gingerbread blondies with toasted white chocolate drizzle

after browning the

butter toast the white chocolate

in the same hot pan

source

2 sticks browned butter, 1.5 c brown sugar, 2 T molasses, 1 T ginger, 2 eggs, 2 T vanilla, 2 c flour, 2 t powder, 1 t cinnamon, 1 t salt, 1/4 t allspice, 1/4 t black pepper, pinch cloves, 3 oz melted & lightly browned white chocolate

mix all but chocolate, pour into parchment-lined square pan, 350 F, 30 minutes, top with chocolate

pretzel & chocolate chunk biscotti

filling bird feeders

chickadees grabbing some seed

before they’re hung up

previous version, 32 servings, 155 calories

1 stick soft vegan butter, 80 pretzel sticks (2.5 oz), 1 c sugar, 1/4 c namaste egg replacer+1/2 c warm water, 2 t vanilla, 1 t sea salt, 3 t powder, 3 c white whole wheat flour, 1 bag chocolate chunks

mix, form 2 logs on silpat-covered baking sheet; 350 F, 30 minutes; slice; 350 F, 10 minutes

banana & corn flour chocolate chip sourdough skillet cake

last year’s woodpeckers

hover by the window where

the suet was then

12 servings, 320 calories

1 c wheat chef, 4 eggs, 4 oz banana puree, 1 c sugar, 1 t sea salt, 1 T vanilla, 2 c masa harina, 1 c mini chocolate chips, 1 c silk whole next milk

mix, pour into parchment-lined cast-iron pan, top with cinnamon & more sugar, rest 3 hours uncovered room temperature, place in cold oven set to 350 F, 70 minutes

pumpkin & double chocolate swirl sourdough muffins

in a big enough

mixing bowl the batter can

be divided there

source, 12 servings, 360 calories

1 c wheat chef, 2 c white whole wheat flour, 1 can pumpkin, 3 eggs, 1/4 c full fat plain vegan yogurt, 1/2 c canola oil, 1/2 c sugar, 1/2 c brown sugar, 1 T cinnamon, 1 t powder, 1 t sea salt, 1/2 t soda, 2 t vanilla, 1/2 c cocoa, 1/2 c mini chocolate chips

mix all but cocoa+chips, divide, add cocoa+chips to half, scoop side by side into greased silpat muffin cups, swirl tops, top with more sugar, 375 F, 35 minutes

sourdough pumpkin yogurt loaf

the low crescent moon

rising over the trees when

it’s still dark outside

source, 12 servings, 350 calories

1 c wheat chef, 1 can pumpkin, 1/2 c canola oil, 2 1/4 c white whole wheat flour, 1 t powder, 1 t cinnamon, 3/4 t sea salt, 1/2 t soda, 1 c sugar, 3/4 c brown sugar, 3 eggs, 1/4 c plain full fat vegan yogurt, 1.5 t vanilla

mix, pour into parchment-lined loaf pan, rest uncovered room temperature 2 hours, 350 F, 85 minutes

gingerbread cookie crackers with mini chocolate chips

gingerbread cookies

without the leavening &

rolled out & then sliced

previous version, 36 servings, 120 calories

3 c white whole wheat flour, 2 t ginger, 2 t cinnamon, 1 t sea salt, 1/2 t black pepper, 1/2 c canola oil, 1/2 c molasses, 1/2 c brown sugar, 2 T ground flax+1/2 c warm water, 1 c mini chocolate chips

stand mixer, roll out with springerle rolling pin on silpat-covered stone, 350 F, 20 minutes, slice