So back in July, I vowed to rarely turn on the oven as to not overheat my house. Now that we're in mid-December, I crank up my oven every chance I get so not only do I get a delicious treat, my house feels warm (and smells amazing). So whenever I open the fridge [...]
Last month, Ian celebrated his THIRTIETH birthday. To celebrate, I baked him a 4-tiered, peanut butter cup cake. A lot of recipes online simply did chocolate cake with a peanut butter frosting. But I wanted the cake itself to have chocolate & peanut butter combo. The result? Peanut butter goodness.
Fall is here! I absolutely adore fall and everything that comes with it. The best part of fall, in my opinion, is all the apple things we get to eat. One of my favorite activities each fall is making a huge batch of apple butter to can and give out to neighbors. This year, I [...]
So about 6 years ago, I was in grad school, and my friend introduced me to this phenomenon - no-knead bread. No-knead? How was this possible? At the time, I lived in a small apartment with a tiny kitchenette, so I was all down for shortcuts and things that don't require a ton of counter [...]
Four years ago, I posted my French Macarons recipe. Today, I wanted to do an update on new techniques and tricks that I've accrued over the past four years of maracon making. The one thing I didn't change? The salted Nutella buttercream filling. To this day, it's still my favorite buttercream. It's fluffy, airy, and the [...]
Hello readers! I've been so busy in the past few months (moving back home and all that jazz), that I haven't really found time to be in the kitchen. Well, that hiatus stopped this week when I was commissioned by my dear older brother to make hundreds of macarons for his wedding this weekend. Yes, [...]
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