If you ever try to email me or call me or visit me and I’m unavailable, it’s probably because I’m busy gorging myself on this dessert. (Texting counts too. If I don’t answer your text it’s not because I’m not a Millennial. It’s because I’m bingeing on a Peanut Butter Ganache Bowl and barely coming […]
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Who knew that Baby Ruth chocolate bars were so good? Did you get the memo? I had my first one ever last month and now I’m worried about my clothes fitting me because let’s just say I’ve had more than one since last month. (I’m maybe worried about my above-average cholesterol too, but let’s be […]
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Stop pretending you don’t want a piece of this. (Well, it’s more appropriate to say “a scoop”, since it’s basically chocolate muck with hacked up pieces of candy bars in it. No- wait- it’s even more appropriate to say you want “a shovel” of it, because, it’s obvious. You can’t not use a shovel to get the full […]
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It’s been a long time since I’ve made biscotti, so this is what you’re getting this week. I’ve had the tube of almond paste burning a hole in the Miscellaneous Baking Drawer (the one with the pomegranate molasses, yeast, gelatin, and weird flours that I’ll probably never use again) for a few months now, possibly perilously […]
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Let’s just say that the caramel I made for this pumpkin pie didn’t stand much of a chance. Some of it made its way onto this piece of pie for the photo, and then maybe a little bit more made it onto another slice of pie for The Husband, and then I ate the rest […]
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I know, I KNOW. It’s so not summer anymore. You might be asking, why make an icy dessert when it’s six weeks away until the streets of Chicago are like smoothies themselves? If that’s your attitude, then you need to chill the freak out. Yeah, snow and slush are coming. That’s a good point. But why […]
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If you’ve been visiting this site for the last few years, holding out for a freaking apple pie recipe amidst all the other crap I’ve been churning out week after chocolate-covered week, then today is your day. You can print and frame this post or paste it into evernote or do whatever you want with […]
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It’s so easy. And so amazing. How will we be able to handle ourselves, knowing we can make this on a whim at any given time? Like on a weeknight when all we have is 15 minutes but really want something cavity-and-diabetes-causing? How will we refrain from making and inhaling it weekly? I know: Make […]
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Yeah, yeah, I know- you’ve seen me make this one before. But this one is different- and dare I say, superior to the other Banana Coconut Cream Pie that I baked for you a couple of years ago. Why, you ask? Oats. In the crust. And cooler-looking coconut, toasted and sprinkled on top of the pie. (When […]
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We don’t really need to go into the details of this particular disaster. It’s really quite reminiscent of the time I overbaked the nuts, and the macaroons, and the coconut bar things. There really isn’t anything for me to add, other than this poignant question: “How many times do I need to learn the important lesson […]
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This is the recipe that will make you an instant celebrity in your circle of family and friends. (You might already be a celebrity to these insulin-spiked folks if you’ve been making my World’s Greatest Fudge Brownies, so just get ready for your celeb status to skyrocket into Kardashian territory.) This toffee candy has been […]
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Two essential words, my baker friends: FROOT LOOPS. It’s inexplicable, I know, but somehow this incredible concoction of cooked sugar, lemon, pistachio and candied ginger cracked the code of what Froot Loops cereal tastes like. Exactly. So I don’t know about you, but I’m getting my candy thermometer ready to make another batch, because any […]
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Oh, chai. Sigh. Everyone loves you, it seems. Oh, Paleo diet. Every other person loves you, too. So why not marry the chai lovers with the people eating perfectly-Paleo, with a capital P (really- Paleo has earned its own capital P)? Done. I stumbled across this recipe because I’ve been wondering about eating a bit […]
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I have had this recipe burning a hole in my head for about two years. (Well, I guess it’s been freezing a hole, since this recipe doesn’t require any cooking whatsoever- just beating the ingredients and then popping the cute little, fluffy little pie in the freezer. Bonus.) The truth is that I’ve made a […]
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“What’s that smell?” “Oh, shit.” Correction: “OH, SHIT!” (Caps and an exclamation point summarize the moment so much more than calm little italics.) Lesson learned: Don’t leave your kitchen towel on the stove, like ever. Especially when the front burner is on its highest setting. But you already knew that, didn’t you?
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I know these cookies sound gross. (Unless you’re the type who loves avocados, and if that’s the case, this is your fantasy sit-on-the-couch-binge-food. So pull up a blanket and get ready for your guilt-free cookie feeding.) This recipe is so healthy that it deserves to taste like a combination of prison mush and cardboard (that might […]
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It’s really a perfect summer dessert. Take a lemony-shortcake cookie base, then stuff raspberries in between that and a lemony-crumbly topping. Feel the rays of sunshine on you yet? I do too! It just begs for vanilla ice cream and it’s going to get what it asks for, let me tell you. This dessert has […]
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Nod with me. Chocolate, nod. Macadamia nuts, nod. Cookie baked into a tart shell, nod. Chocolate sauce? Really? Nod! It doesn’t take that much to make a desserts fiend happy, but I’ve gotta tell ya- this one makes it embarrassingly easy to love. There’s something about the texture of macadamia nuts in the midst of […]
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