Archive for May, 2013

  • Coffee Crisp Fudge Brownies

    Triple Coffee Crisp Fudge Brownies

    May 29th, 2013

    Let’s get this over with upfront: I’d like to apologize to anyone who doesn’t live in Canada, because a key ingredient in this recipe is a mainstay on Canadian supermarket shelves, but elusive to Americans.  The Brits- I think you’re screwed too.  Not sure about anyone else out there.  You can totally get this important […]

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  • Broken Brownie Bowl

    Brownie Bowl Breakage… RIP.

    May 29th, 2013

    Old Faithful bit the biscuit. (No, not like my most recent recipe for disaster- the sad Buttermilk Biscuits that failed to rise because I failed to add baking soda… a small but sort of important detail.) This disaster might not seem like a disaster  to you at all, but hear me out.  I had been […]

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  • Peach Cobbler

    Peach Cobbler

    May 25th, 2013

    I recently announced my intention to pay more attention to the Fruit when baking, in light of the whole spring season thing going on outdoors.  (Oh, and because I have been baking with a whole hell of a lot of chocolate lately, which is really quite a wonderful thing and a problem not worth correcting, […]

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  • Buttermilk Biscuits

    Buttermilk Biscuits

    May 22nd, 2013

    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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  • Sad Mistaken Buttermilk Biscuits

    These Biscuits “Bit the Biscuit”.

    May 22nd, 2013

     “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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  • Lemon Vanilla Cake

    Vanilla Lemon Cake with Lemon Glaze

    May 18th, 2013

    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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  • Buttermilk Banana Mini Muffins

    Buttermilk Banana Mini Muffins

    May 15th, 2013

      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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  • Incredible Peanut

    Incredible Peanut Butter Chocolate Ganache Pie

    May 11th, 2013

    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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  • German Sweet Chocolate Cake

    Sweet German Chocolate Cake

    May 8th, 2013

    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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  • Roasted Cinnamon-Sugar Pecans

    Roasted Cinnamon-Sugar Pecans

    May 4th, 2013

    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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  • Panko Sea Salt Brownies

    Panko & Sea Salt Chocolate Crunch Brownies

    May 1st, 2013

    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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