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Berry Slab Pie

Posted on August 20, 2019

Where does the time go? One day I'm trying on shorts in preparation for the first day of summer and the next I'm testing recipes for pumpkin cakes and pecan pies. Although I'm usually ready for the coming season, these past few months have been an absolute blur. With the end of summer just around the corner, I say we look the other way and keep noshing on berry-flavored treats and frozen citrus cocktails. Does that sound good? Cool! Then a berry slab pie is coming your way.I love a slab pie for a number of reasons. There's no better way to feed a crowd with a load of sweet summer produce than with a sheet pan pie that can easily be sliced for guests. Here, with three types of berries and an all-butter crust courtesy of Kerrygold, this berry slab pie is a crowd pleaser that is perfect for...

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Cherry Pound Cake and a Cute Breakfast Picnic

Posted on August 13, 2019

by Kate

Berry Pound Cake recipe by wood and spoon. a vanilla bean butter cake is swirled with Bonne Maman intense fruit spread. Similar to a jam cake, this bundt cake is perfect for slicing as dessert or breakfast and makes a great gift to treat others with. Find this simple easy one bowl recipe on thewoodandspoon.com by Kate Wood.

Happy Wednesday, friends! In a fun and tasty shoutout to these end-of-summer days, I’ve teamed up with Bonne Maman to give you the ins and outs of throwing the cutest little picnic this side of the Mississippi. If you’ve got some pals who will join in and a hankering to eat al fresco, then keep reading and whet your tastebuds for a super simple picnic and a cherry pound cake to go with it.Location Location for a picnic, particularly here in the South, is everything. Will people show up to your mid-day picnic if there is no shade or breeze to be found? Probably. But do you risk early departures and sweaty guests? Also a yes. Scope out a location that will be comfortable for your guests at the time of picnic and be sure to pack accordingly. For example, planning an early evening cocktail picnic? Bring bug spray or a...

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Cherry Almond Galette

Posted on August 8, 2019

by Kate

Cherry Almond Galette by Wood and Spoon. This is an all-butter pie crust filled with seasonal rainier and dark cherries and an almond meal frangipane filing. Top with ice cream and serve wedge slices as a summer dessert perfect for picnics and parties. Find more about this simple pie recipe on thewoodandspoon.com

Can I be completely transparent? I've been sitting at my computer for 30 minutes typing and erasing words I think I want to share with you. I keep grasping at thoughts that I'd ordinarily be able to blab about incessantly, but for some reason I'm unable to explain it in a way that makes sense. Call it writer's block or call it Mommy brain, but I'll just go ahead and chalk it up to a whole bunch of feels that are hard to put to words. Here's where it all started:I made this cherry almond galette with my daughter. Always the kitchen helper, Aimee recently discovered how much fun the cherry coring tool was. She perched herself on a kitchen stool and plucked stems off of glossy Rainiers while I punched the pits out of the fruit and into the trash. Eventually, she convinced me to let her take over,...

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Jamocha Popsicles (& Introducing Baby Charlie!)

Posted on August 2, 2019

by Kate

Jamocha Popsicles by wood and spoon blog. Coffee mocha chocolate popsicles with a magic chocolate candy shell. these frozen treats taste like the cream Arby's milkshake copycat and are studded with cacao nibs and cookie crumbs. Find the recipe for this caffeinated homemade treat on thewoodandspoon.com

Popsicles and babies. Two of the world's cutest // nom-able things. Of course I'm excited to share a new recipe for jamocha popsicles with you today, but can we just slow clap for the cuteness that is my newborn bun from the oven? A month ago we welcomed a baby boy into the world, and it fills my heart to no end to be able to introduce you to the healthy, happy snuggler that I get to call my own. Thank you in advance for letting me Mom all over this blog for a minute before we dive into the chocolate/ coffee/popsicle situation.To start the story, let's go back. Like, 500 years back to the end of January. I was about 20 weeks pregnant, we were gearing up for #MonthofChocolate on this site, and Brett and I were on the verge of hosting a gender reveal for our third baby. Remember...

