Stellina Sweets

White Chocolate Birthday Shortbread Bars

I’m kind of on a shortbread bender right now, guys. Ever since I started playing around with variations on Ovenly‘s Buttery Shortbread recipe, it’s all I can think about– work? […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Chocolate Pop Tarts with Peanut Butter & Jam Filling

Some weeks I feel like I’m really progressing in my […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Peanut Butter Blossoms

I’ll admit it– I am a chocolate snob. And I’m perfectly fine with that. If I’m eating chocolate out of hand, it’s definitely going to be a good quality bar […]

Chocolate

Salted Chocolate Sesame Rice Crispy Treats

Snap-Crackle-Pop will never be the same. I, like so many other dutiful American bakers, made my rice crispy treats using the recipe on the Rice Krispies cereal box, never questioning […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Exceedingly Chocolaty Crinkles

Baked Sunday Mornings is celebrating Christmas in July… and I like […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Hot Chocolate Pudding Cake

What. The. Effff… is what I thought when I was putting together this cake batter. Never before had I stared down so confusedly at a cake pan, wondering how the […]

Creamy Desserts

Pretty in Pink: Rhubarb-Raspberry Pistachio Tart

I can’t stop. I thought I was done with my rhubarb baking for the season, but I can’t help it. Apparently rhubarb grows like weeds in the Midwest (that’s a […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Peanut Butter Butterscotch Cookies

Peanut butter lovers, rejoice! You have a new favorite cookie. […]

Creamy Desserts

Fit for a Ballerina: Rhubarb-Vanilla Pavlova

I’m nothing, if not determined. I’ve been working on a number of more complicated recipes recently to stretch my skills, and at some point pavlovas caught my attention. I’ve never […]

Essentials

Sticky Sweet Springtime: Rhubarb-Vanilla Sauce

If you could distill the brightness, sweetness, and exuberance of springtime fruit into a gooey, drippy, vanilla-flecked sauce, you would do so, yes? (Hint: There’s only one right answer.) I […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Oreo Chocolate Cupcake Shakes

Oreos. Cupcakes. Chocolate ice cream. Three of my favorite things […]

Breakfast Treats

Puff Pastry Pillows: Spicy Shakshuka Tarts

I love shakshuka and I love puff pastry… so I guess this was bound to happen eventually. I don’t usually cook on this blog, but sometimes we have to rethink things […]

Baked Sunday Mornings

Baked Sunday Mornings: Old-School Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Educators of America, rejoice! At long last, the end of […]

Fruit Desserts

Open Sesame: Rye Rhubarb Tahini Tart

GAH, I love this season for baking. (Okay, there isn’t really a season that I don’t like, but bear with me.) Finally the rhubarb and cherries are here, and gorgeous berries […]

Stellina Sweets

Sweet Morsels from My Kitchen

An Italian Love Story: Reflections & Recipes Inspired by my Travels to Bella Italia

White Chocolate Birthday Shortbread Bars

Baked Sunday Mornings: Chocolate Pop Tarts with Peanut Butter & Jam Filling

Salted Chocolate Sesame Rice Crispy Treats

Baked Sunday Mornings: Exceedingly Chocolaty Crinkles

Baked Sunday Mornings: Hot Chocolate Pudding Cake

Pretty in Pink: Rhubarb-Raspberry Pistachio Tart

Baked Sunday Mornings: Peanut Butter Butterscotch Cookies

Fit for a Ballerina: Rhubarb-Vanilla Pavlova

Sticky Sweet Springtime: Rhubarb-Vanilla Sauce

Baked Sunday Mornings: Oreo Chocolate Cupcake Shakes

Puff Pastry Pillows: Spicy Shakshuka Tarts

Baked Sunday Mornings: Old-School Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Open Sesame: Rye Rhubarb Tahini Tart

All Buttered Up: Chocolate Chip Toffee Shortbread Bars