Stellina Sweets

Baked Sunday Mornings: Brewer’s Blondies

Sometimes you just need a little something comfortable and familiar. I’m still getting used to living in Tel Aviv, which is in some ways a cosmopolitan city, and in other […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Sweet & Salty Cake

Wow, it’s been a minute. In the six years that I’ve been writing this blog, I’ve never taken a hiatus of more than a couple of weeks (I think?), but […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Hazelnut Cinnamon Chip Biscotti

Hi. I haven’t blogged in something like 6 weeks, which […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Chipotle Cheddar Biscuits

Friends, I made biscuits, but I didn’t have time to write about them. This is a first. I tend to be pretty busy, but finding time to bake and blog […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Almond Joy Tart

Who grew up thinking they “didn’t like” coconut? *raises hand* I definitely spent my childhood being repelled by this tropical treasure, an aversion based on exactly zero real-world evidence, perhaps […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Grasshopper Cake

If you are reading this and you are a chocolate-mint enthusiast, this is a good day. I’ve never been a mint person, but as has happened often, BAKED recipes have […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Dark Chocolate Ice Cream (with Bourbon Caramel & Pretzels)

I think I can safely say that the Great Chocolate […]

Chocolate

Next-Level Matzah Buttercrunch, Vol. 1

Okay, it’s Day 8 of Passover, and I’m guessing that you are tired of gnawing on bland cardboard at this point. Even dressing it up with pizza sauce and mozzarella […]

Breads & Doughs

Double Chocolate Irish Cream Babka

If I was in charge of March, I would decree that St. Patrick’s Day dinners should be heartily enjoyed all month long. This Irish affair would flow with corned beef, […]

Cakes

Chocolate Coconut Macaroon Cake

If you know anything about Passover desserts, you know that they can be a challenge and we often have to compromise to uphold the rules of being Kosher For Passover. […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: BAKED Bars… with Double Halva

Seven-layer bars. Magic bars. Kitchen-sink bars. In other words, bars […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Maple Walnut Scones

I need a Scone Support Hotline. I love making, baking, smelling, holding, and eating scones– every possible sensory experience that can be had with scones, I want to have it. […]

Chocolate

Salted Cookies & Cream Rice Crispy Treats

I heard it was National Oreo Cookie Day. On March 6th, I shall henceforth rejoice in the name of Nabisco’s magical midnight-hued cookies, which I’ve mentioned on a number of […]

Cookies & Small Treats

Pop Tart Hamantashen

My whole life, I’ve more or less been a creature of habit when it comes to hamantashen. I grew up eating apricot-filled ones, which I will happily gobble up to […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Vanilla Bean Coconut Marshmallows

Welcome to the latest edition of #thanksBAKED. As has happened […]

Breads & Doughs

Black Sesame Coconut Babka

So far in 2018, I’ve been babka-ing hard. Ever since I made Chocolate-Halva Babka at the end of last year, I have been hitting the babka dough every chance I […]