Baked Sunday Mornings: Cinnamon Chocolate Soufflés
It’s April 13th. Which means I just got married last weekend! Which means I’m in a post-wedding blissful stupor. It also means that I have wedding cake in my fridge AND freezer. (Everything in my life is always somehow tied to pastries. 😉 ) I also baked a small dessert bar with French Macarons and cookies, […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Peanut Butter Chocolate Whirligigs
Alright, alright… I’m coming to terms with the need to re-evaluate my ambivalence towards the combination of chocolate and peanut butter. I’ve baked a number of chocolate/PB items for Baked Sunday Mornings, and I keep saying, “chocolate and peanut butter is not my favorite, but this is pretty damn good…” While it won’t by my actual favorite (over, […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Classic Crème Brûlée with Caramelized Brown Sugar
It has been quite a while since I’ve been able to participate in my bi-weekly Baked Sunday Mornings blogs due to my recent move and wedding planning, and it feels so goooood to be back! Truth: I was not that excited about this recipe. When I look at a dessert menu and see crème brûlée listed, […]
Toasty Twisted Triangles: S’mores Hamantashen
UPDATE 3/8/2020: Stop. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. Do not make these hamantashen. I made a way better and easier version of S’mores Hamantashen this year, and I’d like to redirect you to make those instead! I’ve been wanting to make Hamantashen, the traditional cookie for the Jewish holiday of Purim, for […]
Bake for the Gold: Olympic Rings Cupcakes
If you’re anything like me, you are watching the Winter Olympics every night with baited breath. (Or maybe you’re not quite as nerdy as me, but keep reading anyway.) Every time I watch, it makes me want to pull on my ice skates, jump onto my snowboard, or take up skiing… none of which I […]
Love Letter to a Bakery in Red Hook: The BAKED Brownie
What says ‘I love you’ better than deep, dark chocolate? To me, the purest confectionary expression of love is a classic treat: BROWNIES. There are a million brownie recipes out there. Some are fudgy, some are cakey, some are heavenly, some are downright terrible. You can stop looking now; this is the best one. My […]
Jagged Little Thrill: Peanut Brittle with Vanilla Fleur de Sel
We are now a month into 2014, and I am still breathlessly trying to catch up from the holidays! In my mind, I fancy myself an organized, efficient, task-oriented, domestic goddess…. In reality, I am an inefficient, oft-frazzled, multi-tasking nightmare. At any given time, I am imagining a number of creative projects that I would […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Chocolate Velvet Walnut Fudge with Olive Oil & Fleur de Sel
I never thought I’d find myself asking, “Do you want your fudge with or without olive oil?” Yet, any time I eat or serve fudge in the future, it is a question that I will surely be asking. It seems like an odd addition at first, but once you try it, you will wonder how you […]
No Campfire Required: Salted S’mores Cookies
Gooey, toasty marshmallow… rich, melty chocolate… crunchy, sweet graham crackers… That’s right– s’mores are not just for camping, people. I go camping at most once a year, but obviously I need s’mores in my life much more frequently to maintain a base level of sanity. (Anyone else with me on that??) I happily look for […]
Baked Sunday Mornings: Antique Caramel Cake
Good gracious, I’ve been waiting patiently like a good little girl for this one. Caramel, especially of the salted persuasion, is one of the great pleasures of my life. I’ve not been shy about my love affair with chocolate on this blog, but if I’m honest… caramel is a pretty close second. (If you combine […]