If you’ve been working with sourdough starter for a while you might know that most of your favorite bakes can become sourdough discard recipes. Yes, it might sound weird to toss starter into cakes, cookies, or even granola, but it’s…
Homemade Brown Sugar Syrup
Brown sugar syrup has become a festive and special addition to my kitchen. I used to enjoy it only in December at my local coffee shop before I realized I could make it myself with much better ingredients. This syrup…
Autolyse Sourdough for Fluffy, Flavorful Bread
Autolyse sourdough is a bread term I didn’t understand when I first started baking. At the time, it seemed like an unnecessary step that made the whole process take longer unnecessarily. As I made more bread and started to understand…
Wintering or How to Slow Down When Everyone Else is Speeding Up
The Christmas lights are still up, cranberries are finding their way into everything I bake, and I have not started a new rigorous workout program. In fact, I’m trying to do less this year, not more. Of course, I have…
Temperature Blanket Tips, Tricks, and Crochet Pattern
What is a temperature blanket? A temperature blanket is created to record the temperatures of every day of a particular year. It’s typically a crochet project, but can be knitted as well. Each row of stitches reflects the temperature on…
Light and Spreadable Whipped Honey
Whipped Honey is a delicious way to elevate a predictable pantry staple. It makes honey spreadable, light and fluffy to serve with all your favorite baked goods and beyond. I love to spread it on cornbread, scones, a slice of…
My Favorite DIY Christmas Gifts for 2024!
Every year I like to write a blog collecting DIY Christmas gift ideas, recipes, and how-to for Christmas gifts (or any holiday!). I try to include a variety of options for bakers, crafters, skincare junkies, and everybody in between. I’ve…
Immune Boosting Honey Fermented Cranberries
Honey Fermented Cranberries make a delicious treat, snack, or sauce that’s full of seasonal flavor and antioxidants. You can eat them plain to boost your immune system or add herbs and spread onto a crusty piece of sourdough. This recipe…
The Benefits of Using a Shower Filter
In a world where we’re constantly exposed to plastics, chemicals, pollutants, and pharmaceuticals, filtered water is no longer a luxury but a necessity. Last year, after learning about all the nasty things living in our city water, I bought a…
Why You Should Brew Loose Leaf Tea
People have been brewing loose leaf tea for millennia. Like many other things, brewing tea in bags is an invention of modern convenience culture; turning something that was once a soothing ritual into a quick caffeinated cup. I’m sure it…
Flaky and Buttery Sourdough Pie Crust
Sourdough pie crust is one of my favorite things to make from scratch. With little extra effort, it elevates the flavor and texture of your pie, quiche, breakfast pastry, chicken pot pie, or hand pie! Additionally, homemade pie crusts can…
The Art and Science of Homemaking
Everyone is a homemaker If you live somewhere like a house, an apartment, a duplex, with your grandparents, or even in a college dorm, you are a homemaker. Because homemaking is simply cultivating a home. Now, in order to understand…