Stellina Sweets

Baked Sunday Mornings: Brown Butter Snickerdoodles

I chuckle when I think back to the first time that I made brown butter, and I noticed little dark bits in my pool of melted butter. At first I […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Orange Almond Ricotta Cheesecake

I almost threw it away. I almost threw it away. […]

Essentials

Slice of Summer: Peach-Vanilla Bean Lattice Pie

I wish I had a charming, nostalgic story to tell you about pie; something like, ‘I used to watch hungrily over the edge of the countertop when I was a […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Mile-High Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Buttercream

By definition, a recipe with the words ‘mile-high’ and ‘chocolate’ […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Whiskey Peach Upside-Down Cake

There are lots of peach-tastic things happening in my kitchen […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Lime Tarragon Cookies

I was really not expecting to like these. Or maybe I should say, I was highly skeptical. Licorice is one of my least favorite flavors in existence, and tarragon tastes […]

Other Musings

Bounty of the Winter Desert: Why Israel Really Is the Promised Land

Normally this blog is shamelessly focused on dessert, but I […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Oopsy Daisy Cake (aka Milk Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cake)

I finally did it. Good god. After a number of […]

Fruit Desserts

Sweet & Sour Serendipity: Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie

I was afraid of this thing called “rhubarb” for so […]

Breads & Doughs

Go Ahead, Flake My Day: Super Flaky All-Butter Pie Crust

Anyone else avoid making pie dough because it seems hard? […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Malted Vanilla Milkshakes

Let me tell you… this recipe could not have come along at a better time. We’ve had triple-digit heat in the San Francisco Bay Area for the past week, and […]

Other Musings