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Maple Glazed Pumpkin Bread Bites

October 16, 2014
Story By: Mandy Kellogg Rye
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This time of year I bake pumpkin bread at least a dozen times.  Traditional pumpkin bread, chocolate pumpkin bread, mini pumpkin bread loaves, you name it I’ve baked it.  However, pumpkin bites not so much.  So when I spied this festive cakelet pan from Sur la Table I knew pumpkin bites had to happen.  At first I was worried that the acorn, pumpkin, leaf, and turkey shapes wouldn’t form well, but with a lot of grease in the pan they all came out perfectly on my first try.  And as if these two bite gems weren’t tasty enough on their own I topped them with a warm maple glaze and toasted pecans.  Fall in a bite my Loves, fall in a bite.  Enjoy! Truly, MKR

*Photography, Kathryn McCrary

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Maple Glazed Pumpkin Bread Bites
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Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
25 min
Total Time
1 hr
Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
25 min
Total Time
1 hr
Ingredients
  1. ...For the Bread (you can also use a bread mix if you don't want to make it from scratch)
  2. 1 (15-16 ounce) can unsweetened pumpkin puree
  3. 4 eggs
  4. 1 cup vegetable oil
  5. 2/3 cup water
  6. 3 cups white sugar
  7. 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  8. 2 teaspoons baking soda
  9. 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  10. 1 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  11. 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  12. 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  13. 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
  14. 1 teaspoon allspice
  15. ...For the Frosting
  16. 2 cups confectioners' sugar
  17. 4 tablespoons 2% milk
  18. 2 tablespoons maple syrup
  19. 1 teaspoon maple flavoring
  20. 1/2 cup toasted and chopped pecans (I suggest a much finer chop than shown)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Grease, flour and spray your autumn cakelet pan.
  3. In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water and sugar until well blended.
  4. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, and ginger. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended.
  5. Pour batter into the cakelet pans (1/2-3/4 the way full).
  6. Bake for about 18-20 minutes in the oven, insert toothpick to check for doneness (toothpick will come clean when full baked)
  7. Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pan. Once removed place them on a cooling rack with a cookie sheet underneath.
  8. While the cakelets are cooling make the glaze. Whisk confectioners' sugar, milk, syrup and maple flavoring until smooth and warm in microwave for 20 seconds, (this is optional but I like my glaze just a tad warm if you plan to eat the cakelets right away)
  9. Pour maple glaze over each cakelet, add nuts if desired, let icing harden (or eat immediately).
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Dark Chocolate Ganache Cookie Cake

September 8, 2014
Story By: Mandy Kellogg Rye
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When Bahlsen North America reached out to ask if I’d help celebrate their 125th anniversary with a “Let the Good Times Roll” birthday cake contest I was all in.  I mean who doesn’t love cake?  Plus the only rules were I had to use Bahlsen’s signature rolled cookies (which I’ve had at least 100 times) and the recipe must be easy.  Enter my Dark Chocolate Ganache Cookie Cake.  A richer, than rich chocolate cake complete with mini chocolate chips, layers of Bahlsen cookies, butter cream frosting, and topped with a chocolate ganache frosting.  A recipe that is so, so very easy because you can choose to make it from scratch, or simply add ingredients to store bought cake mix and frosting (recipes and helpful baking tips for both below), plus the ganache topping makes it truly a showstopper.  And I promise you ganache is one of those things that looks impressive and extremely difficult to re-create but is beyond simple.  

Now, lets break out your aprons and let the good times roll!  Happy Birthday Bahlsen!  truly, MKR 

