When it comes to baking, few things are more satisfying than pulling a perfect batch of cookies from the oven or adding the final dollop of whipped cream to a beautifully plated cake. Sure, taste is the most important factor when all is said and done, but there’s also something to be said for that…
Another day, another cookie (salted double chocolate peanut butter)
I know, I know. Enough with the cookies already. It’s no secret to any of you that I’ve been a regular cookie-baking machine since Halloween rolled around (as evidenced here and here). But seriously, these are A-mazing (yes that capital A is intentional. Holla!) and so worth a trip to the store for a gallon…
Rebel in puff pastry: Some dessert doesn’t play by the rules
In the diverse world of baked goods, cream puffs are precarious little characters. You wouldn’t know it by looking at them. From all outward appearances, they’re beautifully simplistic and deliciously pure: delicate balls of fluffy pastry, filled with sweet and simple cream and topped with a classic chocolate or sprinkling of powdered sugar. With their…
Project NYT: Apple coffee cake
Typically, I’ve never been one to go for reduced-fat or sugar-free kinds of labels, but a few years ago I tried the reduced-fat cinnamon swirl coffee cake at Starbucks and found it to be a pretty delish little baked good. On further consideration, I realized that reduced-fat probably just eliminates a dot of the butter…
Leftover makeover
Similar to our differing working habits, Jared and I approach meal preparation from very different angles. I tend to be über plan-y; I look up recipes, make a menu and head to the store to buy the right ingredients. Jared, on the other hand, is more go-with-the-flow; he searches the pantry and refrigerator for ingredients…
DIY calendar? I’ll pencil that in.
When I was in middle school, my daily planner was a pretty big deal. It’s where I wrote down my assignments, after school practices and all of the important things that 12-year-olds deem worthy of tracking. But more than just being a holding station for all of the important dates and to-dos of my hopping…
Minimal ingredients, maximum results
Have you ever noticed how all of the best baked goods start from the same simple ingredients? It’s pretty amazing when you think about it: By using little more than flour, sugar, butter, eggs and salt in varying amounts, you can create all sorts of wonderful things — and different wonderful things at that. It’s…
Reflecting on a brownie
Brownies are tricky. Amidst all my baking escapades during the past few years, I haven’t been able to perfect a homemade brownie. It’s certainly possible that I’m doing something wrong: mixing things too much, not enough or not in the right order. But for the most part, I blame the box. Boxed brownies that is….
Project NYT: Julia et Katrina?
La, la, la laaaaaa! Behold Amanda Hesser’s New York Times Essential Cookbook, the monster of a cookbook I’ve been eyeing for the past few months, brought to Jared and me this Christmas from the man in red. Woo hoo! I am beyond excited to crack it open and get started. And with 932 pages of…
Happy Christmas, Harry!
As my chocolate-filled advent calendar was kind enough to point out this morning: It’s here, it’s here! Christmas Eve is here! Woo to the hoo! Woot woot! And every other happy exclamation I use on this blog o’ mine (Yay! Yahoo! Eep!)! Today will no doubt be filled with bunches of baking and wrapping, spending time…
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