Category: Breakfast Bakes
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12 Days of Christmas Baking Day 3: Conchas (Mexican Pan Dulce)

Wow… I thought yesterday tested my abilities. Today’s challenge stepped things up a little! First, I would definitely recommend watching the video under the instructions beforehand as it was really helpful to watch someone else doing this before starting. Second, I should have started this dough last night and let it rise in the fridge…
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Coffee Cake Muffins
Honestly, nothing is better than yummy coffee cake with a great cup of coffee on your day off. I’ve got a go-to recipe for coffee cake, but I’m trying to branch out a little so I decided to try a coffee cake muffin recipe. This recipe was really easy to throw together so it would…
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Gluten-Free Apple Cider Donuts
Look how adorable these donuts are!! This recipe is super easy and tastes really good; plus it’s gluten-free, which is a bonus. These donuts smell like fall and I’m beyond excited that it’s now officially fall so these fun baked goods are helping usher in a 3-day weekend for me in the mountains. My track…
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Banana Nut Bread
Moving day approaches and while trying to clean out the freezer I found 6 bananas I’d thrown in there to make banana bread with later. [Tip: once bananas get a little too rip put them in the freezer and then thaw them out to use in banana bread.] My tried and true banana bread recipe…
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Coffee Cake

Nothing is better than a lazy weekend morning filled with coffee cake and a good cup of coffee. I’ve tried a few different coffee cake recipes, but found a lot of them to be very dry or there isn’t enough cinnamon filling. I ran across this recipe a few years ago and it’s not our…
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Orange Cranberry Bread
In an effort to clean out items in our pantry/freezer I decided to make orange cranberry bread. With all of our cookbooks packed I scoured the internet for a recipe to try and found one from Sally’s Baking Addiction and having all of the ingredients on hand I decided to give it a go. Normally…
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Perfect Blueberry Muffins
Tonight’s ingredient: blueberries. I purchased these last week and knew if I didn’t do something they’d end up going bad before I could use them. I love blueberries muffins and decided this was a great time to try a new recipe. After a little research I found the Perfect Blueberry Muffin recipe from Smitten Kitchen.…
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Mardi Gras King Cake
I had been craving king cake for weeks and being unable to find one in the grocery store I finally just decided to make one myself. I attempted a gluten free King Cake a few years ago and it did not go well (as many of my gluten free attempts turn out…). However, I decided…