Glazed Pumpkin Donuts

Fluffy yeasted donuts made with pumpkin puree and pumpkin spice. Dipped in a pumpkin spice vanilla glaze.

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Brown Butter Cinnamon Rolls

Cinnamon rolls elevated in all the ways: a buttermilk dough that uses the tangzhong method to make it soft and fluffy, a cinnamon filling made more flavorful with nutty brown butter and covered with a brown butter cream cheese icing to round out for the perfect roll.

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  • Apple Butter Cinnamon Rolls

    Super soft and gooey cinnamon rolls that taste like apple! Made with a tangzhong base, an apple butter flavored dough, and a spiced apple butter and cinnamon filling and a vanilla bean glaze on top.
  • Apple Butter Cookies

    Chewy cookies that taste like apple; made with apple butter, freeze dried apples, apple pie spices and browned butter.
  • Black Cocoa S’mores Cookies

    Chewy black cocoa cookies filled with either caramel or peanut butter and topped with marshmallow fluff. The smoky deep flavor of black cocoa pairs wonderfully with the vanilla marshmallow - filling is baker's choice!
  • Black Cocoa Iced Gems

    Crispy, smoky black cocoa cookies topped with a crispy vanilla rosette. This recipe is a black spin on the colorful british iced gems.
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Apple Cider Cheesecake

A cheesecake for fall (that isn't pumpkin!): this wonderfully creamy cheesecake is made with reduced fresh apple cider which gives it a tangy, tart and most autumn-like apple flavor.  
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hi, i’m sam =)

  • Welcome to my trove of innovative baking recipes. Some are easy but impressively flavorful, and many are for those who who enjoy being kitchen, find the step by step baking processes meditative and want to produce something exquisite.
  • I hope to assist you in making yummy desserts and bakes, but also instill in every home baker a sense of pride what you can create with just two hands.
  • The knowledges shared here is the result of two decades of baking experience. Each recipe published has undergone multiple testing rounds and was finalized with attention to every 10 grams of flour. I want you to be successful in replicating everything you see on this blog and do my best to get you there.
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