caramelized onion bread

reduce heat and tent

with foil if the outside

is browning too fast

previous version

1 c warm water, 1 packet yeast, 1 t salt, 1 T sugar, 2.5 c flour, 1 c caramelized onions, 1 apple, cut up; 1 c blue cheese

combine water, yeast, salt, sugar, flour; knead 3 minutes; rise until doubled, form into a round and top with onions, apple, cheese; let rest while oven heats, 450 F, 25 minutes

berry clafoutis

made with one hand, with

hot cocoa in the other

in time for breakfast

source, 4 servings

1 1/4 c milk, 2/3 c sugar, 3 eggs, 1 T vanilla, pinch salt, 1 c flour, 2 c berries

whisk milk, 1/3 c sugar, eggs, vanilla, salt, flour; pour half into a buttered dish and bake at 350 F for 3 minutes, add berries, 1/3 c sugar, rest of batter; bake 50 minutes or until a knife comes out clean

craggy cocoa brownies

no chocolate chips or

melted blocks of chocolate, just

good cocoa powder

source, 12 servings, 189 calories

10 T miyoko’s cultured vegan butter, melted; 2 namaste egg replacer eggs, heaping 3/4 c cocoa, pinch salt, 1/2 t vanilla, 1 1/4 c sugar, 1/2 c flour

stir vigorously, bake on parchment in an 8-inch pan, 325 F, 50 minutes

chewy chocolate biscotti

when it’s two degrees

there’s two times the gratitude

for self-starting cars

20 servings, 85 calories

1.5 c unsweetened applesauce, 6 packets stevia, 1 t salt, 1 t powder, 2 namaste egg replacer eggs, 1/2 c cocoa, 1/2 c unsweetened vanilla almond milk, 1 c freeze dried fruit, 3 c white whole wheat flour

knead until ball forms, make 2 logs on silpat, 350 F, 20 minutes, slice, bake 10 more minutes

salted olive oil brownies

three feet of snow but

in the bathtub, the ghost of

last summer’s sock tan

source, 16 servings

6 T olive oil, 1 c flour, generous pinch salt, generous pinch powder, 1/4 c cocoa, 3 oz unsweetened chocolate, melted; 1 egg, 1 T vanilla, 3/4 c brown sugar, 1/3 c sugar, 1/2 c chocolate chips, sea salt for sprinkling

mix melted chocolate, cocoa, 1/4 c hot water, vanilla, egg, salt, oil; stir in remaining, line an 8×8 pan with parchment, 350 F, 20 minutes, sprinkle with sea salt

cinnamon muffins

an inch of snow each

hour leaves the cars hulking

white ghosts by evening

24 servings, 166 calories

3 c white whole wheat flour, 2 T cinnamon, 1 T powder, 1 t salt, 1 t vanilla, 2 namaste egg replacer eggs, 1/2 c brown sugar, 1/2 c white sugar, 2 c unsweetened soy milk, 1/4 c canola oil, 1 c chocolate chips

mix, use silpat, 375 F, 21 minutes

chocolate snack biscuits

in a container

in the car or a backpack

for afternoon snack

12 servings, 116 calories

4 (4-oz size) containers gerber bananas, 6 packets stevia, 1 t salt, 1 t cinnamon, 1 T powder, 1/4 c chia seeds, 1/2 c cocoa, 1/4 c c unsweetened vanilla almond milk, 1.5 c white whole wheat flour, freeze dried fruit for tops

mix to combine, spoon onto silpat and press fruit into tops, 400 F, 17 minutes

blood orange muffins

before sleep comes or

at the finish of a dream

recipes are born

12 servings, 147 calories

2 c white whole wheat flour, zest & juice of 3 small blood oranges, 2 small blood oranges, sliced into 6 rings each; 2 (4-oz size) containers gerber bananas, 6 packets stevia, 1 t salt, 2 T powder, 2 T vanilla, 1 T olive oil, 24 rosemary needles, unsweetened vanilla almond milk

mix to combine, adding milk as needed to form a craggy muffin dough, use silpat, place an orange slice and two rosemary needles on top of each muffin, 375 F, 16 minutes

pita

on a hot stone in

the oven, the bread puffs up

and forms a pocket

source, 8 servings

1 packet yeast, 1/2 t sugar, 1/4 c white whole wheat flour, 2 1/2 c white flour, 1 t salt, 2 T olive oil

combine yeast, sugar, 1 c water, wrist-temp, whole wheat flour, 1/4 c white flour, stand 15 minutes in a warm place; add salt, oil, 1 3/4 c white flour, combine with a wooden spoon; knead 3 minutes with well-floured hands; rest 10 minutes, knead 2 minutes; rise, covered, in a warm place 1 hour; roll out 8 8-inch disks using wax paper and flour; heat a baking stone in a 475 F oven, place one disk on the hot stone in the oven, bake until puffed, 1-3 minutes; flip, bake 1-2 minutes, until a few light brown spots form, repeat