Korena in the Kitchen

Bread, Other Baked Goods & Sweets, Recipes

My Favorite Skillet Cornbread

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June 9, 2013

This is the only cornbread I’ve ever made, but it’s so awesome I’ve never felt the need to try another recipe, so it automatically gets the “favorite” label. Plus it’s made in a cast iron skillet, which is my favorite pan.
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Bread, Recipes

Light Brioche Hamburger Buns

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June 6, 2013

Summer is almost here, I can feel it. The first half of May was a big tease, followed by nothing but cold and rainy disappointment, but I have high hopes for June. So far it’s been pretty nice and we’re been doing a lot of barbecuing to take advantage of…
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Cookies & Squares, Recipes

Maple Hazelnut Blondies

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May 31, 2013

While perusing the delicious brownie and blondie offerings from May’s Sourdough Surprises, I realized that I’d never made a blondie, let alone eaten one, and it became clear, based on the delicious recipes I was seeing, that this needed to change as soon as possible. A blondie is essentially a…
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Cakes & Pies, Daring Bakers Challenges, Recipes

Daring Bakers: Prinsesstårta

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May 27, 2013

Korena of Korena in the Kitchen was our May Daring Bakers’ host and she delighted us with this beautiful Swedish Prinsesstårta! Yup, I was the Daring Bakers host this month, and I can’t tell you how much fun I had! I was pretty nervous putting a recipe out there for…
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Recipes, Soups, Sides & Snacks

The Creamiest Hummus

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May 24, 2013

Sometimes you just need a platter full of vegetables and some garlicky hummus to dip them in. It’s been ages since I last made hummus, and I’ve been wanting to try Smitten Kitchen’s secret to making “ethereally smooth hummus“. But I think I was also putting it off, because the…
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Chocolate, Cookies & Squares, Recipes

White Chocolate Raspberry Swirl Brownies {with sourdough!}

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May 20, 2013

Of all the things I imagined making with a sourdough starter, brownies were not one of them. This month Sourdough Surprises showed me otherwise. Silly me.
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Main Dishes, Recipes

Grilled Butterflied Chicken

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May 16, 2013

Butterflied chicken, aka spatchcocked chicken (which is much more fun to say), is one of the items on my list that can now be checked off. Butterflying/spatchcocking (see? more fun 😉 ) a chicken simply means cutting out the backbone so that the chicken lies flat, and as such, it…
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Cookies & Squares, Recipes

Coconut Oat and Date Cookies

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May 13, 2013

I have a new favorite ingredient: dates. I discovered them first in this totally amazing raw brownie recipe (seriously, they are awesome brownies, raw or otherwise) and I was basically flabbergasted that you could make something that tastes this good out of nothing but pulverized nuts, dates, and cocoa powder.
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Main Dishes, Pasta Dishes, Recipes

Lasagne Bolognese {an epic from-scratch project}

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May 9, 2013

Did you know that a true lasagne bolognese contains neither ricotta nor mozzarella? Just bolognese sauce, béchamel sauce and parmesan cheese (and pasta sheets, of course), and it is delicious.
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Cakes & Pies, Chocolate, Recipes

Chocolate Caramel Bacon Insanity Cake

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May 5, 2013

If you are on a diet, you might want to avert your eyes. When I asked Nate a few weeks ago what kind of cake he wanted for his birthday, he gave me free reign to make whatever I felt like. I was all set to make a tres leches…
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