Happy New Year! Have you made your resolutions yet? Do any of them happen to involve healthier eating and/or weight loss? If so, you may want to stop reading now, because this month’s Pies With That challenge was all about creating a pie so tempting, it could only be called a resolution breaker. It didn’t…
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Christmas with the Daring Bakers: French Yule Log
Given the timing, it wasn’t a surprise that this month’s Daring Bakers challenge was a Yule Log, or Buche de Noel. It also wasn’t a surprise that this was the most time-intensive, complicated Yule Log I’ve ever made. Most yule logs that I’ve seen are comprised of a thin sponge cake rolled around a mousse…
Christmas Baking, Part 2
I like the Christmas candy recipes that I posted yesterday, but I LOVE these cookie recipes. I guess I’m more of a cookie girl at heart. Gingerbread Cookies This recipe is AMAZING. I’ve tried many different gingerbread recipes, and I invariably find ones that taste great but don’t hold their shape well, or hold their…
Fuzzy Wuzzy Was A Bear
…or rather, Fuzzy Wuzzy was a truffle. That’s right, to all the smarties who guessed that this gorgeous furry beast was moldy chocolate, you are right! You win…bragging rights. (Yay?) But this is not just any moldy chocolate, this is an overpriced truffle from Vosges. A month ago, Jason & I visited the Vosges boutique…
Daring Baker’s Caramel Cake, or, Waiter! There’s A Cake in My Sugar!
After several months of playing on the savory side of the street, the November Daring Baker’s challenge embraced sugar in a big, big way. We made Caramel Cake with Caramelized Butter Frosting, courtesy of Shuna at Eggbeater. As far as cakes go, this one had several steps but wasn’t outrageously difficult, time-consuming or expensive. The…
Thankful for Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies were a holiday tradition around my house, so imagine my surprise when, in my adulthood, I encountered those unfortunate souls who had never had a pumpkin chocolate chip cookie. (Some even went so far as to gag at the thought of pumpkin and chocolate combined, and to them I say: fools!)…
TWD: If You’re Gonna Be My Rice Pudding, It Don’t Matter If You’re Black or White
My excitement over this week’s TWD recipe could be summed up by the sound of crickets chirping. I actually like rice pudding, but…you know, when I feel like indulging in dessert, I don’t know that rice should be involved. Gobs of frosting and pounds of chocolate? Yes. A grain typically served as a side dish…
Bargain Shopping
Why yes, there was a chocolate sale at the grocery store, why do you ask? [11 lbs of chocolate for $24.60 = $2.24/lb.] I think I might have temporarily cornered the chocolate market.
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