It’s confession time. I’ve been baking like a mad woman for the past couple of weeks. Yeah. Do mad women bake? That didn’t sound like a confession. Let me try that again: I’ve been baking like a madwoman for the past couple of weeks, and my camera spent most of that time in another roomContinue Reading

Happy spring, friends! Thank you for being here. You make my day when you come show your smiling faces and leave kind words. I just finished a Fondant and Gum Paste course, and I’m bouncing off the walls with excitement, wanting to show you the end result. Picture a wide-eyed six-year-old, running at top-speed throughContinue Reading

What’s that you say? These aren’t brownies? Are you sure? You’re right, they’re cookies. But they’re actually not cookies. Deep down inside, where it really counts, they’re brownies. They’re soft, chewy, rich brownies that, by sheer coincidence, happen to be shaped like their cookie counterparts. Well shoot. You win. We’ll call them cookies. They’re cookies.Continue Reading

I think people underestimate the value of a good cry. I’m not just talking about crying in general – I’m talking about the hard-core, tear-jerking-movie-induced, that’s-what-I-get-for-investing-myself-emotionally-in-the-characters kind of cry. The kind where you give up trying to keep the tears inside the brim of your eyelids, and you stop trying to invent discreet ways toContinue Reading

I’m still in the process of getting settled in here. You probably noticed the wacky reposting on Google Reader after I imported all my posts from Blogger. And you’ll notice some funny formatting and font issues with several of the posts that I imported from Blogger. I’m not sure why it decided to do that,Continue Reading

***This is me just being a little nit-picky. You can probably tell the formatting is wonky in this post. That’s because I imported it from Blogger, and the Blogger Fairies did something weird to the fonts that I haven’t been able to fix. Okay, I’m done.*** I wish I could preface these fabulous brownies withContinue Reading

***This is me just being a little nit-picky. You can probably tell the formatting is wonky in this post. That’s because I imported it from Blogger, and the Blogger Fairies did something weird to the fonts that I haven’t been able to fix. Okay, I’m done.*** Right now I’m reading The Count of Monte Cristo.Continue Reading

I think I may be the last person in the solar system to figure out how to make chocolate chip cookies that aren’t all flat and crispy. But I’ve finally done it. Here is a list of things I’ve learned about the mighty chocolate chip cookie, during my crusade against flatness and crispiness. Rules forContinue Reading