Oatmeal and raisin has had the spotlight for years. Let’s screw the raisins for a while and give chocolate its chance to shine (since chocolate has been under appreciated for so, so many years). Sometimes chocolate chunks have a place, and when it comes to oatmeal, it basically always has a place. (Hey- why don’t […]
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This is not what you want to have happen when you decide to make a batch of Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies. I’m too pissed off to even analyze and then type the answer to you as to what went wrong. (All I know is this- gluten-free flour, ugh. And I guess I didn’t chill the […]
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Take a deep breath, and get ready. Fry up some oil, baker-friend, ’cause these fritters ain’t gonna fry themselves up into the sinful oblivion known as your New Favorite Dessert. I made these for The Husband’s birthday because a) I had already made almost every kind of lemon recipe in the history of ever (his […]
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At some point does the layering of chocolate on chocolate on chocolate become ridiculous? BLASPHEMY! I regret that I even asked that question. How silly of me. I’m sorry, loyal reader/baker/chocoholic, for my momentary lapse in judgement. I guess I was looking at the picture above and was wondering if I took it too far, […]
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Oh my gosh- this dessert is for you if you’re exceptionally lazy and couldn’t be bothered to do pretty much anything other than eat it with relish. (With abandon, not with the green condiment. Duh.) Here’s the deal, you tart-loving sloth: buy puff pastry, and thaw it. Cut out a rectangle, and place strawberries (that […]
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I know this dessert is supposed to be all about the blueberries (look at it- it’s oozing with blue), but I’ve gotta tell you- the lemon really strikes a puckering chord. Imagine a lemony shortbread kind of cookie on the bottom of something great, and then a lemony zesty crumbly topping to crown said great […]
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I love making easy things that taste great. I used to be a snob when it came to baking with dough that you could buy from the freezer aisle, but I’ve resigned myself to the fact that I will likely never make puff pastry on my own… and I’ve also just become a lot more […]
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I flashed back in time and pulled out the Better Homes and Gardens cookbook (you know the one- the one with the red and white gingham-checked cover), and realized that I have been spending way too much time online and not in the 1950s where I think things were probably better and simpler. [I know […]
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Wow. Imagine a fluffy and light cookie, full of rich chocolate flavor, that’s somehow chewy and dense, too. It’s a contradiction. It’s seemingly impossible. And it’s happening folks, right here and now. Your gluten free friends will finally like you. Your belly will probably like you better too. There’s no downside to these, so stop arguing […]
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You need time to bake these, so don’t make them if you’re a diabetic and need a hit of sugar to sustain your life. If, however, you have a couple of hours, you really should make these. Here’s what you need to know about this dessert: Meringue cookies are light and airy. So while they […]
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Don’t tell me you’re unaware of the pleasures of cardamom. Surely you’ve familiarized yourself with the uniquely spicy-sweet spice? Don’t think that just because you’ve had it in a curry dish or a spiced lamb hand pie (mmmm, yes, please) that it won’t get along with sugar in a Bundt cake with white chocolate ganache […]
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Have you seen ‘Still Alice’? Yeah well, I might have early onset Alzheimers like that character with the red hair who won the Academy Award. (I’m not even joking- I can’t remember her name right now. Reinforcing my point.) I was at the store yesterday morning and bought cashews and a bar of white chocolate […]
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So fast. So easy. So good. I’ve had a thing lately for toasted pecans, so this dessert works JUST FINE. (Really- I have even been adding them to my morning yogurt snack with raisins and strawberries and cinnamon. Can’t. Get. Enough. But don’t even think of skipping the 7 minute step of toasting them, or […]
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Chocolate and cherry. Sigh. It really is a classic combo, but just lesser known on the whole rung of Famous Chocolate Combinations (you know- the ladder where almond, mint, peanut butter and caramel kind of rule). Cherry is kind of down there with orange and raspberry, but no less worthy of being paired with the King […]
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“Uh oh.” That’s what I said when I took the frozen peanut butter cookie crust out of the freezer, let it thaw in its foil wrapping, and then realized when I opened it up and was about to spread the ganache over top of it that it wasn’t a peanut butter cookie crust at all. […]
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Easy! Amazing! And not that bad for you! Are you sold? From the time I told The Husband “I feel like baking” (which garnered no response, because there’s really never a four-hour interval when I’m not saying that) to the time I poured this chocolate coconut pudding into four little serving dishes, I think I […]
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It’s fun to cheat sometimes, isn’t it? (Except in marriages, I suppose. Or as a med student taking an exam in a really important course that might matter one day- like, say, the one called “How To Not Kill People”.) But when it comes to baking, cheating has low stakes. Most of the time no […]
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There’s something about lemon that just reeks of spring- kind of like how pumpkin pie smells like “you’re going to freeze your ass off, any day now, my friend”. So with spring in the air, the lemon cake makes an appearance. And not just any lemon cake. Nope. This one has a lemon syrup that […]
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