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Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Lemon Mini-Heart Cakelettes

Well, a couple of days late and likely a few dollars short for Valentines Day, but here is the next thing for “Citrus week” — Lemon Mini-Heart Cakelettes. I had actually planned to make them with a raspberry swirl in the frosting, but that didn’t work out as planned. The whole reason for these was actually trying out my new “heartlet” plan. I found it at the local ACE hardware, but they are available off Amazon too. I was actually afraid that the little tarts wouldn’t release well from the cast iron, but turned out well. I’ll have to try mini-mini pies next.

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Breakfast/Brunch, Lunch, Sweet Snacks

Lemon Ricotta Pancakes
with Blueberries and Syrup

Hey! It’s Pancake Day! Why, you ask? Well, it’s the last day of Carnival (Mardi Gras or Pre-Lent, all that) and this day has historically been used (apparently since the 1400s?) to use up sugars, eggs, and fat before Lent. Not being the religious sort myself, it was just an excuse for me to make pancakes. 🙂 And because it is citrus week, I went with my absolute favorite pancake recipe: Lemon Ricotta Pancakes with Syrup and Berries. Light, fluffy, just sweet enough but not too tart (lemony) to overpower.

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Breakfast/Brunch, Sweet Snacks

Lemon Brioche Milleswirlie

Early on a Monday and it’s time to change topics again in the little Ingredient Game that we have going on. Up this week is Citrus Week and the first thing that I made are these delicious Sourdough Lemon Brioche Milleswirlie. Mille means 1000 in Italian so I like to calls these tight breakfast swirls “milleswirlie”. The lemon curd has a nice hit of tartness this morning too. Overall pleased with this recipe. I’ve made blueberry and cinnamon versions of these previously.

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Breakfast/Brunch, Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Banoffee Waffles: Banana Cream, Salted Caramel + Toffee Crunch

One more stop on the Banana ingredient in this little ingredient game that we are up to this winter: Banoffee Waffles, with Banana Cream, Salted Caramel + Toffee Crunch. I hadn’t actually intended to make these — I thought maybe Banoffee Doughnuts, but then I didn’t want to wait for yeast to do it’s thing so I went with these instead. They are sweet — between the pudding cream layer, the salted caramel and the toffee bits, this will definitely send you to sugar overload. I even intentionally made the waffles and whipped cream fairly neutral to cut the sweetness. Maybe better as a dessert than a breakfast thing. They are delicious, just very sweet, so if that is your thing…

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Cookies, Sweet Snacks

Browned Butter White Chocolate Banana Oatmeal Cookies

I was skeptical of these cookies. I’ve never thought to even make banana-styled cookies before and none of the recipes that I had found in my cookbooks (very few) or online (lots, but many a little questionable) really inspired me. But then I found these…. Browned butter, oatmeal, bananas. Might even be a little healthy if it weren’t for the two sticks of butter! And they do not disappoint. The flat spells like banana bread on overdrive and they turned out great. Fluffy, moist, not overly sweet although there is a fair amount of sugar. Makes about 75 cookies, so you can halve the recipe if you need less of them.

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