I have to confess something. I have had a crush on biscuits since I was a teenager. My second job ever was at a mall food court restaurant called Grandma Lee’s, and in addition to mind-blowing butter tarts (which I really will recreate one day- they’re on the massive list of “Things I Must Bake [...]
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”SH*T.” That’s what you say when you realize after you’ve patted your mound of Buttermilk Biscuit dough out before cutting it into cute little circles that you’ve FORGOTTEN THE BAKING SODA. Some ingredients are okay to forget. For example, when you’re making a batch of the World’s Greatest Fudge Brownies and you forget to add the [...]
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This cake will keep you coming back for more, and it’s not just because it’s baked into a sunflower shape (although gimmicky shapes are enticing, aren’t they?). This cake will grab you because it’s stunningly simple and pure. Lemon and vanilla are classics, and neither one tries to one-up the other in this recipe. They [...]
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What is better than a cakey, soft banana muffin in the morning, made rich with buttermilk? Oh, I know- a buttermilk banana muffin with butter melting all over it. Seriously- these muffins are so light that they’re almost like little cakes. I can’t think of a better way to start the morning. (Unless you [...]
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Do you ever stumble upon a recipe and think “I so must make this”, and then the recipe gets buried under the piles of other recipes you think “I so must make this recipe, too”? But every now and then you leaf through your “I so must make these recipes” file and you’re reminded of [...]
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Any time you take a cake made with a particularly sweet kind of chocolate (which is really all that “German’s chocolate” is, a sweet chocolate made by some American guy with the last name of German… it’s not a “German” thing, like sausage or beer or Volkswagens), and layer an absolute mountain-full of coconutty-pecanny caramelly [...]
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Oh, yes- you’re going to love me for this recipe. You’re welcome, you’re welcome, you’re welcome. Have you ever walked through O’Hare airport in Chicago and been swept off your feet by the smell of roasting nuts? And not just any kind of roasting nut, but nuts coated in a swath of sugar and cinnamon? [...]
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Don’t be afraid. I know it sounds strange. But have I ever led you astray? (Other than in my series of disasters, like the Unforgiveable BLANDies, which were supposed to be amazing White Chocolate Cashew Blondies if I remembered to add the sugar.) But let’s digress from my little kitchen indiscretions. Let’s focus on your newest [...]
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You’re the type of person who either loves the whole sweet & salty combo, or who couldn’t care less. Let me tell you- this post is for my fellow friends who love a good dash of salt to balance the massive quantities of sweet. As I’ve said before- how can you know what’s sweet [...]
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I feel a little bit bad about something. I feel like I have been a little too focused on chocolate as of late (like the Tunnel of Fudge Cake, and the Brownie Scrap Pile. Oh, and the Irish Cream Chocolate Mousse, don’t forget that one). I’m so not apologizing- I know it’s fundamentally wrong to [...]
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It’s been far too long. Is it even possible that I’ve gone without crème brûlée in my life for eight months? The shock, the horror. It’s somehow strangely true. (Candied Pistachio Crème Brûlée was my last foray into the intoxicating world of cream, sugar and yolk, and it was an unacceptably long time ago at that.) [...]
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Who doesn’t love Madeleines? Really. If you don’t love Madeleines, I want to hear from you. (And for the rest of you, the normal people, I want to hear from you too, because I’d like nothing more than to have an email conversation about how wonderful Madeleines are. They are so good that I [...]
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Shortbread cookies are immensely special things. You and I and everyone who has ever tasted sugar and butter baked together into a dessert-like concoction knows that. But let’s be honest with one another, bakers: sometimes shortbread can be a bit high maintenance. Like I said, it’s special, and it deserves to be treated in [...]
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Sometimes life needs to be easier, doesn’t it? I have a way to do that and still enjoy it fully while indulging in the pleasures of rich, dense, fudgy chocolate. With whipped cream. And ice cream. And maybe chocolate sauce just for fun. Here’s the scoop: make a batch of the World’s Best Fudge Brownies, and cut [...]
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So I’ve been reading about this cake for a few years now, and always knew I’d get to it. Really- how enticing is a chocolate cake with a tunnel of fudge literally running through it? Enticing. Very enticing indeed. A few months ago when trying to pass the horribleness of cardio time at the [...]
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Mini Eggs. Need I say more? Sometimes you just need to create a dessert to highlight something special. Like how I made the Baked Kahlua Pineapple Flutter- it was really all about the Kahlua. Or the Bittersweet Chocolate Oatmeal Bars- we all know the oatmeal was used merely to envelop the massive layer of thick, [...]
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The Twinkie people have created quite the sensation as of late. Apparently all you have to do is threaten that you’re going to go out of business, and everyone in the universe will hoard your products- which in the case of Hostess is just fine because the products never expire (or at least they don’t [...]
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I know, I know. Some might not call this a ‘disaster’ at all. Some might call it a resounding success. Homemade Twinkies are amazing things, and deserve to be stuffed full of fluffy, not-good-for-you frosting. It’s the definition of ‘stuffed’ that’s up for debate. Nearly bursting is acceptable. Chock full is acceptable. A frosting explosion is unacceptable, especially [...]
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