Category: Quick Breads

Banana Pear Quick Bread

Banana Pear Quick Bread Recipe

An abundance of over-ripe bananas sat staring at me from their perch on the kitchen counter.  I over bought fruit in preparation for my girl coming home on spring break.  I forgot that she rarely eats a banana, adding one … Continue reading




Apple Walnut Bread with Brown Sugar Glaze

Apple Walnut Bread with Brown Sugar Glaze Recipe

In my last post I shared with you about my Mom, and the incredible grief I was experiencing following her passing.  I’m still struggling and I expect I will be for a while.  I’ve not wanted to bring my sadness … Continue reading




Chocolate and Cara Cara Orange Quick Bread | Why I Bake

Chocolate and Cara Cara Orange Quick Bread Recipe

Like the tracks of a roller coaster, the path jigged and jagged before me.  My morning began with a retreat to the water’s edge, my own little amusement park perched high above the seashore.  Alone, in this time and space … Continue reading




Deep Dark Chocolate Snack Cakes

Deep Dark Chocolate Snack Cake Recipe

They say we learn something new every day. Whoever “they” may be. I must agree that as we drift off to sleep at night, most of us could zero in on something new we learned that day. Today, I learned … Continue reading




Banana Bread With Chocolate Streusel

"Banana Bread with Chocolate Streusel Recipe"

What to do with an abundance of over-ripe bananas?  Well, make banana bread, of course.  I usually have a banana every morning for breakfast, but ever since my go round with the flu, they just haven’t sounded a”peel”ing to me. … Continue reading