Tag Archives: sugar
Earl Grey Morning Buns with Chocolate Custard Filling
I’ve wanted to make these Earl Grey morning buns for a *very* long time, but I never got around to it, partly because they’re a commitment and partly because they require some difficult-to-find ingredients. For example, how many of us … Continue reading
My Definitive List of Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes
Over the weekend, my best friend’s mom commented on my Instagram post about buckwheat chocolate chip cookies and said that I should make a definitive list of my best chocolate chip cookie recipes. She was so right. Today I took … Continue reading
Apple Pie
There are few things that say “fall” more than apple pie. Yesterday, I decided to make one using some of the apples I picked last weekend at Eckert’s. Some people have very specific opinions about pie. They like cherry but … Continue reading
Buckwheat Banana Bread
I’ve been craving banana bread for a couple weeks but I keep making cookies and cake. Then I saw three overripe bananas in my fruit bowl yesterday. “It’s fate,” I thought. I’m constantly on the hunt for the best banana … Continue reading
Cherry Dark Chocolate Scones
I had some extra cream leftover from when I made smoked salmon and asparagus linguine the other night. I started to brainstorm how to use it. I also searched “how to use up extra cream” (because the internet has an … Continue reading
Snickerdoodle Cookies
One of my favorite movie quotes comes from (I shudder to admit) “27 Dresses.” The main character, a cynical wedding reporter, said: “Love is patient, love is kind, love is slowly losing your mind.” That got a big laugh out … Continue reading
My Go-To Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
This has been my go-to chocolate chip cookie recipe since pretty much forever. It all started seven years ago. I’d just moved back from France and I was missing the pastries there. However, I realized the one advantage America has … Continue reading
Swiss Pear Tart with Edelbrand Plum Brandy
A couple months ago, I went to Marthasville, MO, to visit Edelbrand Pure Distilling. The business, which is owned by Lynn DeLean-Weber, Martin Weber, and their daughter Tess DeLean, makes vinars, or Swiss brandy. “Vinars” is word in Romansh, or … Continue reading
Ginger Molasses Cookies
My favorite kind of cookie is sea salt chocolate chip, but at this time of year, it falls in the power rankings and takes second place behind ginger molasses cookies. There’s something so reassuring about ginger molasses cookies. Maybe it’s … Continue reading
Pumpkin Bread
Every Fall when I was little, my mom would make pumpkin bread. Some years she would get bored and “experiment” by adding chocolate chips or nuts, or by sprinkling a hearty helping of sugar and cinnamon on top of the … Continue reading
