My sister, Laura, and I made these so that my parents’ house would smell super-amazing. You see, my parents are trying to sell their house, and cookies help dreams come true. These are divine. They get a crinkly top like brownies get, which is much more flattering than a muffin-top. Basically, these are brownies in cookie outfits. So pretty much, these suckers are just the thing to round out your christmas cookie list, make your…
These scones look like awkwardly shaped cookies, and they kinda taste like them. They are like cookie-granola bar-scones. They have a really good personality. Basically, this is the go-to recipe when you have a few kinds of chocolate chips, and a 6 walnuts, and a little bag of coconut left. They are good at making all those things feel like they were in your pantry for a reason. They make the end-bits feel good about themselves.…
Breakfast should always be disguised as dessert on the weekend. When I was a kid, my mom would sometimes make waffles and sandwich ice cream in the middle. I think these waffles would be really good at that. They’d taste like a breakfast malt, and that sounds like the best idea yet! Have you bought the Baked Explorations cookbook yet? If you haven’t, you should probably get right on it. Every single recipe is dreamy looking.…
Here are some scaaaaaaaary cupcakes for you. (Now imagine I said that in a ghost voice, all spooky-like.) Chipotle + chocolate = love. In these cupcakes you can taste the spice without being bullied by it. It’s an obvious heat without being scary. I used Dutch cocoa to make these super dark and mysterious. If only I was dark and mysterious. I’m pale in the redhead way. I suppose, it could work in my favor though.…
Root beer and chocolate go together like Tegan and Sara and Romy and Michele. Did you know that? It was agreed after tasting, that root beer definitely heightens the chocolate flavor in a twin-sisters-in-a-band way and a BFF kind of way. Here’s the part where my mom stirred the cocoa powder mixture and it bubbled and popped because of the root beer. It was pretty and poppy. Can you believe those bubbles are really real? Instead…
My dad’s birthday was last Thursday. I called him that Friday morning. I’m hoping he considered my “Happy Birthday” fashionably late. (If I could have fit the word “fashionably” on this tart I would have.) I still feel pretty bad, but the truth is my dad’s not even mad. Would a mad dad change the lightbulbs in the kitchen to be bright enough for nighttime photos? Would a mad dad fix the burner on the…
Yesterday, I baked some mini donuts. They turned out teeny, pink, vanilla bean-freckled and chocolate squiggly. They are as tasty as they are cute. I just want to make every sort of baked donut that exists now. I want to top cupcakes and cakes with them. I want to wear one as a pinky ring. I want to put them in my pocket. I want give them hugs. I want to dunk them in tiny…
White chocolate is like a fancy cocktail dress for brownies. So, if you have some around, just sprinkle it on these guys and they’ll feel like hotties. I learned that I can muster brownie patience! After letting these guys cool a bit, I put them in the fridge for maximum chilling. After all that, they sliced like a dream. I cut them in rectangles because that’s what Thomas Keller does with his brownies in Ad…
What do you make a burger-loving lady for her birthday? Hamburger Mini Cupcakes, of course! Isn’t it kinda crazy how the chocolate cupcake part really looks like a burger? Is it weird that after I made these I kinda wanted a real burger? Mostly though, these guys are tasty pranksters. P.S. I’m really loving having big windows now, but the truth is I’m still figuring out the lighting situation. I made these after work Wednesday,…
Last night I fried the dessert. I assembled these at the table while Jake made dinner. It was a solid task to keep me out of the way while also being productive. I was also fighting the moonlight so I could get some pictures. (And yes, that was a Coyote Ugly reference.) I used a piping bag for the Nutella, but feel free to use a sandwich bag or just a spoon or whatever. Basically,…