Kitchen Sink Granola

Hello, hello, hello! I have neglected my blogging duties for a while due to exams, which turned me into a hermit for two weeks. But exams are over and that means the blogging begins again!

English Muffin Bread

To me, making bread is the epitome of home baking.  Plenty of people before me have waxed poetic about the old-fashioned comfort of kneading, the tranquility of waiting for dough to rise, and the satisfaction of eating freshly baked bread that is really unlike any other.  That's all true, so let's leave the lyrical stuff to the poets and just get to the recipe, shall we?  

Pumpkin Pancakes with Cinnamon Brown Butter Spread

What do you do with leftover pumpkin puree?

For me, it's easy.  I turn it into pancakes.

And I think you should too.  And then I think you should stack them high, drizzle drown them with maple syrup and top with a generous pat of cinnamon brown butter spread.  Can I just repeat that last bit? Cinnamon.  Brown.  Butter.  

Yes.

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins

Food photography lesson learnt #1: use natural light.

That was my conclusion a few nights ago after my seventh consecutive rejected photo from Foodgawker and Tastespotting.  This is probably obvious to everyone else out there, but I hadn't realized what a massive difference it made taking a photo of something using natural sunlight and taking a photo of something at night with all the lights on.  Okay, so, I'm an idiot.  (And any photography tips are welcome!)

Going Nutty: Pistachio Muffins

Layout makeover!  I was using a blog skin temporarily just so I could figure out what I wanted this to actually look like.  Hopefully it's easier to navigate now.

There are rhymes in this post.  You have been warned.

So, I have an obsession with pistachios.