This bread is addictive! Luke and I went to a local sugar house to get the maple syrup that goes into this bread. Sticky Buns are just the perfect dessert to have on a cold day.
Ingredients:
- Active dry yeast: 1 packet
- Sugar: 1 tbsp
- Warm water: 1/4 cup
- Sugar: 1/3 cup
- Eggs: 2
- Apple sauce: 1/3 cup
- Nonfat plain yogurt: 1/2 cup
- Salt: 1 tsp
- Bread flour: 3 1/2 cups
Maple Topping:
- Maple syrup: 1/2 cup
- Brown sugar: 1/3 cup
- Apple sauce: 1/3 cup
- Salt: 1/4 tsp
- Chopped pecans: 1 cup
Pecan nut filling:
- Brown sugar: 1 cup
- Chopped pecans: 1 cup
- Apple sauce: 3 tbsp
Directions:
- Mix the yeast, warm water, and 1 tbsp sugar together and let it sit
- Mix the rest of the sugar, eggs, yogurt, salt, and apple sauce together and add it to the yeast mixture
- Stir in the flour half cup at a time until a dough forms
- Work the dough for about 10 min until the dough is smooth and no longer sticky
- Let the dough rise in a warm place until it double in size
- Punch the dough down and roll it out into a rectangle, about 1/4 inch thick
- Spread the pecan nut filling evenly and roll the dough from the long side of the rectangle
- Cut the roll into 12 equal pieces
- Place the maple pecan topping into a thick baking pan and then place the roll pieces cut side down
- Let it rise until double in size
- Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes, serve warm
H Mart in Burlington sells these amazing cakes that are so cute and so delicious. I have been wanting a cake from there ever since the bakery opened last year. Luke called and ordered me a cake from there for my birthday! It was delicious!
I’ve had this bag of green lentil I bought from Whole Foods for a while now and finally got to make something out of it. Originally I thought lentils are hard to cook, as in it takes a long time to cook it. After doing some research online, I found that the trick is to soak the lentils before cooking. The cooking time for this recipe is only about 25 minutes.
Ingredients:
- Green lentils: 2 cups
- Curry powder: 1 tbsp
- Turmeric: 1 tsp
- Cumin: 1 tsp
- Chili powder: 1 tsp
- Salt: 1 tsp
- Garlic: 1 tbsp
- Chickpeas: 1 can
- Diced tomatoes: 1 can
Directions:
- Soak the green lentils in water for at least 3 hours
- Drain the water and add all the above ingredients
- Fill the pot with water enough to cover everything in the pot
- Cook for about 25 minutes until lentils are soft and enjoy!
What to do on a rainy weekend? Bake up some biscotti and sit on the couch with a cup of hot chocolate of course! This recipe uses Nasoya Silken Style Creations to replace the eggs so it is a vegan biscotti recipe.
Ingredients:
- Flour: 2 cups
- Fine yellow cornmeal: 3/4 cup
- Baking powder: 1.5 tsp
- Sliced almonds: 1/4 cup
- Salt: 1 tsp
- Nasoya Vanilla Silken Style Creations: 1 cup
- Orange zest: 1 orange’s zest or at least 1 tbsp
- Maple syrup: 1/4 cup
Directions:
- Combine everything together except the maple syrup
- Form the dough into 2 loaves, about 4 inches wide and 10 inches long
- Bake the dough for 35 minutes at 350 degrees
- Take out the dough and slice the cookie diagonally
- Put the individual slices cut side down on the cookie sheet and bake again for 20 min
- After the cookies cool down, use a pastry brush and brush one side of each cookie with maple syrup and enjoy
