Apple & Pumpkin Doughnuts

We love a yummy doughnut in our house and we're excited to share these quick and easy doughnuts two ways, one with apple and chai spice and one version with pumpkin! The best part, too, is that you can either fry them or bake them, whichever you prefer! Difficulty: Beginner to ModerateServes: 48 mini doughnuts…

Babkas with Cinnamon, Peanut Butter, Coffee & Chocolate

We absolutely love these decadent sweet rolls filled with all our favorite things! There's nothing better to have with a morning (or afternoon) cup of coffee that a babka and the more flavors in the filling the better! Difficulty: Moderate difficultyServes: 12 individual babkaTime: 2 hours Ingredients Dough 563 g all-purpose flour, divided into 500…

Chorizo, Cheddar & Onion Beer Bread

If there is one thing we love to include in our savory bakes it's chorizo! This is a new favorite loaf of ours and is a big hit with our friends and family. Difficulty: Beginner FriendlyServes: 10-12 single slicesTime: 1 hour 45 minutes Ingredients 1 full ring or 4 links of chorizo fully cooked, cubed…

American Style Soft Pretzels

We love a good pretzel in our house and we've made a few different ones this year only to discover that the Bavarian pretzels served by the pubs of our town are not Bavarian pretzels as we have discovered in making the ones in our German German Cookbook. They are Pennsylvania pretzels, and we love…

Coffee Cake Muffins

Sarah is a bit obsessed with muffins. We say that as nicely as we can, but she will do just about anything for a good muffin and she loves coffee cake. These coffee cake muffins are nice and moist and pair perfectly with some iced coffee! Difficulty: Beginner friendlyServes: 8-12 muffinsTime: 25-30 minutes Ingredients Muffins…

Chorizo Soda Bread

When we found our favorite baker of the last season of the Great British Bake Off had posted this recipe on Instagram, Sarah decided that we had to make it immediately. And we did. And it was delicious. Full credit to Lottie for introducing us to a new favorite bread! Difficulty: Beginner friendlyServes: 8-10 people…

Pumpkin Scones

At the start of quarantine, Sarah decide to take up baking again after nearly a decade away from the oven. She started with pumpkin chai scones from a Jane Austen novel adaptation, Jane of Austin by Hillary Manson Lodge. We’ve adapted it a bit to include chocolate chips and the directions are our own based…