Let me reintroduce you to one of the oldest recipes on the blog: these petite Chocolate Orange Meringue Cookies. These are crispy on the exterior and melt-in-your-mouth on the interior with just the perfect amount of chocolate to satisfy any cravings you might be plagued with at the moment. I also love the little hit of citrus you get from…
Consider this Fresh Lemon Cake a dazzling celebration of the humble lemon, that most-frequently used citrus that adorns our kitchen counters. I don’t know this for fact but I do on instinct. I put lemon in everything from warm water, to savory dishes that need brightening up to baked goods that need some sunshine. Yes, the humble lemon is a…
Bust out your bundt pans people, we’re making our very best Chocolate Coconut Cake!! And before we get too far down the path in making this gem, let me diffuse any divisiveness between Almond Joy and Mounds lovers. First, I’m coming out as a Mounds lover. It was always my preferred Halloween candy growing up. But I’m also having an…
I am BEYOND excited to bring you these GF Vegan Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies. Not because I am gluten free or vegan but because they are a damnnnn delicious cookie. Last October I was in GF Vegan Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies MAKES 26 COOKIES INGREDIENTS For the Cookies 8 tablespoons (4 oz/116 g) unsalted Earth Balance, room temperature 1 cup…
This past November I had the good fortune of joining the California Secretary of Agriculture, Karen Ross, some Our first stop on the tour was tomato-grower extraordinaire Image credit: Alycia Moreno for CA GROWN.[/caption] After Houweling’s we headed back north to We ended up by their pond, sipping Pacifico’s stuffed with floating caviar limes (DO THIS AT HOME!!), eating California…
Here are the Top Ten Recipes for 2019 and I’m here for each and every one of them!! It’s been a decade…full of so many ups and downs, if I’m being perfectly honest. I’m looking forward to 2020, a whole new decade to futz and infuse with sweetness. I’m considering adding in some savory recipes (mostly because I want to…
I know that the 12 Days of Sweet Treats are over, but where would we be without Five-Spice Snickerdoodles? The cookie you didn’t know you needed in your life, but you do. First, because they’re delicious. Second, because they’re easy as hell. Third, because five-spice and the holiday go together like peanut butter and jelly. Look it up. These cookies…
For our final post for the 12 Days of Sweet Treats I put together a Holiday Cookie Box! Amisha did too, go see her’s here. Also scroll below for cookies, photos of the cookie box, cookie tips + links to all of the recipes! I realized as we were nearing the end of Sweet Treat fest that I was really…
In what should be my last day of 12 Days of Sweet Treats, I offer to the universe Peppermint Bark Cookie Bars. Picture your very favorite chocolate chip cookie dough without chocolate chips or chunks. Work with me here… We press 3/4s of the dough into an 8X10 baking dish and then cover it in chocolate peppermint ganache and then…
Up next for 12 Days of Treats are these Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cups! Yep, just like a peanut butter cup but filled with the most dreamy peppermint cream. Think like an Oreo or, even better, like Trader Joe’s Candy Cane Joe-Joe’s. I have eaten more Candy Cane Joe-Joe’s than I’ll ever admit. Ever. Believe it or not, you can have…
GIVEAWAY CLOSED!!! In case you didn’t get the memo, I love a big skillet cookie. Even better, a giant Chocolate Peppermint Olive Oil Skillet Cookie! I teamed up with California Olive Ranch to give away FIVE copies of Chocolate Peppermint Olive Oil Skillet Cookie 1 10-Inch Skillet Cookie or 3 6-inch Skillet Cookies INGREDIENTS 8 tablespoons (115 g) unsalted butter,…
Burnt Sugar Muscovado Truffles are up next in our 12 Days of Sweet Treats and they are such the perfect, ultimate sweet treat to my always modest palate. We whip up some burnt sugar which is so easy (1 ingredient) and takes little effort. It’s so easy we’re sipping champagne as we do this, because it’s the holidays and we’re…
Coming in hot are these Espresso Chocolate Chip Cookies! Not everything needs to be peppermint and holiday spice this season, does it? This is the perfect example of such a treat. This is my favorite olive oil chocolate with some minor tweaks…I up’d the butter, never a bad thing. And then I pulled back a touch on the oil. It’s…
Eggnog Cream Pie with Caramel Rum Sauce… Where to begin with this beauty?! So many of my favorite flavors all wrapped into one, delicious dreamy holiday package. I partnered with Eggnog Cream Pie With Caramel Rum Sauce Makes 1 Pie/About 8 Servings Caramel Rum Sauce 12 tablespoons (170g/6 oz/ 1 ½ sticks) unsalted butter ¾ cup (158g) brown sugar, packed…
Cookie season is here and I couldn’t be more excited to share these Dulce De Leche Baci Kisses!! To celebrate, I’ve partnered up with Amisha Gurbani ( Dulce De Leche Baci Kisses Makes 42 Cookie Sammies For the Dulce De Leche 1 ¾ cups (414 ml) whole milk ¼ cup (60 ml) heavy whipping cream 2/3 cup (128 g) granulated…