Dark Chocolate Ganache Cookie Cake - From Scratch
Yields 3
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Prep Time
1 hr 30 min
Cook Time
45 min
Total Time
2 hr 15 min
Prep Time
1 hr 30 min
Cook Time
45 min
Total Time
2 hr 15 min
Ingredients
  1. ...For the Cake
  2. 1 package of Bahlsen Dark Chocolate Waffeletten cookies
  3. 2 cups boiling water
  4. 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  5. 1 cup mini chocolate chips
  6. 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  7. 2 teaspoons baking soda
  8. 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  9. 1/2 teaspoon salt
  10. 1 cup butter, softened
  11. 2 1/4 cups white sugar
  12. 4 eggs
  13. 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  14. ...For the Butter Cream Frosting
  15. 1 1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening
  16. 1 1/2 cup (3 sticks) unsalted butter softened
  17. 3 teaspoons clear vanilla extract
  18. 12 cups sifted confectioners' sugar (approximately 1 lb.)
  19. 6 tablespoons milk
  20. ...For the Ganache Topping
  21. 16 ounces high quality semisweet chocolate chips
  22. 1 cup heavy cream
Instructions
  1. ...For the Cake
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  3. Grease 3 - 8 or 9 inch round cake pans.
  4. In medium bowl, pour boiling water over cocoa, and whisk until smooth. Let mixture cool.
  5. Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.
  6. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at time, stir in vanilla.
  7. Add the flour mixture with the cocoa mixture. Spread batter evenly between the 3 prepared pans and sprinkle mini chocolate chips in each pan.
  8. Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes.
  9. While cake bakes crumble your Bhalsen cookies and set aside.
  10. Allow to completely cool before leveling and frosting, you can even allow them to cool overnight.
  11. ...For the Butter Cream Frosting
  12. In large bowl, beat shortening and butter with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla.
  13. Gradually add sugar, one cup at a time, beating well on medium speed. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl often.
  14. Gradually add milk; beat at medium speed until light and fluffy.
  15. ...For the Ganache Topping **begin making this once cake is chilling in the refrigerator**
  16. Cook the chocolate chips and heavy cream in the top of a double boiler over simmering water until smooth and warm, stirring occasionally.
  17. ...Build your Cake
  18. You can make the cake 2 or 3 layers, it's completely up to you.
  19. Level each cake using a cake leveler or large knife. Simply place your hand on top of the cake and cut the top, rounded layer off to make it flat and thinner.
  20. Place your first layer on a cake plate and frost the top with a thin layer of buttercream, add a layer of cookie crumble. Continue with the second, and third layer if desired. Do not add cookie crumble to the top layer.
  21. Once cake is assembled add remaining frosting to the top and begin frosting the entire cake until the entire top and sides are frosted.
  22. Place in refrigerator to chill for 20-30 minutes.
  23. Remove and pour ganache on the top of the cake allowing it to drip down the sides. Add remaining cookie crumble, serve immediately.
Notes
  1. *The easiest way to grease a cake pan is by using a napkin.
  2. *Using an actual cake leveler is the easiest and most accurate way to even out your cakes, however if you do not have a cake leveler simply use a bread knife.
  3. *When frosting a cake you want to make sure your frosting is a light and fluffy as possible. Begin with all of the frosting on top and then slowly move the frosting over the top of the cake, and down the sides. Using an icing spatula continue to frost the sides of the cake.
  4. *For the messy, lined icing look as seen on my cake simply take a think icing spatula and run it all around the cake lightly to form parallel lines. A cake turntable makes this extremely easy.
  5. *Instead of a double boiler I used a Candy/Chocolate Melting Pot to make the Ganache Topping
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Dark Chocolate Ganache Cookie Cake - From Boxed Mix
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Prep Time
1 hr
Cook Time
45 min
Total Time
1 hr 45 min
Prep Time
1 hr
Cook Time
45 min
Total Time
1 hr 45 min
Ingredients
  1. ...For the Cake
  2. 1 package of Bahlsen Dark Chocolate Waffeletten cookies
  3. 1 Dark Chocolate Cake Mix for a double layer cake, 2 Dark Chocolate Cake Mixes for a triple layer cake and all of the suggested ingredients on the box (eggs, oil, and water)
  4. 1 cup mini chocolate chips
  5. 3-4 jars of Butter Cream Frosting
  6. ...For the Ganache Topping
  7. 16 ounces high quality semisweet chocolate chips
  8. 1 cup heavy cream
Instructions
  1. ...For the Cake
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  3. Grease 3 - 8 or 9 inch round cake pans.
  4. Follow cake mix directions to make batter
  5. Spread batter evenly between the 3 prepared pans and sprinkle mini chocolate chips in each pan.
  6. Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes.
  7. While cake bakes crumble your Bhalsen cookies and set aside.
  8. Allow to completely cool before leveling and frosting, you can even allow them to cool overnight.
  9. For the Ganache Topping **begin making this once your cake is chilling in the refrigerator**
  10. Cook the chocolate chips and heavy cream in the top of a double boiler over simmering water until smooth and warm, stirring occasionally.
  11. ...Build your Cake
  12. You can make the cake 2 or 3 layers, it's completely up to you.
  13. Level each cake using a cake leveler or large knife. Simply place your hand on top of the cake and cut the top, rounded layer off to make it flat and thinner.
  14. Place your first layer on a cake plate and frost the top with a thin layer of buttercream, add a layer of cookie crumble. Continue with the second, and third layer if desired. Do not add cookie crumble to the top layer.
  15. Once cake is assembled add remaining frosting to the top and begin frosting the entire cake until the entire top and sides are frosted.
  16. Place in refrigerator to chill for 20-30 minutes.
  17. Remove and pour ganache on the top of the cake allowing it to drip down the sides. Add remaining cookie crumble, serve immediately.
Notes
  1. *The easiest way to grease a cake pan is by using a napkin.
  2. *Using an actual cake leveler is the easiest and most accurate way to even out your cakes, however if you do not have a cake leveler simply use a bread knife.
  3. *When frosting a cake you want to make sure your frosting is a light and fluffy as possible. Begin with all of the frosting on top and then slowly move the frosting over the top of the cake, and down the sides. Using an icing spatula continue to frost the sides of the cake.
  4. *For the messy, lined icing look as seen on my cake simply take a think icing spatula and run it all around the cake lightly to form parallel lines. A cake turntable makes this extremely easy.
  5. *Instead of a double boiler I used a Candy/Chocolate Melting Pot to make the Ganache Topping
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**All images original to Waiting On Martha.  This post was sponsored by Bahlsen North America, a brand I love and order.  Recipe and opinions are 100% my own.

