Mojitos are a fantastic summer cocktail, with refreshing mint, zesty lime, rum and a splash of effervescent soda. They’re always a crowd-pleaser and it’s easy to put a twist on the basic recipe by adding some fresh berries to the glass and muddling them alongside the mint. These Blackberry Mojito Almond …
Orange Cranberry Almond Bread
This Orange Cranberry Almond Bread includes almond flour for a moist, tender crumb in a quick bread that is bursting with orange and cranberries! Cranberry and orange are two ingredients that are a match made in heaven. Sweet-but-tart cranberries are always well balanced by zesty-yet-sweet orange juice. This recipe adds almonds to …
Blackberry Mojito Almond Cakes
Lemon Honey Olive Oil Muffins
You probably use olive oil in your kitchen on a regular basis for savory cooking, but it can be a great addition to desserts, as well. Olive oil has a natural fruitiness that is balanced with a bright acidity, so it works particularly well in desserts that include berries or citrus. …
Chocolate Chunk Almond Cookies
Nuts can be a great addition to chocolate chip cookies, adding a crunch to cookies that need a little bit of texture to set off their buttery, chewy texture. Pecans and walnuts are popular additions, but these Chocolate Chunk Almond Cookies feature almond meal and toasted almonds for cookies that have a …
Fresh Plum and Almond Cake
Stone fruits are wonderful to bake with, whether you are using nectarines, peaches, apricots or any other favorites. Plums are one fruit that I find to be slightly underutilized when it comes to stone fruit baking. This could be because plums are so delicious on their own that people rarely have enough to …
Elderflower and Almond Tea Cakes
St Germain is an elderflower liqueur that is a delicious cocktail ingredient. You might not be familiar with the liqueur, but you’ve probably seen its art deco-styled bottle featured prominently behind the bar at local restaurants and tasted it in cocktails, as it can be both a star ingredient and a more subtle …
Toasted Almond Scones
I generally gravitate towards scones that have fruit in them, whether it is fresh or dried fruit, because I like the sweetness that you get from it against the buttery background of the scone. But that isn’t to say that all my scones have to have fruit in them, and I suspect …
