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chocolate ganache tart with bacon fat shortbread crust
we had some people over for a big breakfast for dinner, and ended up frying two big packs of bacon. i saved the fat because i had seen so many bacon fat recipes online, i was anxious to try one out. people use it in caramels, brownies, and chocolate chip cookies – basically anything sweet [...]
blood orange sorbet
blood oranges have been so tasty this year and i’ve had plenty around thanks to sweet tree farms. i have been trying them out in lots of different recipes, like my blood orange mimosas, natural blood orange soda, and blood orange and poppy seed spelt muffins, but i knew i had to try this recipe [...]
mini flourless chocolate cakes
i was prompted to try this recipe after enjoying a very delicious flourless chocolate cake from the village bakery in atwater village. when i looked up recipes online i found that they are quite easy to make, with only 5 ingredients! the chocolate flavor is very intense and the texture quite fudgy, so you won’t [...]
grammy’s kugel
i’ve been holding onto this recipe for a while now. we made it over the holidays when we were back east at my boyfriend’s house. i just haven’t found the time in my busy work and school schedule to share it with you all since i’ve been back. but it is quite a treat! i [...]
parsnip muffins and blood orange mimosas
i rarely follow recipes word for word. i’ve been toying around with the proportions in this whole wheat apple muffin recipe from smitten kitchen, but with everything except apples. i tried them with blueberries, pear – and now – shredded parsnip, which i got the idea for from the very gingery parsnip cupcake at four [...]
christmas cinnamon buns
i was away for the holidays, celebrating in the boston area with my boyfriend and his family. during that time we were in the process of transferring the website onto a new server and working out the kinks inherent in any major shift. if you’ve experienced problems with the site, just hold in there, all [...]
brown sugar and black tea roll-out cookies
i don’t usually make roll-out cookies because, well, they as just so plain. but i’ve been seeing so many fun-shaped cookies around the blogs that i’ve been itching to make a batch myself when i was inspired by smitten kitchen‘s nutmeg maple butter cookies. so i raided my cupboards to find the dregs of a [...]
orangettes
the idea of candying an orange peel had always intimidated me. i thought it would take too long or that i would need a candy thermometer – which i for some reason have neglected to buy all these years. or at worst it would be a huge disaster involving burnt peels and hard candy stuck [...]
maple cookies with marmalade glaze
my kitchen activities have been adapting to the cold and windy days lately. i’ve been making weekly pots of stew, roasting nearly every veggie, sprinkling cinnamon and maple syrup in most dishes i make and preserving the glut of citrus i’ve happened upon in the form of marmalades and candied peels. it takes a bit [...]
pomegranate and dark chocolate chunk scones
scones have become my go-to baked good as of late. i like how they can be a hardy catch-all for whatever ingredients seem to be lying around, they aren’t overly sweet, they keep well and i’ve already got a killer recipe that can flex to my specifications. all you really need is a pastry cutter, [...]
