Another of my recipe developer crushes is Danielle at Rustic Joyful Food. When I first picked up My Heart's Table from my local library last year, this was one of the first recipes that caught my eye. Apricots in a chocolate cookie? I was intrigued! These did not disappoint! They're not hearty or chunky oatmeal … Continue reading Apricot and Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies
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Banana Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Muffins
It's time I confess: I have a baking crush on Christina at Scientifically Sweet. Her recipes are fantastic, and her logical way of explaining the chemistry of baking helps me to understand it much better. Most importantly, however, her flavors are exquisite! Cinnamon banana bread is already one of my favorite treats. The addition of … Continue reading Banana Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Muffins
Homemade Dairy Queen Blizzards
My husband has a problem; a Dairy Queen Blizzard addiction problem. There's a DQ near our home, along his commute route, and the amount of money we've given them since we moved here is astronomical. So I challenged myself to learn to make Blizzards at home. Come to find out, if you have a stand … Continue reading Homemade Dairy Queen Blizzards
My New Favorite Chocolate Cake
April's recipient of the Birthday Celebration Dessert requested a really good chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. I've had some decent chocolate cakes, but I wanted to find an exceptional chocolate cake. Something that would become my new go-to chocolate sponge recipe. Bonus would be a new go-to chocolate frosting recipe. I did a lot of … Continue reading My New Favorite Chocolate Cake
Easter Rice Cereal Treats
These aren't your mama's rice cereal treats! The base recipe is my favorite way to enhance the traditional rice cereal treat recipe, using brown butter, vanilla extract, and flaky salt. It makes your typical rice cereal treat KILLER! However, folding in my favorite Easter candy - Cadbury's Mini Eggs - takes these to the next … Continue reading Easter Rice Cereal Treats
Double Chocolate Brownie Cookies
Sometimes you just need a homemade chocolate cookie, perfect for those wicked chocolate cravings that I know absolutely nothing about. Obviously. Double Chocolate Brownie Cookies(Original recipe: Cafe Delites) 1/2 C unsweetened cocoa powder1 C white sugar1/2 C melted butter2 TBSP vegetable oil1 egg2 tsp vanilla extract1-1/3 C all purpose flour1/2 tsp baking powder1/2 tsp salt1 … Continue reading Double Chocolate Brownie Cookies
Double Chocolate Chip Muffins
Sometimes, a wicked craving for one of those huge Costco chocolate muffins hits you out of nowhere. In those times, I believe in preheating the oven, grabbing a bowl, and addressing that craving head on! This batter isn't excessively sweet; it's a good balance to all the ooey, gooey, melty chocolate chips. But don't underestimate … Continue reading Double Chocolate Chip Muffins
Jacques Torres Chocolate Chip Cookies
Upon learning about the legendary New York Times/Jacques Torres chocolate chip cookies, I knew I had to taste them! However, I live rather far from Manhattan. So it was up to me to create them! The original recipe is a bit more complicated than your average cookie. It uses equal weight of bread + cake … Continue reading Jacques Torres Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate Ganache
Chocolate ganache sounds much more complicated than it actually is. Basically, it's stabilized melted chocolate that can be used as frosting, filling, icing, drizzle, hard shell on ice cream, or whatever chocolatey goodness you can dream up. Once you've mastered this basic technique, you can add homemade chocolate to all kinds of baked goodies! Chocolate … Continue reading Chocolate Ganache
Brown Butter Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Cookies
Every good home cook needs an on-deck recipe for chocolate chip cookies, so I've been on a mission to find an especially memorable one to adapt as my own. Once I found these, I stopped looking. There are good cookies, and then there are incredible cookies. These are incredible cookies! There are three elements that … Continue reading Brown Butter Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Cookies
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