From the category archives:

Baked Goods

Naan Bread Two Ways: Green Onion & Sesame

March 25, 2008

One of favorite Indian foods has to be the naan. A flat, chewy teardrop shaped bread used to scoop up meat and stewed dishes. I watched Anjum make naan and realized that it’s fairly simple to replicate without a tandoori…

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Gooey Maple-Nut Bars Recipe

March 24, 2008
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Our Easter weekend came and went without a single bunny or chocolate egg. It’s the one holiday that we don’t get into very much, other than to enjoy a big dinner. This year we were out and about over the…

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Chocolate-marbled banana bread

March 18, 2008

We all seem to have that one renegade banana sitting on the counter turning a spotted brown color. Why is it that no one can commit to eating the last one? I peel the overripe bananas and drop them into…

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Ciabatta catastrophe – how do you measure up?

March 10, 2008

Don’t let the photo fool you, the bread turned out rather disgusting, both in taste and texture. I guess I’m on a ciabatta roller coaster having great success recently, now followed by a ciabatta disaster.

I enjoyed the ciabatta bread made in…

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Blond Ambition Cookies Recipe

March 4, 2008
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Today I decided to make these blond cookies based on the old style chewy molasses cookies. It started with my curiousity for sweetened condensed milk and how it could be utilized in other ways (i.e. I’ve seen SO many dulce…

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Ciabatta Bread (in less than 5 hours)

March 3, 2008
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I’ve been craving bread lately, nice thick slabs of chewy and crusty bread, good old European style bread. I’ve looked through my books and nothing sparked my interest. By dumb luck, I happened across a recipe last night for a…

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Orange marmie muffins with cardamom pine nut streusel

March 2, 2008

The star ingredient for these muffins is my very own ‘marmie’ (orange marmalade). The muffins are light and sweet with ribbons of orange peel running throughout. They are topped with a pine nut and cardamom spiced streusel which adds a…

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Sweet polenta cake with caramelized apples & almonds

February 29, 2008

I am a horrible sucker for cheap cookbooks — they lure me in with their big colorful photos and promise of a few good recipes. The books are not written by any particular expert, merely ‘edited by’ a staffer with…

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Not a single nook or cranny!

February 25, 2008

Do you know what these delightful dough pillows are supposed to be? They are an early morning attempt at making my very own english muffins. I felt inspired after seeing Foodbeam’s beautiful muffins, but I didn’t have all the ingredients on…

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Orange Sour Cream Cake w/Orange Icing

February 24, 2008

My favorite use of oranges so far — a rich and moist orange cake drizzled with a sweet orange icing. It was the perfect end to our dinner party last night.

The cake is something I’ve been thinking about all week.…

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Shortbread Cookies – The Best Recipe

February 21, 2008
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original post updated 6/4/09

Shortbread cookies are a sinful, indulgent obsession of mine. Buttery and flaky, crisp and crumbly are the best. I’ve tried many recipes and finally settled on the one below. I received it from a blogging friend you…

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Cocktail Buns Recipe, Gai Mei Bao

February 14, 2008

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Another Valentine’s Day is upon us — I didn’t really know what to do this year for Joe. I made him a card and decided to replicate one of his favorite Chinese baked goods for breakfast on Valentine’s…

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Traditional Shortbread Cookies Recipe

February 11, 2008
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Hindsight is an amazing thing — your past mistakes and fits of stupidity are so easy to see in retrospect. I received an amazing gift while in college from my best friend’s sister, Tita. Tita works in the publishing industry…

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Cherry Clafouti, a Delicious Custard Cake

February 10, 2008

Slightly sweet and dense, cherry clafouti satisfied my sweet tooth this weekend. Clafouti is a french dessert with a custard-like base and fruit, most commonly cherries. The cake batter itself reminds me of crepes or pancakes, somewhat neutral in flavor.

I…

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Nigella’s Breakfast Bars Recipe

February 5, 2008
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Well, just a day after praising Nigella, I’m a bit let down by her Breakfast Bars (p.94, Nigella Express). Granted, she leaves the recipe customizable and I customized just a tad, but they just didn’t compare to the texture and…

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