As temperatures drop, the desire to heat up the oven and start baking rises. From muffins and scones to pies, cakes and bread, these five recipes are hard to resist.
Chef Bryan Bennett creates these portable pies to serve out of his food truck, which specializes in barbecue and burgers. The sweet-salty-smoky combination of applewood-smoked bacon with classic pecan pie ingredients is drizzled with a buttery sea salt caramel sauce.
Photo courtesy of Pacific Northwest Canned Pear Service
Pear Ginger Scones
Serve these on a breakfast buffet or as afternoon snacks to customers looking for a scone variation that fits the season. The fruit and ginger pairing imparts a little sweet heat to a typically mellow baked good.
Chef Cristina Gonzalez updates the classic corn muffin by incorporating corn kernels and walnuts in the batter. It’s a twist that expands the muffin into any meal occasion—breakfast, snack or an accompaniment to a lunchtime bowl of soup or a chicken dinner.
Fill the kitchen with fall aromas with this house-baked monkey bread, flavored with cinnamon, ginger and brown sugar. Pastry chef Sally Camacho adds mango puree to the yeast-raised dough for a tropical twist, and the gooey caramel bottoms deliver on a sticky bun-like experience.
Photo courtesy of Washington Red Raspberry Commission
Lemon Raspberry Coffee Cake
Chef Leslie Mackie puts a new spin on classic Bundt or coffee cake with the tart-sweet flavor combination of lemon and raspberries. Frozen red raspberries, available year-round, make it possible to bake and serve this cake in any season.
With winter and the holiday season right around the corner, there’s a variety of ways to engage diners in the coming weeks. From Christmas and Hannukah to National Hot Chocolate Day, here are 6 Marketing ideas for the month of December.
