This is an ambivalent review of a cookbook. Which is kind of weird, but I just want to be clear from the start that I both like and am frustrated by Tina Casaceli’s Milk & Cookies: 89 Heirloom Recipes from New York’s Milk & Cookies Bakery (which, by the way, I chose and paid for–no…
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Butterfly Cake
The next few posts are full of delicious food with lousy photos. For whatever reasons, lately it feels like it’s all I can do to grab a few very much not staged shots before we dig in. And not staged means you can see computers, pepper grinders, random cookbooks, phones, keyboards, hands, you name it…
Chocolate Glazed Chocolate Chip Cake
Chocolate Glazed Chocolate Chip Cake is a moist and delicious bundt cake that is easy to whip up and stays fresh longer for using oil in the batter. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing in this post. [Photos were updated in October 2017 and the updated photos are marked…
Congo Bars
I have a dirty little secret. This year, very different from previous years, my mom has taken a while to ask for Christmas lists (normally she is an early shopper), so I confess I have taken advantage of some of the great sales going on now, specifically at The Good Cook. Where normally I stare…
Salty Chocolate Chocolate Chip Oat Cookies For Peanut Butter
Growing up, we were always the kids with a horse. Actually we were the kids with a horse and a pool, but this post is about the horse. When I was in late elementary school, I went through a phase where I really resented it. I felt like kids wanted to come over to pet…
Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake
I wanted to wax poetic about this cake–because I truly do feel poetic about it, I’ve made it several times–but I am having trouble. Maybe it is the 5 hours of sleep and Kung Fu Panda in the background robbing me of brain cells. Whatever, the cause, believe me when I say I am not…
My Best Blondies
My Best Blondies are like old friends in my kitchen; they are flexible to different chips, chunks and nuts, and are there when I need them. Probably one of the most made recipes in my kitchen, I have been asked for this recipe countless times. I don’t have anything savory to share with you for…