Blueberry Lemon Poppyseed ‘Muffins’
These are not muffins. Do not be fooled. They are mini cakes with lots of butter and the blueberries do not make them wholesome. But why would you want wholesome, […]
Category Archives: Dessert
Bake sale basics: bake what you know
As some readers of this blog know, I’m in the thick of grad school. During summer months that leaves me quite a bit of time for culinary experimentation (see, for […]
A Tiramisu of Your Own
Our ‘healthy’ category is really underused. It’s desserts like this that make me think that we should make its reverse: what about ‘diabolical’? Because ‘sinful’ connotes guilt, and I am […]
Sesame-Chocolate Chunk Cookies
These cookies aren’t really that radically different from your run-of-the-mill chocolate chip cookie, but the sesame seeds, butter, and chunks of chocolate combine to something sublime. I found the recipe […]
Late Summer – Cherry Pie
Cherry pie is dark and intensely sweet. Maybe just what you need as the evenings are getting darker, but still warm enough to sit outside to watch the stars come […]
Gluten-free peanut butter brownies
Earlier this summer, I made an attempt at a dessert recipe that promised to delight: Peanut Butter and Fleur de Sel Brownies. Later this summer, specifically the evening of August […]
Boterkoek
Or, The Dutch Find it Perfectly Acceptable to Eat Something Called ‘Butter Cake’. And it really is ‘butter cake’: it’s basically a tart base, but two times as thick as […]