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Rustic Georgia Peach Hand Pies

August 18, 2014
Story By: Mandy Kellogg Rye
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A little birdy told me it was National Peach Month and living in the land of peaches, well I just had to whip something up.  So with a fresh bushel in hand and plenty of pie crust I had made the night before I thought what’s better than homemade Georgia peach hand pies?  We all know I love hand pies as proven by THIS recipe (they’re just so dang easy and transportable), I thought lets give it another go.  I’ll probably have to officially retire hand pies now (though I feel a savory one coming for fall), but it was worth the repeat to nosh all Sunday on these delicious little pies (cinnamon is the secret my friends).  Oh, and while we’re feeling all peachy, may I suggest washing your hand pie down with one of THESE?  truly, MKR

*Silpat Mat, Martha Stewart for Macys  ||  Striped Napkins, Sur La Table  ||  Cookie Sheets, Calphalon  ||  Fluted Pastry Wheel, Williams Sonoma

Rustic Peach Hand Pies
Yields 8
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Prep Time
3 hr 30 min
Cook Time
20 min
Total Time
3 hr 50 min
Prep Time
3 hr 30 min
Cook Time
20 min
Total Time
3 hr 50 min
Ingredients
  1. FOR THE DOUGH
  2. 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), plus more for rolling dough
  3. 1 teaspoon salt
  4. 1 teaspoon sugar
  5. 16 tablespoons (2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
  6. 4 tablespoons ice water, plus 4 more, if needed
  7. FOR THE FILLING
  8. 6-8 fresh, soft peaches (enough for 4 cups peach mixture)
  9. 2 tablespoons sugar
  10. 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  11. 1 tablespoon cinnamon
  12. 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  13. heart shaped cookie cutter
  14. FOR THE EGG WASH
  15. 1 egg
  16. 2-3 tablespoons of water
Instructions
  1. FOR THE CRUST
  2. In a food processor, pulse flour, salt, and sugar several times to combine. Add butter. Pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal, with just a few pea-size pieces remaining.
  3. Sprinkle with 4 tablespoons ice water. Pulse until dough is crumbly but holds together when squeezed with fingers (if needed, add up to 4 tablespoons more ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time). Do not overprocess.
  4. Turn dough out onto a work surface; form dough into two 3/4-inch-thick disk. Wrap tightly in plastic, and refrigerate until firm, at least 1 hour.
  5. About 15 minutes before the dough is ready to be removed from the refrigerator pre heat oven to 400 degrees.
  6. FOR THE FILLING
  7. Wash and remove skin from peaches, cut and dice into small squares and place into a large mixing bowl.
  8. Add 2 tablespoons of sugar, 1 tablespoon of brown sugar, 1 tablespoon of cinnamon, and the juice of 1/2 a lemon. Mix and set aside.
  9. Unwrap your pie dough; place on a large piece of floured waxed paper or floured surface. Roll dough into two 14-inch rounds. Using your fluted pastry cutter cut out squares and place half of them on to a lined cookie sheet.
  10. Scoop approximately 2 tablespoons of peach mixture and place on to cut pie dough. Place another piece of pie dough on top creating a complete hand pie and gently press down the sides. Using a fork moving all around the border and press down to create a crease and seal your pies. Repeat until there are no more squares left.
  11. Beat egg and 2 tablespoons of water in a bowl, and brush each pie completely with the mixture. Sprinkle sanding sugar on top of each and cut an X in the top allowing steam to release.
  12. Bake 18-20 minutes or until pies turn a golden brown.
  13. Let cool 5 minutes before devouring.
Notes
  1. **If from scratch dough isn't your thing feel free to buy store bought!
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