Category Archives: Baking
Baked Lemon Doughnuts with Homemade Lemon Curd
Some days I swear I’ve misplaced my brain. My friend Kara (hiiiiiiiii in MinneFuckinSota!) and I sometimes joke (I think it’s a joke… but other times I’m not certain) that we share a brain. Should one of us be having … Continue reading
Chocolate Orange Cream Cheese Pound Cake
Some days simply require flour, eggs, butter and sugar. Non-fancy, nearly plain, delicious cake. Original pound cake recipes that date back to the 1700’s got their name from the ingredient list: one pound of flour, one pound of sugar, one … Continue reading
Coconut Laced Jam Thumbprint Cookies
We are nearly halfway through January… is it okay to be talking about cookies? Too soon? (It’s never too soon for cookies!) Around Christmas, one day I decided baking giant heaps of various cookies was completely necessary (must have been … Continue reading
Rich Frosted Chocolate Sheet Cake
Every year as my husband’s birthday approaches, I start to think about what his celebratory dinner and cake will consist of. By “approaches” I mean my crazy-brain begins thinking around early October, for his late November birthday. Usually I wait … Continue reading
Joy the Baker’s Pumpkin Pie with Pecan Praline Topping
As a kid, growing up in Hawaii, my thoughts on good pies often had to do with lilikoi or guava, perhaps coconut cream pies. My mom occasionally bought store-made apple or cherry pies. Pumpkin pie didn’t even hold any form … Continue reading
Easy Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
Growing up, there was never a shortage of sweets in our house. Cookies–homemade or store bought– candy of multiple varieties, sugary cereals, soda I could help myself to, ice cream or popsicles (if not both) in the freezer. It’s a … Continue reading
Joy the Baker’s Man-Bait Apple Crisp
Oh, hello out there… Are you still here, there, somewhere in this funny shaped little blogosphere? I am not sure where all the days have gone, nor how we’re in mid-October now… And while I’m at it, when did fall … Continue reading
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Protein Cookies
Do you ever wonder where your days go? The last few weeks have been nothing short of a blur. At times I imagine that there will be some day in my life where I miss this pace, but that takes … Continue reading
Fresh Peach Buckle
The season creeps in slowly. In early summer, I find an abundance of different melons, strawberries, plums, apricots, grapes, citrus fruits in our food co-op. Then all of a sudden it seems peaches are in full-blown abundance. I wait all … Continue reading
Apricot and Pecan Scones
It’s true that I am not much of a morning person. Every now and then, however, I find myself wide awake at the ass-crack-of-dawn. As a long-term insomniac, it’s rare that I find myself asleep before 1 AM… but on … Continue reading