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Upon making sourdough bread for the farmers markets, sometimes I had a slow day of sales.  Sourdough is normally my best seller but when the weather fails to cooperate, there is sometimes only so much a girl under a drippy, cold canopy tent can sell.  Which kind of blows when it comes to my…

At my last kitchen job, we made a TON of sourdough bread.  I was always a little sad when they wouldn’t use up any of the sourdough discard we had after making the money maker sourdough bread.  There was always a lot and it went straight into the trash.  This hurt every ounce of…

This post contains affiliate links. By clicking on a product link and making a purchase, The Ripe Banana may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting my passion, The Ripe Banana! There isn’t anything I love more than chocolate. It just soothes a deep part of my soul.…

Grab yourself a big ol’, hot steaming cup of apple cider because what better to pair this cake with than that?  This is my Vegan Gluten Free Apple Cider Cake.  Sweater weather is my favorite time of year because I can curl up with a nice book under some pet hair covered blankies (we…

This post contains affiliate links. By clicking on a product link and making a purchase, The Ripe Banana may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting my passion, The Ripe Banana! I have lived in so many different places in the United States.  I never had too much…

This post contains affiliate links. By clicking on a product link and making a purchase, The Ripe Banana may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting my passion, The Ripe Banana! Are y’all over the pumpkin things yet?  Or are you just embracing the warmth and spice?  I’m…

This post contains affiliate links. By clicking on a product link and making a purchase, The Ripe Banana may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting my passion, The Ripe Banana! ​If you knew anything about my other half, is that she loves a big batch of soft…

This post contains affiliate links. By clicking on a product link and making a purchase, The Ripe Banana may receive a commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting my passion, The Ripe Banana! These vegan cinnamon rolls are unbelievably and honestly the best cinnamon rolls you will ever make &…

Sometimes, you just want a heart warming chewy oatmeal cookie. Little Debbie knows this best as their Oatmeal Cream Pie has always been a best seller in most grocery stores. Well, guess what, a lot of us can’t eat these sadly due to the wheat, milk and whey in them. I pride mine on…

We all know it’s here. Whether you like it or not, pumpkin season is among us. I am the type to run to my local Kroger to grab some pumpkin puree once August arrives (when does pumpkin season officially start anyway?). And yes, for my bakery business it definitely did start in August. This…