Crunchy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins
When life gets busy I turn to easy comfort foods. I am currently working, quite furiously, on my next book. In fact, I just passed the half way point! My work on the book, as well as my trips to BlogHer and IFBC New Orleans, mean that this month I will not have as much time for cooking anything other than pies. Anything I can bake and stash in the freezer makes me feel a little more secure. I love knowing I am just a few moments...
Amber Ale Hot Dog Buns
This post comes with a free bonus!! Of course, all my content is free but in this case you get a super secret look at my VERY FAVORITE hot dog toppings! As you most likely know, if you watch the news at all, Texas is having a massive heat wave that is causing one of the worst drought situations in out state’s history. I only think it fair, when we are being asked to conserve water, to try and find other liquids to bake and...
Dark Chocolate Chip Pavlova with Strawberry Whipped Cream
This has been an exciting week for me! I am so happy to let you know that I am going to write a second cookbook! It will be another book about pies, because you can’t have too much pie I suppose, but this book will be different than the last in that it will focus on gourmet ingredients and high-end flavors. I have a pretty tight deadline for this one but I am confident I can get it all written in time. To celebrate I decided...
Chocolate Italian Wedding Cupcakes with Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting
These cupcakes were born of necessity. Originally this batch of cupcakes was intended to be a full fledged cake, but due to my rather appalling laziness the pans I had intended to use were dirty when the urge to bake struck. When I say dirty I mean stuck on, needing a good soak, burnt on sugar dirty. I was forced to formulate a plan ‘B’ as I was not in the mood to wait until the pans were clean. Digging through my pans...
White Chocolate Fudge Pie
You would think I would be over pies. It is true that after writing Everything Pie (due out in September and available for pre-order at the link to your right) I would never want to bake another pie again. For a while that was true, but after a few pie-free months I noticed that I did not feel the same instant aversion to pie as I had. In fact, last week I actually had a craving for pie. Specifically one made with white chocolate...
Independence Day Round-Up!!
Happy Independence Day!! If you live in the States it is time for fireworks, parades, and celebrating the birth of our nation. I am planning to spend a great deal of this long weekend in my kitchen because what celebration is complete with out some really good food? I am always looking for inspiration, and if you are too then I think I can help! Below are my picks for this year’s 4th of July festivities. ‘Big Evil’...
