Double Chocolate Banana Bread is double-delicious I have to admit right here at the start that I am not a big fan of bananas in general—not eaten out of hand at least. But if you combine them with a couple of kinds of chocolate and bake them up in a decadent, moist quick bread? Yes please - give me all the Double Chocolate Banana Bread that you've got! The "Muffin Method" As is the case with most quick breads, this bread uses what we learned back in Home Ec class as, "The Muffin Method" of ... Read More about Double Chocolate Banana Bread
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Cinnamon Chocolate Chunk Coffee Cake
Cinnamon Chocolate Chunk Coffee Cake is the perfect spring treat You never know what the weather is going to be when spring rolls around. It could be nice and warm and sunny, with birds singing and daffodils blooming. Or - it could be snowing and cold the first few days of spring. Either way, Cinnamon Chocolate Chunk Coffee Cake will make everything better. I promise. Nothing fancy here This is a standard coffee cake recipe. Three simple elements are layered together and then baked into ... Read More about Cinnamon Chocolate Chunk Coffee Cake
Leftover Candy Cane Brownies
Leftover Candy Canes? It's after Christmas now, and pretty soon, you'll probably be taking down your tree. So, what do you do with all of the candy canes that looked so pretty through the holidays? Leftover Candy Cane Brownies, of course - I've got you! Leftover Candy Canes aren't usually too much of a problem for us. My husband takes them out to his shop to enjoy while he's working. But sometimes, even we end up with way more of them than we need, depending on the year. I'm not likely ... Read More about Leftover Candy Cane Brownies
Whole Wheat Gingerbread Brownies
Fun with Brownies These fantastic Whole Wheat Gingerbread Brownies are the result of what I like to call kitchen shenanigans. I know not everyone regards cooking and baking quite the same way that I do. To me, it's an adventure. The only limit is my imagination. Well, total failure is a bit of a limiter, but we don't need to talk about that right now, do we? What if... What if I sub in whole wheat flour? It will be nuttier, richer, and maybe a little more dry, because whole wheat ... Read More about Whole Wheat Gingerbread Brownies
Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies
This is one of the first new recipes I ever posted on The Creekside Cook. It only seems appropriate that I bring Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies back to the top to celebrate a new design. It had become increasingly evident that my old blog wasn't working all that well anymore. That is no surprise since I created the design back in the Middle Ages of the internet. Technology has changed a lot since then. I'm loving the new look, and I hope that you do as well. You can let me know in the ... Read More about Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chewy Chocolate Chunk Cookies
You may not think that the world needs another chocolate chip cookie recipe. But, with the year we have had, I have to disagree. We've needed all the tasty, melty, creamy chocolate chunks surrounded by caramelly, chewy cookies that we could get. Make no mistake - it has not been an entirely bad year. In fact, we've had some pretty wonderful things happen, like the birth of a new grandson and starting our Farmer's Market business. There have been lots of blessings along the way, but beginning as ... Read More about Chewy Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Sour Cherry Almond Bars
As I have mentioned a time or two [or 50!], my husband is rather fond of cookies. When our house is in a state of no cookies, it makes him a sad, sad man. So you can probably imagine that he is a huge fan of this time of year. He doesn't think of it as "Christmastime", like the rest of us do. To Larry, this is "cookietime". And now that he is retired, he can devote himself even more fully to the testing of whatever new cookies I am trying out for the blog this year. This makes him a ... Read More about Sour Cherry Almond Bars
Chocolate Espresso Spritz Cookies
Chocolate Espresso Spritz Cookies with Kahlúa Cream Filling I love spritz type cookies. They have been a lifesaver for me more times than I could ever count. I'll bet everyone with kids has had this conversation, usually held at 9:45PM: "Mom, I am supposed to bringing cookies in for my class" "Okay, when?" "Tomorrow!" This is when spritz cookies come to your rescue - you can churn out a good sized batch of buttery, cute cookies in no time at all. No chilling of the dough, or fooling around with ... Read More about Chocolate Espresso Spritz Cookies
Peanut Butter Cup Brownies
Every year, I do the same thing. We haven't seen a trick or treater in these parts since the girls were small - we live out in the middle of nowhere, we have a rather long driveway, none of the neighbors have little kids anymore, and we don't turn on the porch light. I leave the porch light off mostly because of Riley, who is not fond of strangers. I can only imagine his reaction to seeing a person dressed up in a costume, with some kind of scary mask on. It would not be good. Still - I like to ... Read More about Peanut Butter Cup Brownies
Skillet Pumpkin Fudge Brownies
This recipe solves a pesky little kitchen problem that I will bet anything you have run across. It goes like this: You find a great recipe for some pumpkin muffins, or maybe pumpkin doughnuts. You open a typical grocery store can of pumpkin puree, measure out the one cup needed for the recipe - and don't they all just need that ONE cup - and then thriftily scrape out all of the remaining pumpkin into a refrigerator dish and pop in in the fridge. "I'll make some thing out of that later in the ... Read More about Skillet Pumpkin Fudge Brownies
Coconut Milk Fudgesicles
Coming up with a good dessert can be a challenge in the summer time. We don't have AC, so unless it is going to cool off really well at night, I am not turning on the oven. We eat a lot of fresh fruit, and enjoy plenty of ice cream, but while that may satisfy us, it doesn't do much for the blog, ya know? But, every so often, I stumble across a concept that not only takes care of my desire to have a sweet recipe here on the blog, but also blows me away. This is one of those recipes. It is ... Read More about Coconut Milk Fudgesicles
Fresh Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
There are a lot of advantages to having enough land to grow pretty much whatever you want to eat. We have tons of fresh veggies all spring, summer and fall, and now we're even starting to get some fresh fruit. We have room for a nice little flock of chickens who not only give us fresh eggs every day, but help keep some of the bugs and pests cleared out of the veggies. They have been running loose a few hours every day, till this weekend, when they discovered that there are some tasty little baby ... Read More about Fresh Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream