Salted Dark Chocolate Crisps are light, crispy and intensely chocolatey; they are also perfect for making in advance. Keep reading to see what all of the Creative Cookie Exchange hosts came up with. Affiliate links were used in this post to refer to items I am discussing. I am so excited about this Creative Cookie…
Buttermilk Glazed Buttermilk Chocolate Snack Cake; OXO Brownie Spatula
There are compliments, and then there are compliments. Guys, I received just about the sweetest, biggest, best compliment I have ever received on anything I have ever baked or cooked for this cake. But let me start at the beginning. As soon as I saw this cake in The Animal Farm Buttermilk Cookbook: Recipes and…
100% Whole Grain Oatmeal Brownies with M&Ms
When your kid has impromptu gum surgery on the kitchen counter, and that kid is Sammy and the next day is the first day of school, chances are she is going to school, surgery-be-damned. And chances are you are going to leave a lot of instructions with both her teacher and the nurse for all…
Tongass Forest Cookies
One week ago I was mourning the end of summer, dreading my kids going back to school. Everything felt tight and panicky, like I had not appreciated my kids enough and needed to spend every waking moment with them. Oh the difference a week can make.
Double Chocolate Chip Cookies made with PB2
As most of you know, we live a little bit in the boonies. Not completely, since getting to Cincinnati only takes about an hour–and the northern suburbs, which are pretty well stocked–only take about 30 minutes. But at the same time, we are on 5 acres at the back of a private lane off of…
Rustic Cocoa Cream Loaf Cake
I think we sometimes get stuck in a mindset that chocolate desserts must be decadent and rich, especially cakes. We also of course prefer our cakes in particular to be striking and elegant. Mousse cakes, layer cakes, glazed bundt cakes, flourless cakes… Well this cake is none of the above. I almost did not share…
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…
Chocolate Sugar Cookies Made With Dutched Cocoa
Chocolate Sugar Cookies made with Dutched Cocoa are the perfect canvas for a high quality Dutched cocoa, chewy and gently bittersweet. These pictures and notes were updated in September 2019. I have had a conflicted relationship with Valrhona cocoa powder. I mean, people whose baking I respect worship this stuff, so what the heck is…