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Blueberry Babka

Posted on July 30, 2019

by Kate

Blueberry Babka recipe by Wood and Spoon. This is a butter filled braided yeast loaf filled with a blueberry lemon and cinnamon swirl jam. The loaves are twisted and bake into wonderful toasting bread. Find the recipe for this fresh summer baked good on thewoodandspoon.com by Kate Wood

Happy Monday from our sleepy, milky corner of Alabama. I promise I am planning on giving the real-deal scoop on our new little Charlie guy ASAP, but because I'm not sure if anything I'm typing is even coherent (Is it? Am I still sane? Do you guys still love me?), I'll skip the mumbo jumbo and go head-first into today's baked good of choice: blueberry babka.There's a number of reasons I love this blueberry babka. First, have you ever made bread? Like, a real yeast-risen bread loaded with butter and swirled with fruit filling? It's a good choice. This blueberry babka is tender, mildly flavored, and makes some of the best dang buttered toasts your breakfasts will have ever experienced. My kids are huge on the toast bandwagon these days and I love being able to offer something new and homemade that feels special. This blueberry babka is just the...

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Blueberry Mascarpone Ice Cream

Posted on July 22, 2019

by Kate

Blueberry Mascarpone Ice Cream this is a frozen dessert adapted from Daniel Humm made with mascarpone cheese and vanilla bean. There is a biscoff cookie (speculoos cookie butter) crumb and a blueberry sauce swirled throughout to give this ice cream a berry crisp flavor. Find the recipe for this ice cream machine recipe and learn how to make it homemade on thewoodandspoon.com

We're totally in it- the thick of summer. A time for short shorts and frozen beverages. The days that smell like coconut sunscreen and salty hair. We've been indoor cats this summer, spending most of our daylight hours swaddling our new little babe in muslin and morning light, but that doesn't mean that we can't enjoy some of the best these months have to offer. In an effort to settle into the summer spirit, I've made a super tasty frozen treat that I think captures summer flavors at their finest: blueberry mascarpone ice cream. Let's dive in.Ice cream is always a favorite of mine. I love the variety of flavors and textures you can achieve and adore having a dessert that keeps in the freezer. Here, a creamy and mild vanilla mascarpone base is swirled with a quick stovetop blueberry sauce and little crumbles of Biscoff cookies. The end result...

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Chocolate Caramel Pecan Tarts

Posted on July 18, 2019

by Kate

Chocolate Caramel Pecan Tarts by Wood and Spoon blog. These are pecan graham cracker crusted mini tartlets filled with a dark chocolate ganache, a salted caramel sauce, whipped cream, and toasted pecans. THe recipe makes 4 mini desserts fun for parties and are a rich sweet and salty treat for all year round. Almost no bake and simple to make! Find the recipe on thewoodandspoon.com

Greetings to you all from baby land! We're two weeks in with our new little guy, and I'm thrilled (read: shocked! amazed! perplexed!) to tell you that we're actually doing so well. I'm not sure what I anticipated this time to be like, but we've had such an outpouring of love and support that this transition has been mind-blowingly sweet. Here in the South, people go all out when you have a baby. There's gifts and baby snuggling and offers to babysit the bigger kids, of course, but hands down my very favorite perk (outside of the baby itself, duh) is all of the food people bring you. Casseroles, baked goods, snacky treats, and booze show up at your door more frequently than the UPS guy on Amazon Prime delivery day. People bring you lasagnas and pot pies and tossed salads like your milk production depends on it, and this...

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Berry Slab Pie

Cherry Pound Cake and a Cute Breakfast Picnic

Cherry Almond Galette

Jamocha Popsicles (& Introducing Baby Charlie!)

Blueberry Babka

Blueberry Mascarpone Ice Cream

Chocolate Caramel Pecan Tarts

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