Lavender Biscotti

Lavender Biscotti

After making the lavender shortbread a few months ago, I was inspired to use edible lavender more often.

Recipes like honey lavender ice cream and honey lavender creme brûlée were calling my name for weeks.

Once I finally got around to making something I settled on lavender biscotti.

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I must admit, I was a bit underwhelmed by the thought of a lavender biscotti – but this recipe surprised me.

The biscotti are floral but not overwhelming. I also used organic turbinado sugar and organic coconut oil to make the biscotti softer and more like a cookie.

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If you have never used lavender in any baked goods I recommend giving it a try! The lavender buds are pretty, smell good and add lovely purple flecks to your recipes.

You can find out where to buy edible lavender buds here!

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White and Dark Chocolate Deep Dish Cookies {Guest Post from Big Bear’s Wife}

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Hello everyone! Today is my final guest poster, Angie of Big Bear’s Wife.

I first met Angie when I was assigned her blog for one of the Secret Recipe Club swaps. I made her homemade pop tarts and loved them. I can’t believe that was a year ago!

 White and Dark Chocolate Deep Dish Cookies {Guest Post from Big Bears Wife}

For her guest post today she created a recipe for what looks like one of the most sinful cookies ever…deep dish cookies.

Have you ever had a deep dish cookie? I know I haven’t, but her combo of white and dark chocolate is enough to make me want to drive to the store today! [Read more...]

Raspberry Hand Pies {Guest Post from Krissy’s Creations}

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Hi friends! Today I have my friend Krissy sharing her raspberry hand pies – enjoy!

Hello BigFatBaker Readers!  I’m Krissy over from Krissy’s Creations food blog where I blog about my passion for baking and cooking and share fun, creative, and homemade recipes.  I am so honored to be Guest Posting for Erin!

I first met Erin when we started developing our Milk Bar Mondays.  But even before that moment I knew about BigFatBaker.  I actually visited it frequently and made many of Erin’s recipes. Her recipes are always delicious and a huge hit with my family and friends!

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I wanted to bake up something special for you and Erin so I made these Raspberry Hand Pies.  They are individual, hand-held, mini pies, filled with fresh raspberries and raspberry preserves.

They are made with my favorite, homemade pie crust recipe.  It’s flaky, buttery, and holds together perfectly.

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These hand pies are a great alternative to making a full pie.  You don’t have to worry about slicing and serving the pie, and people love being able to have their own little hand-held pie.

Thank you SO much Erin for having me today!  I hope you all enjoy my Raspberry Hand Pies!

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Vegan Rocky Road Cake {Guest Post from Gormandize with A-dizzle & K-bobo}

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Hello everyone! Today I have my friend Keely of Gormandize with A-dizzle & K-bobo – enjoy!

I’ve been blogging for exactly one year this month. It’s been a great experience thus far and I’m learning loads as I go.

Like most bloggers I started off with some recipes which had really dodgy photos and this vague idea that maybe my blog could be awesomely successful without me putting that much effort into it.

More than a hundred recipes, a new camera and hours of work later, I’ve managed to build my blog into something that I’m really happy with and proud of.

But the best thing I discovered about blogging was the unexpected friendships that sprung out of it with other bloggers.

It has been wonderful to connect with other food lovers all over the world and have fun exploring food with your new friends. One such friend I have been happy to make is Erin from BigFatBaker, and I was very happy when she asked me to write a guest post for her.

cake Vegan Rocky Road Cake {Guest Post from Gormandize with A dizzle & K bobo}

This cake is one that I made for my mother’s birthday recently, and it was a creation I just had always wanted to try. You may notice that my rocky road contains absolutely no marshmallows. There are two main reasons for this:

  1. Marshmallow are a cheap way to fill out rocky road so that you don’t have to put in so much of the decadent and luscious ingredients
  2. Marshmallows are made from gelatine – which is made from boiling up all the skin, crushed bones, connective tissues, organs and sometimes intestines of slaughtered animals. Now, I’m a vegan, but that aside, I don’t know who would really want to put that in their bodies!

One other quick thing before getting to the delicious point! If you wanted to make this cake even better I would recommend doubling the quantity of the rocky road topping and using it as the filling in the layer cake as well – just to make it extra rocky! [Read more...]

Green Chile and Apple Cobbler {Guest Post from Juanita’s Cocina}

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Hello everyone! Today I have Jen from Juanita’s Cocina – enjoy!

Hi! I’m Jen from Juanita’s Cocina! I was so excited when Erin asked if I would do a guest post on her blog while she went on vacation! Since I can’t go with her, I figure this is probably the next best thing…since I get to eat all of the sweets I make for “her”!

Erin is one of the first bloggers I began following when I started blogging 5 months ago. I think she’s an amazing and inspiring baker, but beyond that, she is super sweet. And she just so happens to be the hostess with the mostest of my favorite blog group, The Holiday Recipe Club. How can you not adore someone who uses every holiday as an excuse to make delicious food? You can’t!

I couldn’t make just any ‘ol thing for Erin. It had to be something delicious, different, and drool-worthy.

When I began searching through all of the desserts I’ve been wanting to try, this recipe for Green Chile and Apple Cobbler from The Homesick Texan kept catching my eye. Green chiles in dessert? How could I not try it?

BFB8 Green Chile and Apple Cobbler {Guest Post from Juanitas Cocina}

I am so glad I listened to my hungry gut. Because this is one of the most amazing desserts I’ve made in…well, in just about forever. The chiles bring a great smokiness to an otherwise boring apple cobbler. There’s just a *hint* of spice, which compliments the mild sweetness of this cobbler perfectly.

I hope you’re as excited about this dish as I was when I first saw it. Of course, I was downright amazed once I tasted it.

I swore up and down that I’d send some of the extra to Erin, but oops. We polished this off pretty quick. She’s on vacation anyways, so hopefully she’s having a good enough time that she won’t even know… [Read more...]

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