Category: Baked Goods

  • 45-Minute Cinnamon Rolls

    45-Minute Cinnamon Rolls

    Summary Cinnabon, move over! There’s a new cinnamon roll master in town… YOU! Yes, I know baking, in general, and baking that involves yeast, in particular, can be intimidating, but I’ve got you! This recipe simplifies all the things that could potentially freak you out about making cinnamon rolls at home. Did I mention that…

  • Super Simple 3-Ingredient Biscuits

    There aren’t many biscuit recipes easier and tastier than these 3-ingredient biscuits. We don’t use self-rising flour often in the Mobile Soul Kitchen, but it really comes in handy when you want to simplify a process like biscuit-making. These biscuits come out just as buttery, flaky, tender, and downright delicious as any of our other…

  • No-Frills Pound Cake

    Have you been looking for a pound cake recipe that is just straightforward and easy, but still extremely delicious? A pound cake recipe with less than 10 ingredients that results in a flavorful and moist cake that can be enjoyed any time of day? A cake recipe that is flexible enough to handle the addition…

  • The Best Vegan Buttermilk Biscuits (from Scratch)

    The Best Vegan Buttermilk Biscuits (from Scratch)

    Get the same fluffy, tender, melt-in-your-mouth deliciousness that our buttermilk biscuits offer except without any dairy. The same pro tips apply when making vegan buttermilk biscuits as with any other biscuits. There are just a couple of elements – you guessed it, the vegan butter and the vegan buttermilk – that differ and deserve a…

  • Easy All-Purpose Pie Dough

    Sure. Pie dough can be bought from the store, but it is often packaged with just two round pieces when you could need less, more, or a different shape for your pie dough needs. Also, using pre-made dough doesn’t allow for adjustments to the flakiness or flavor of the pie dough. TO BE CLEAR: Yes,…

  • Pro Tips for Making Great Biscuits at Home

    We make a lot of biscuits! Some are straightforward and classic like our buttermilk biscuits. Others, like our sweet potato & sage biscuits, are unique experiments that people just happen to love. All of them are successful because we keep these biscuit pro tips in mind. 1) Use very cold/frozen butter (or whatever fat you…

  • Red Velvet Cookies (Two Ways)

    Red Velvet Cookies (Two Ways)

    Red velvet. Another one of those foods/”flavors” that can easily spark a heated food debate. Is it “just chocolate with red food coloring” or is there something more to the classic cake (and now cookie) flavor? Technically, when red velvet is made the traditional way, there is more acidity present than in a standard chocolate…

  • Cranberry Banana Nut Muffins

    Cranberry Banana Nut Muffins

    These cranberry banana nut muffins are derivatives of their very classic cousin banana bread. Though it is said to be popularized in the 1930s with the rise of baking powder and baking soda, some accounts push its creation back into the 18th century. Either way, banana bread and therefore banana nut bread and all of…

  • 7 Tips & Tricks for Making Great Cookies

    7 Tips & Tricks for Making Great Cookies

    There are so many types of cookies and an infinite number of flavor combinations, but making a really good cookie just boils down to using quality ingredients that you love and keeping the following things in mind. Use room temperature ingredients Mix everything evenly Chill the cookie dough Give the cookies enough space to bake…

  • Pumpkin Spice & Cream Cheese Pound Cake

    Pumpkin Spice & Cream Cheese Pound Cake

    I’ve been thinking about pound cake for weeks now, but I didn’t want a plain or a lemon glaze pound cake, even. So when I looked in the pantry and saw the cans of pumpkin puree, that set something off in my mind. I don’t get caught up in the pumpkin spice craze every year,…