato Pie

23 Sunday Nov 2014

Posted by BakedNorthwest in Bloggerific, Desserts, Entertaining, Thanksgiving

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brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, coriander, evaporated milk, mini marshmallows, no roll pie crust, nutmeg, pecans, pie, pie crust, sweet potato pie, sweet potatoes, thanksgiving

Sweet Potato Pie

Let’s talk Thanksgiving – if there is one thing I have never understood, it’s having TWO potato dishes – mashed potatoes AND a sweet potato casserole. I get it if you are having 30 people over for Thanksgiving…yeah, you are going to need a lot of dishes and a lot of food. But for a smaller get together, I feel like a person should only have to worry about 1 potato dish and leave room for the other good stuff – stuffing, rolls, veggie sides…and DESSERT.

Sweet Potato Pie

If you want both, I think a sweet potato pie is the way to go! We have the same idea as a pumpkin pie going here – but instead we use real sweet potatoes! Doesn’t that make you feel great about yourself? And pssst – I really think this sweet potato pie is better than pumpkin pie!

Sweet Potato Pie

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Zucchini and Squash Gratin

22 Wednesday Oct 2014

Posted by BakedNorthwest in Easy, Entertaining, Side Dish, Vegetarian

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bread crumbs, cast iron skillet, gratin, gruyere, nutmeg, panko, spiralize, spiralizer, squash, yellow squash, zucchini

Zucchini and Squash Gratin

I didn’t grow up eating very many “gratins.” There were certain things that just weren’t in our usual repertoire, and there is nothing wrong with that – my mother knew what worked for her very particular children, and we stuck with it.

Spiralized Zucchini and Squash

Oh how times change. Now, I eat just about everything, and I now live close enough to my mom where we can try things that never really existed in our recipe box before. I still had the last of the zucchini and squash from our garden, and was ready to make a comforting, fall side dish. Continue reading →

Pumpkin Bread (with some special add-ins)

21 Tuesday Oct 2014

Posted by BakedNorthwest in Baking, Breads, Desserts, Easy, Holidays

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cinnamon, cloves, eggs, flour, ginger, nutmeg, pumpkin, Pumpkin Bread, pumpkin chips, walnuts

Pumpkin Bread

Pumpkin bread is kind of a ‘duh’ thing to be making right now. I mean…………it’s time for pumpkin EVERYTHING. This year is worse than any other year. I have never seen so many ridiculous flavored pumpkin things…but that didn’t stop me from buying some “Limited Edition” Pumpkin Spice flavored “morsels” (do you HATE the word morsels too?).

Pumpkin Mini Loaves

Yeah – I just had to. But thankfully, I found a pumpkin bread recipe that will last for years to come. It will still be good even after these pumpkin chips get discontinued forever and ever. It will taste good in July, considering the way things are going these days Halloween stuff will probably start hitting the stores mid-summer in the years to come.

Pumpkin Bread

The reason this pumpkin bread recipe is great is because you use an ENTIRE can of pumpkin. Nothing is worse than opening a can of pumpkin and having half of it sitting around with you twiddling your thumbs, not knowing what to do with it. Yes – this recipe makes 3 loaves, but the bread freezes great, and ’tis the season to start pawning off all of your baked goods on family and friends.

tasty fillings

Loaf and mini loaves

Side note: I really like using a mini-loaf pan for these sorts of things because they are super fun. If you don’t have a mini loaf pan, use the cheap store-bought foil ones – they work WAY better than my fancy Le Creuset loaf pan (sad but true).

Pumpkin Bread

Until next year, pumpkin bread. I’ll definitely be revisiting this recipe. Do you have any favorite pumpkin bread recipes you would like to share? I’d love to find the ultimate recipe, and for now this one is close!

Recipe
Pumpkin Bread (with pumpkin chips and walnuts!)
makes 3 (7×3 inch) loaf pans, or about 24 mini loaves
adapted from All Recipes

Ingredients

  • 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 2/3 cup water
  • 3 cups white sugar
  • 3 1/2 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp ground cloves
  • 1/4 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 cup chopped, roasted walnuts (optional)
  • 1 cup (or about 10 oz, aka a whole bag) of pumpkin flavored morsels (can sub white choc chips too)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Grease and flour 3 (7×3 inch) loaf pans, or use a mini loaf pan if you have one.

