Brownies

So fast.  So easy.  So good. I’ve had a thing lately for toasted pecans, so this dessert works JUST FINE.  (Really- I have even been adding them to my morning yogurt snack with raisins and strawberries and cinnamon.  Can’t.  Get.  Enough.  But don’t even think of skipping the 7 minute …

I know this dessert is supposed to be all about the blueberries (look at it- it’s oozing with blue), but I’ve gotta tell you- the lemon really strikes a puckering chord. Imagine a lemony shortbread kind of cookie on the bottom of something great, and then a lemony zesty crumbly …

At some point does the layering of chocolate on chocolate on chocolate become ridiculous? BLASPHEMY! I regret that I even asked that question.  How silly of me.  I’m sorry, loyal reader/baker/chocoholic, for my momentary lapse in judgement.  I guess I was looking at the picture above and was wondering if …

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 …

Does caramel go with peanut butter? That was the question I asked myself, then stopped and slapped myself in the face. Caramel goes with everything. So now that we have that out of the way, here’s the scoop:  imagine a peanut butter cookie baked into a pan so you can cut …

Oh, January.  It’s the time of year for good intentions to be born and fizzled by the 31st, like your resolution to eat better or move your body more or detox or quit drinking (gasp! I just read about this thing- it’s an actual thing- called Dry January, and then promptly …

What have I been thinking? I looked back on the recipes I’ve been making lately and they’re as white as the Oscars. It’s time to bring back the chocolate, folks, because- wait.  I don’t even need to explain the rationale on this.  Chocolate speaks for itself. I commit that I will …

I know, I know.  This dessert looks like I missed the December holiday train, and I’ve gotta be honest, I kind of did. I technically made the candy-cane-littered dessert in time for the whole Christmas rush thing, and I even parsed a few off to my 101 year-old Grandma who …

Rum- you either love it or you hate it.  If you hate it, click here or here, or go have a nap.  If you love it, stick with me, drinking buddy.  We’re going to have a good time. (Full disclosure: rum and I are still unsure of our relationship.  I have …

You have two options here, my baking friend, and I won’t judge you either way you take this kitchen crossroads: From Scratch: bake your little heart out, champ.  Make the chocolate chip cookies like the industrious worker bee that you are (or is it the ants who are industrious?).  Get …