Stellina Sweets

Puglia, Again: Pistachio Soufflé Cakes

I know I already told you about Puglia, the part of Italy located at the heel of the “boot”. I already told you about its intoxicating wildness and its foreign […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Blood Orange Olive Oil Bundt Cake

Blood orange season makes me so happy. Those beautiful orange […]

Italian Desserts

Emilia-Romagna: Torta di Riso Bolognese

Buongiorno, amici! After a bit of a hiatus, I am so happy to be talking with you about Italy again. On every trip to Italy, we try to visit somewhere […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Black Forest Chocolate Cookies

Hey, you. Yeah, you. Do you like puddles of chewy […]

Breads & Doughs

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Swirl Banana Bread

You know those moments when you can’t decide between a cookie and a piece of cake? Brownie or shortbread? Lemon bar or meringue pie? Having both at the same time […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Butterscotch Pudding Tarts

Sometimes the second time’s the charm. I was excited to see Butterscotch Pudding Tarts from Baked: New Frontiers in Baking on the Baked Sunday Mornings schedule this week because I had made […]

Cookies & Small Treats

Pretzel Linzers with Salted Caramel

Happy 2018– I hope your year is off to a positive start! Did you have a salad this week? Okay good, so we can get back to business. I mean, […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Whiteout Cake

Winter White. There’s something so lovely and elegant about a white-on-white cake– simple, yet sophisticated. What a splendid way to close out 2017 for Baked Sunday Mornings. We haven’t made a […]

Cakes

Torta Sbriciolata alla Sicilia

What I wouldn’t give to celebrate the holidays in Italy one of these years! Italy celebrates countless festivals all year round (religious, cultural, national, regional, local– you name it), but […]

Cookies & Small Treats

Blonde Chocolate Coconut Shortbread Bars

If you happened to ask Santa for blonde chocolate, today is your lucky day. The first time I tried Dulcey, the caramelized white chocolate made by Valrhona, I felt what […]

Cookies & Small Treats

Cinnamon Cajeta Rice Crispy Treats

Merry Christmas! Are you procrasti-baking today? If you need a last-minute quick dessert for your holiday gathering later today, you’ve come to the right place. Amidst posts about Italy and […]

Chocolate

S’mores Rugelach Smash Cookies

Sometimes it just depends how you look at things. What might seem like a disaster at first is actually a gift of serendipity. I was trying to make s’mores rugelach […]

Creamy Desserts

Cranberry-Lime Pie

Last year, basically all of Instagram was mesmerized by Bon Appétit’s captivating Cranberry-Lime Pie, and for good reason. Edible things of this technicolor hue usually have food coloring in them, […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Sour Lemon Scones

Among the chocolate, cinnamon, ginger, maple, peppermint, and other wintery flavors around this time of year, I was surprised that Baked Sunday Mornings was making these Sour Lemon Scones from Baked: New […]

Breads & Doughs

Chocolate-Halva Babka

As much as I love contemporary baking like layer cakes, cupcakes, and pastries, there are few baked goods that conjure childhood nostalgia like babka. Aside from my mom’s birthday cakes shaped in […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Heartland Turtle Bars

I joined Baked Sunday Mornings in Fall 2012, when the group had already baked through about ⅔ of BAKED’s second book, Baked Explorations. Although I baked most of the remaining recipes, there […]