Category: quick breads/cakes

butter & cheese biscuits

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butter added 4

times and cheese added 2 times

and some sugar too

source, 12 servings

3 c flour, 3 T sugar, 1 T powder, 1 t kosher salt, 1 stick cold butter, 1 stick melted butter, 2 c shredded cheese, 1 c buttermilk, 1 egg

chop cold butter into dry ingredients; add egg, buttermilk, all but 1/2 c cheese to form very shaggy dough; make 12 loose balls on silpat, drizzle with 1/3 of melted butter, sprinkle rest of cheese; 375 F, 15 minutes, drizzle with 1/3 melted butter, bake 15-20 minutes until golden; drizzle with rest of melted butter

cranberry cake

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a pastry cutter

followed by a masher will

chop the berries small

12 oz cranberries, mostly chopped/mashed; 1 stick earth balance vegan butter, soft; 2/3 c brown sugar, 1/2 c unsweetened full-fat cashew milk, 1/2 c maple syrup, 1/4 c molasses, 1.5 c white whole wheat flour, 1 t ginger, 1 t cinnamon, 1/2 t powder, 1 t kosher salt, 1/4 t soda, 2 namaste egg replacer eggs

mix all but berries, pour into buttered cast-iron pan, swirl in berries, 350 F, 35-50 minutes or until knife comes out mostly clean

tomatoes and biscuits

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ugly tomatoes

that should have been picked before

the frost are for this

source, 5 servings

biscuits: 3/4 c ricotta, 2.5 c flour, 1 T sugar, 1.5 t powder, 1 t soda, 1 stick butter, cold; 1 c buttermilk; tomatoes: 8 tomatoes, halved; kosher salt & pepper, 1/4 c olive oil, 3 T sherry vinegar, 1 T fresh thyme, 2 T flour, 1/4 c sugar

chop/knead biscuit ingredients to form a ball, arrange tomato ingredients in oiled cast-iron pan, place 12 dough balls on top, 350 F, 45 minutes

plum cake

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any kind of plums,

even those that aren’t so ripe

will work in this cake

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3/4 c sugar, 1 stick butter, soft; 1 c flour, pinch salt, 2 eggs, plum halves to cover top, toppings: sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon

cream butter, sugar, beat in rest except plums; pour in buttered pie dish, place plums skin up, add toppings; 350 F, 1 hour

fig cake

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when the deer flies start

to wane it’s time to look for

figs in the aisles

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4 T melted butter, 1/2 c almond flour, 1/4 c sugar, 1/4 c flour, 1/2 t powder, pinch cinnamon, pinch salt, 3 eggs, 2 T honey, 12 figs, halved

mix all but figs, pour in buttered pan, arrange figs, sprinkle with more sugar, 375 F, 30 minutes or until bottom is set

saffron pear cake

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vegetarians

wonder why the kitchen smells

a little gamey

previous version

1.5 c white whole wheat flour, 1/2 c almond flour, 2 t powder, 3/4 c full-fat unsweetened cashew milk, warm + pinch saffron; 1/2 t kosher salt, 1/2 c olive oil, 2/3 c maple syrup, 2 t vanilla, 2 cans pears, drained; glaze: 1 T olive oil + 2 T maple syrup

mix batter, pour over pears in oiled skillet, 325 F, 55 minutes, turn out & glaze

banana bread

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add the sugar last

mix it in just a little

for caramelized swirls

source, 10 servings, 257 calories

1/2 c sugar, 3 (4-oz size) containers gerber bananas, 1/2 c olive oil, 1/4 c unsweetened vanilla almond milk, 1 t cider vinegar, 1 t vanilla, 2 c white whole wheat flour, 1 t soda, 1 t cinnamon, 1/2 t salt

mix, bake in a parchment-lined loaf pan, 325 F, 65 minutes

vegan upside down pear cake

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six pears in a bag

quarantined with only their

own respiration

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1.5 c flour, 1/2 c almond flour, 2 t powder, 2 t cinnamon, 1 t ginger, 1/2 t salt, 1/2 c olive oil, 2/3 c maple syrup, 3/4 c unsweetened full-fat cashew milk, 2 t vanilla, 6 pears sliced thin, glaze: 1 T olive oil, 2 T maple syrup, pinch cinnamon

mix batter, pour over pears in oiled pie dish, 325 F, 55 minutes, turn out & glaze