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Honey Cake with Figs and Whipped Cream Cheese

Posted on August 27, 2018

The other day, my mom and I were talking about this blog and how things had been going. She mentioned that she had noticed there hadn't been as much narrative attached to the recipes, and after some consideration, I realized she was right. You see, from day one this site has not existed merely to fill bowls and spoons with calorie-packed cakes and frosting-swirled treats. I wanted Wood and Spoon to be a place where people could come to nourish their bellies but also their hearts too. It's safe to say that this blog will never have the easiest recipes, the best shortcuts, or be regarded as the premier resource for baking how-to's, but I'll be damned if you leave these pages feeling anything less than encouraged and inspired to create in your own homes. In our weird sort of internet kind of way, I want us to be friends...

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Peaches and Cream Biscuits

Posted on August 21, 2018

by Kate

Peaches and Cream Biscuits by Wood and Spoon blog. These are buttermilk biscuits with a juicy layer of fresh peaches baked right in the center! Fresh peaches are cooked quickly with brown sugar and cinnamon and layered in between two pieces of biscuit dough. They're baked until golden and then drizzled with a gooey cream cheese glaze, perfect for breakfast, brunch, or dessert. Find the recipe at thewoodandspoon.com by Kate Wood

I guess I drank the Kool-Aid.For years after moving to Alabama, I enjoyed the South but never really identified myself as a Southerner. I bought cowboy boots, listened to Keith Urban, and picked up a preference for bourbon, all along thinking that I was merely a spectator enjoying the best of what Southern culture had to offer. Even after marrying and moving with my husband to the seriously deep-South town of Selma, AL, I still felt a little like a Yankee on an extended vacation. Somewhere over the course of the past 10 years, I drank the Kool-Aid. I fell in love with sweet tea and grits and banana pudding. I grew accustomed to barefoot toddlers that called me "Ma'am" and spoke with a drawl. And I especially loved the warmth of the people, the significance of a supper table here, and the fact that this is a place where manners...

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Roasted Summer Vegetable Quiche

Posted on August 15, 2018

by Kate

Roasted Summer Vegetable Quiche by Wood and Spoon blog. This is an all-butter pie crust filled with a cheesy quiche! Milk, parmesan, and cheddar are the dairy and fresh cooked vegetables and herbs are the filling. What to do with leftover vegetables and meat? Chop it and bake into this wonderful quiche! Sausage, chicken, bacon, or other vegetables would be a welcome addition for this dish that is great for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner. Find the recipe and how to on thewoodandspoon.com by Kate Wood. recipe

Today's recipe is a roasted summer vegetable quiche, also known as your new throw-all-your-leftovers-into-a-one-dish meal. This is the no-frills, adapt-as-you-wish type of dish that you can enjoy as breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Truly, if it gets any simpler than this, I don't want to know.This roasted summer vegetable quiche came out of a desire to use up all of my fresh produce. All summer long we have subscribed to a farmer's market basket, and as a result, our fridge has been stocked with some seriously random (albeit delicious) produce. Some weeks I'd have a baby eggplant, a bag of okra, a handful of greens, and a pint of tomatoes. Other weeks they'd deliver me a Ziploc full of banana peppers, three giant zucchini, and fresh oregano. At the end of the week, I'd scrape together all the leftovers in my fridge and scour the Internet for a clue on what...

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Toffee Espresso Chocolate Chip Cookies

Posted on August 9, 2018

by Kate

Toffee Espresso Chocolate Chip Cookies by Wood and Spoon blog. These dark chocolate chunk cookies are scented with coffee flavors and bits of toffee. Each bite is chewy with puddles of chocolate throughout. The toffee adds a bit of caramel sweetness to every bite. You can make this dough ahead, freeze it, or eat right away. Best served with a sprinkle of sea salt. Try this easy back to school cookie on thewoodandspoon.com by Kate wood

Give me coffee in any form. I'll take it in my mug, in my cake, heck, even in a cheap candle from TJ Maxx. Today though, we're soaking up all that deliciously cozy caffeine in some seriously decadent toffee espresso chocolate chip cookies. Can you even stand these? No, they're not some elegant, three-tiered cake or some fancy French pastry. These cookies don't have intricately piped details or hand-painted frosting on them, but I'll tell you what- they are good. A treat like these toffee espresso chocolate chip cookies is the type of old standby recipe that you can keep in your back pocket and revisit again and again and again, because honestly, stuff like this doesn't go out of style. It's always delicious.The inspiration for these cookies came from a favorite Ben and Jerry's ice cream that I used to buy. Although my diehard number one draft pick was always...

