Baked Sunday Mornings: Almond Green Tea Cupcakes

As I’ve started my hectic school year after more than a year off, I’m feeling very nostalgic this week for some of the lovely, more peaceful moments spent in Israel last Fall. While it was a tough time in some ways, very little in suburban USA holds a candle to a Tel Aviv sunset or […]

Baked Sunday Mornings: Red Wine Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Glaze

Friends, it’s Memorial Day weekend, and in addition to honoring our fallen servicemen and -women, it means one other, very important thing: the school year is nearly over. If you work in a school setting, you know that students and staff alike can begin to taste the glorious summer days that are nearly within our […]

Sweet, Salty & a Little Malty: Chocolate Stout Pretzel Cupcakes

One of my favorite things to do in the kitchen is create mash-ups of my best-loved baking recipes. I am immensely enjoying experiments of the “sweet & salty” variety at the moment, with particular affinity for the pairing of chocolate and pretzels. [Note to self: Next time I make Whole-Wheat Cinnamon Sugar Pretzels, drizzle with […]