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Tag Archives: baking
The Monday Treat – Christmas cookies
Christmas baking can feel like a step too far sometimes. Too pressured to be any fun– a source of work rather than a source of joy.
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Tagged baking, chocolate, chocolate chips, Christmas, coco, cookies, fridge, Martha, Momofuku, vegetarian
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Pumpkin Spice Pancakes with a Maple Apple Compote
So here’s the issue: the last thing anyone really wants after Thanksgiving is more dinner.
Posted in This Dinner Will Get You Laid
Tagged apple compote, apple maple compote, baking, breakfast, brunch, compote, maple, pancake, Thanksgiving, vegetarian
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Oozing pus chocolate cupcakes
Halloween would not be halloween in our house without oozing pus chocolate cupcakes.
The Monday Treat – Autumn Afternoon Tea Time: Plum Cake
Back in London on the annual pilgrimage to the US Embassy to have my visa re-issued. Back to sleeping in my childhood bedroom, where creeper is already turning red around the windows, and I can watch the birds gathering in the … Continue reading
The Monday Treat – Birthday Cake
It was Jon’s birthday this weekend, which brought with it the usual scheduling nightmare that seems to be endemic to modern life. Jess could not do Friday. Jeremy could only do Friday. Ken could do any day, as long as … Continue reading
This dinner will get you laid – Cinnamon Buns
The cinnamon buns really got me.
Posted in This Dinner Will Get You Laid
Tagged amish, baking, cinnamon bun, dessert, pastry, pecan, treat
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The Monday Treat – Amish Pie
Our friends Ingyin and Yosi planned a last road trip of summer, before returning to NYU Abu Dhabi to start the new term. Essentially, what they were looking for, was Americana.
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Tagged amish, baking, peach, pie, raspberry, treat, vegetarian
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The Wednesday Tipple – Strawberries and Cream cocktails, and Strawberry scones
Two happy co-incidences align to strawberry-tint my world this week. One, the discovery of freeze dried strawberries at Trader Joes, brought to my attention by my friend Grace. “They’re Yuppie crack. You just can’t stop eating them!” The other, of … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, cocktail, cream, Grace, scone, strawberry, Wimbledon
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Irish Soda Bread
This bread is perfect toasted and smothered with unsalted butter and a good blackberry jam. It’s best eaten the day it is made because there’s nothing in it that acts as a preservative. 450 g flour 1 tsp sugar (ideally … Continue reading
Tagged baking, bread, olives, soda bread, st patrick's day, vegetarian
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Strawberry Cupcakes
All the ingredients should be at room temperature before you start. You’ll get more reliable cakes if you use scales to measure by weight rather than volume in cups. Ingredients (makes 12 fairy cakes, 8 muffin-sized cakes) 1 stick or … Continue reading
Tagged baking, cake, cupcake, strawberry, Valentines Day, vegetarian
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