Baked Sunday Mornings: Whole-Wheat Cinnamon Sugar Pretzels
I’m so excited to be participating in Baked Sunday Mornings because it’s challenging me to try recipes that a) I might overlook, b) I plan to make at some point, but haven’t materialized yet, or c) I have avoided because they seem intimidating. In this case, it’s the latter; I’ve never tried making homemade soft […]
Party Like It’s Your Birthday: Confetti Cookies
Who doesn’t love good ol’ fashioned birthday cake with sprinkles… in the form of a cookie?? That is the sort of brilliant baked innovation found in pretty much, well, every recipe in the Momofuku Milk Bar cookbook. Currently, Milk Bar is one of my biggest culinary influences; it has single-handedly changed the way I think […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Brooksters
I first became aware of the Brookster on my second pilgrimage to BAKED in Brooklyn, during June 2011. This is my all-time favorite bakery, and I’ve been fortunate to be able to visit for the past three summers. Every year there are new delights to behold; that summer, the glorious, yet unpretentious, Brooksters were piled […]
Come to the Dark Side: Oreo Cupcakes
I am generally pretty adamant (some might say… a tad snobby) about using the best possible ingredients in my baking: high-quality chocolate, European butter, organic eggs… Although I shy away from over-processed and artificial foods, I have to admit that there are a few exceptions to this rule, most notably the crown jewel of the […]
Hello world!
Welcome to Stellina Sweets! I’ve been thinking about starting a blog for a while now, and I am very excited to finally take the plunge! I often find it difficult to contain my excitement/glee/joy about the minute details of baked goods; it is not unusual for me to get disparaging looks or comments like, “Um, […]