2. In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water and sugar until well blended. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Add the chips and walnuts, if using. I roasted my walnuts in a skillet on low heat for a few minutes before adding, just to amp it up a little. Pour into the greased pans.

3. Bake for about 50 minutes in the oven, only about 25-30 minutes if you are using a mini loaf pan. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool and invert bread onto a wired rack if desired.

Homemade Applesauce

08 Monday Sep 2014

Posted by BakedNorthwest in Easy, Healthy, LuLu's Classics, Sauces

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apple, apple juice, apples, applesauce, brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves, lemon, lemon juice, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice

Homemade Apple Sauce

When life gives you apples…you make…applesauce! Lulu’s apple tree produced a lot of good (and yes, a few bad) apples this year. While I would have liked to make 10 batches of apple cobbler, I felt like applesauce was a little more practical and healthy. Plus, I had never made homemade applesauce before, and it’s a pretty dang easy, wing-it recipe. From scratch applesauce is also about 130912830912 times better than anything you would buy at the store. I don’t care how cute those little squeeze tubes are!

Apples

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Pumpkin Soup with Bacon and Croutons

30 Wednesday Oct 2013

Posted by BakedNorthwest in Entertaining, Events, Holidays, Main Dish, Soups

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autumn, bacon, carrots, chicken broth, croutons, fall, goat cheese, nutmeg, October, onion, pumpkin, pumpkin seeds, soup

Nothing says Fall like a warm, hearty bowl of soup. Pumpkin Soup with Bacon and Croutons, however, takes Fall to a whole new level.Pumpkin SoupI was blown away with how this soup turned out. Normally I associate the canned pumpkin with sweet treats and desserts, but this soup has changed my mind. I also couldn’t help but think baby food as everything was cooking down (aren’t I super good at convincing you to try my recipes?)…but dammit, it’s a really freakin good adult version of baby food that I would be proud to feed my baby/kids someday (showing them this blog with all the swearing probably won’t be on my list though).Pumpkin SoupAnyways, Pumpkin Soup ended up being a huge success! The bacon and croutons are a must – so was the sprinkling of goat cheese on top. Another thing that blew my mind was the soup was even better the next day. I think this soup will become a yearly October tradition in our house. Next time I will likely double the recipe since the soup is great as leftovers. I also see new versions of this soup surfacing in the years to come, and I can’t wait!Pumpkin Soup

Recipe
Pumpkin Soup with Bacon & Croutons
Serves 4

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 cup chopped carrots
  • 1 (15 oz) can unsweetened pumpkin
  • 2 cups cooked, diced bacon
  • pinch nutmeg
  • 32 oz (2 lbs) low sodium chicken broth
  • dash thyme
  • dash red pepper flakes
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 4 – 6 slices day old bread, depending on what size of loaf you are using (I used a few slices of a crusty artisan loaf)

Additional Garnishes:

  • Goat cheese or sour cream
  • Toasted Pumpkin Seeds

Directions

1. Heat the oil in a large pan. Add the chopped onion and carrots and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, for 5 – 10 minutes or until softened. Add a few dashes of salt and pepper while the veggies are cooking down.

2. While the vegetables are cooking, dice raw bacon into small pieces and add to a separate pan. Cook on medium until bacon pieces get slightly crisp. Set aside and drain on paper towels. Leave remaining grease in pan for the croutons. To make croutons, cut bread into small squares and cook on medium-low in the bacon pan until brown and crisp. Set aside to drain on paper towels.

3. Add the pumpkin, half of the cooked bacon (about 1 cup), and nutmeg to the carrot and onion mixture, stirring well. Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 5 – 10 minutes.

4. Pour in the chicken broth, increase the heat to medium, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for at least 15 minutes. Add a few dashes of thyme and red pepper flakes, season to taste with more salt and pepper if needed.

5. Remove the pan from heat and let cool slightly. Use an immersion blender to blend up the soup until smooth. If you don’t have an immersion blender, I highly recommend you get one…but transferring the soup to a food processor or blender and blending in batches also works fine. If so, return it to the pan and reheat.

6. Serve soup with the reserved bacon bits and croutons. Soup is excellent with a few sprinkles of goat cheese on top, or sour cream. Toasted Pumpkin Seeds add a nice seasonal flair as well.

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