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Banana Cream Pie Cake

Posted on August 3, 2018

by Kate

Banana Cream Pie Cake by Wood and Spoon blog. This. recipe is a fluffy white sponge cake topped with a vanilla pudding pastry cream, fresh bananas, and whipped cream! Finishes with a sprinkle of nuts, this cake is all your favorite pie flavors rolled into a sheet cake! Serves a crowd and semi make ahead too! Learn more about this southern cake on thewoodandspoon.com

Sometimes it just needs to feel like home. I love to prepare new foods. People always ask me if I have favorite recipes that I reach for time and time again, but the truth is that I'm usually so excited to try something new that I often forget to save time (and stomach space) for the flavors and recipes that I loved in the past. Particularly as it pertains to baking, I regularly find myself so inspired by the treats I see sprinkled all over magazine pages and the internet that it's all I can do to stay on track enough to revisit older cakes, pies, and cookies that I've made before.Still, there are times that you just want a recipe that feels like home. Those comfort food recipes, the ones that taste like you're eating them off of your Nana's plates or in the company of your Mom and Dad,...

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Blueberry Brioche

Posted on July 29, 2018

by Kate

Blueberry Brioche recipe by Wood and Spoon blog. This is a recipe for two yeast loaves of brioche made with butter, egg, and a smidge of sugar. The fluffy white bread is studded with blueberries and seasoned with cinnamon. Each loaf has an optional crumble topping for extra sweet and salty in each bite. Learn how to fold and create this beautiful homemade breakfast treat here at thewoodandspoon.com by Kate Wood.

Happy Sunday, you baking fools. If the day of rest has you hankering seasonally appropriate yeast breads and some light morning reading, you have come to the right place! I have your weekend round-up of things to eat, wear, and read, plus a blueberry brioche that just might be the baking challenge your week needs. Let's get started!Bon Appetit's Take on The Bachelorette You don't have to be an avid viewer of "The Bachelorette" to know that these people rarely eat on camera. Do they over-imbibe? Yes. Do they engage in childish antics? For sure. Do they get way too dressed for a cocktail party in their living room? 100%. But I absolutely love this list of food not eaten during the last part of Becca's season. And PS, I'm totally making eyes at the bundt cake on Colton's dining room table. A French Woman's Guide to Success in Food It's no secret...

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No-Churn Sugar Cookie Ice Cream

Posted on July 23, 2018

by Kate

No-Churn Sugar Cookie Ice Cream Recipe. This is a simple frozen treat made with whipped cream and sweetened condensed milk. Clear vanilla flavors this birthday cake ice cream and there are chunks of eggless sprinkle sugar cookie dough. This Ice cream tastes like confetti cookie dough! So yummy, fun for kids and parties, and simple to make- no ice cream machine required! Find the recipe and how to on thewoodandspoon.com by Kate wood.

Look, I'm just going to say it: we have it really, really easy these days. In a world full of iPhones and Uber and meal delivery services, I'm pretty sure we've got it made in the shade. Every once in a while, I find myself getting caught up in a bad case of "First World Problems." Though they're merely minor inconveniences that typically pop up when someone has hacked onto my Netflix or my online purchase isn't eligible for free two-day shipping, it does sometimes blow my mind how modernized life has become even the time since I was a kid. Back then we still had to flip our tape cassettes in order to listen to side B. We had to blow into the Nintendo to get it to work. We had to know how to read a paper map when we went anywhere. The world has evolved so much over...

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Honey Cake with Figs and Whipped Cream Cheese

Peaches and Cream Biscuits

Roasted Summer Vegetable Quiche

Toffee Espresso Chocolate Chip Cookies

Banana Cream Pie Cake

Blueberry Brioche

No-Churn Sugar Cookie Ice Cream

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