Category: Quick and Easy

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




Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies

Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

From time to time I ask myself the question, why would someone buy chocolate chip cookies when it takes only minutes to make a batch from scratch.  Okay, on occasion I have been known to purchase a cookie from the … Continue reading




Mini Cake Doughnuts | Simple and Sweet

Mini Cake Doughnuts Recipe

Sometimes it is the most uncomplicated of things that are the most enjoyable.  Take these little cake doughnuts for example.  As if performing slight of hand magic, a few ingredients are stirred together in a bowl, spoonfuls dropped into hot … Continue reading




Peach, Nectarine and Bourbon Fools

Peach, Nectarine, and Bourbon Fools Recipe

I am struggling to release summer and welcome back fall.  I want to eek out every last drop of the time remaining in August.  After Labor Day I will have to face the fact that autumn has arrived.  Don’t get … Continue reading




Atlantic Beach Pie – “Oh My God”

Atlantic Beach Pie Recipe

Many thanks Jacob for introducing me to this recipe! I received an email from my nephew recently with a link to an article from NPR’s Found Recipes series.  It had peaked his interest even though he admittedly isn’t fond of citrus … Continue reading