When I’m craving a chocolate chip cookie (OFTEN), I mentally run through the recipes I’ve tried and documented on this here baking blog. So many of them require browning the butter, aging the dough, or sourcing a special ingredient. Most of the time, that leads to exceptional results that are worth the wait. But sometimes,......
As a person with a lot of hobbies, you know things are getting dire when I will actually admit that I’m BORED. Yes, I have shows I’m watching, books I’m reading, and cross-stitch projects underway, but I’m just feeling a general sense of boredom settling over it all. I hate to say it, but I’m......
As if I would let a pandemic stop me from making myself a birthday cake! I look forward to this all year, and I didn’t care that I had nowhere to bring the leftovers. I also knew exactly what I wanted to make myself this year. I was a little bit burnt out on layer......
I was pretty disappointed with my first Chocolate Chip Cookie of quarantine, and was eager to test another one. I have so many bookmarked: Alton Brown’s The Chewy, Milk Bar’s Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies, even a Joy the Baker classic. But then Nicole let me know that the owner of Bake Shoppe* was demo-ing some......
Biscotti aren’t really my thing. They’re too crunchy and kind of bland, and what’s the point of a cookie you can’t eat without dunking in coffee or tea? I do however consider myself a biscotti making expert, since they’re the treat I used to always make for my favourite former boss (here are a couple......
Once again, my baking whims this month were dictated by my Planet Byn calendar that Danielle made for me. The whole month of June I was staring at a picture of The New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookies and I couldn’t get them out of my mind. I decided it was time to tackle one......
Last week I took my first true vacation since starting my (not-so) new job last Fall. I went to LA for a quick visit to see my friends Christine & Daryl (lots more on that soon!) and then was back home in time for a super fun charity event with my co-workers, Games 3 and......
I can’t believe that I’ve had the Baked: New Frontiers in Baking book FOR TEN YEARS, and have never made the Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe! Blasphemy! That’s why I was so excited when our Baked Sunday Mornings group announced we’d be going back to the Baked boys first book; there are still so many recipes......
I wrote the other day about how much I loved the Netflix movie To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, and this summer I also read the book, plus it’s two sequels. You don’t really see it too much in the movie, but in the books, a huge part of Lara Jean’s life is that......
My favourite thing to bake lately has been cute little 6″ birthday cakes. This is no doubt due to the endless cake decorating videos I’ve been watching on Instagram (faves: @chelsweets, @whippedcakeco, @bakingwithblondie, @karleeskupcakes). Making mini versions has been a great way to practice a few specific things (i.e. using a bench scraper to get smooth......