S’mores Bars
So apparently, s’mores are a very American thing. Every Australian who I asked had no idea what the concept of a s’more was unless they had in fact experienced one in America. When I lived in Boston, making s’more themed baked goods was one of my absolute favourite baking activities. There are endless variations on … Continue reading
Browned butter jam bars
As I’ve said before, baking non chocolate desserts is always somewhat of an interesting challenge for me. Since chocolate automatically makes pretty much anything better, removing the chocolate ingredient from the equation forces creativity and can result in some innovative and truly delicious baked goods. I happened to randomly have some jam in my cupboard … Continue reading
Dark chocolate pistachio cookies
So apparently, January 26th was national pistachio day, so I figured this recipe was timely. I am not normally a big fan of nuts in cookies, but to be honest these cookies are basically transcendent. Pistachios are my favourite kind of nuts, and when I saw these cookies I figured it was worth the investment … Continue reading
Sweet potato scones
Sweet potatoes – another one of my absolute favourite foods. In America, we are all about sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving, but I think they should be enjoyed at all times of year. As scone recipes go, this one is pretty healthy, actually – no cream, low fat milk, and of course adding sweet potatoes to … Continue reading
Panettone muffins
These are the best muffins I’ve ever made. Even better than the snickerdoodle cherry ones, I think (although either one will suitably impress company or just make you really happy). I’ve just always loved panettone (the Italian Christmas cakey bready deliciousness that typically comes in a box and you get to rip pieces of it off…) so the … Continue reading
Cornbread cranberry stuffing
So for this past Christmas, I was determined to go all American since I hadn’t gotten to do Thanksgiving. This meant turkey, cornbread, stuffing, and cranberry sauce for Christmas dinner. Imagine my utter horror when try as I might, I could not find frozen cranberries (and certainly not fresh) at ANY grocery stores in Sydney. … Continue reading
Cornbread
So the holiday season may be over but I’m not done sharing holiday recipes with you yet, because I firmly believe certain foods shouldn’t just be enjoyed over the holidays. One such food is cornbread. In America we typically associate it with Thanksgiving, and in Australia I doubt it’s associated with anything at all. Anyway, … Continue reading
Constructing a cake
The occasion was another farewell – this time to one of my favourite people in the Sydney office, and since I am still on a high from being able to have constant access to a kitchen again, I decided I needed to go big. I was asked to go with the theme “Sunshine”, so I … Continue reading
Salted fudge brownies
Ok, you’ve been eating really healthily all day, so now it’s time for a little evening reward. Enter brownies. I’ve already posted one brownie recipe on here, and it’s simple and delicious, but if you want something a bit darker and more sophisticated, I’d go with these. When I’m going through a bit of a … Continue reading
Snickerdoodle cherry muffins
Happy holidays to everyone! I must admit that I haven’t done the usual “bake 10 kinds of cookies” for Christmas this year – with my re-adjustment to Australia, I’ve been so happy to be able to bake and cook that I haven’t really focused on holiday-themed baked goods at all (yes, this is out of … Continue reading
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