Cast Iron Chronicles: Lodge Mini Cake Pan

That’s right – that’s a muffin!

I ❤️ muffins, but my muffin pans were getting on my last nerve. They scratched very easily and – worse yet – the last batch of muffins stuck so badly that I tore several trying to get them out. They stuck despite the pans being non-stick (which I don’t care for, anyway) and heavily greased with coconut oil. It was like an oil slick in those muffin cups – nothing should have stuck. And to make matters worse, the pans had become nearly impossible to get completely clean. #$&*!! A new muffin pan was needed.

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Fall Flavors: Easy Baked Cardamom Doughnuts

Cardamom seems to be one of those spices that people either love or hate; I’m of the former camp, of course. I regularly enjoy a generous amount in my coffee, and it’s flat-out fantastic in Scandinavian baked delights like Julekake (cardamom and candied fruit or citron!) and cardamom bread. In baked doughnuts, too, this spice is outstanding.

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No Food Waste: Vegan Pumpkin And Raisin Muffins

This is the second post in a series on how I’m using as much of the pumpkins we carved for Halloween as possible. In my previous post, the Ghostbuster-themed jack o’lanterns’ innards provided delightful roasted pumpkin seeds. With plenty of the stately squash left, I needed to find other ways to use it. So why not a dark, toothsome muffin that utilizes the pumpkin “guts”?

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