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Happy New Year! Pear Frangipane Tart

I, historically, hate New Year’s Eve. It feels like a high-pressure holiday, but frankly, unless you’re going to “go out,” I’m not sure how it’s supposed to be celebrated other than staying up late just to be concious for the first minutes of the New Year. (Also, I don’t want to “go out” – on…

Blueberry Crumb Cinnamon Rolls

I have not been baking much this month! I prepped a lot of cookie dough for our classic Christmas cookies, and so with my family in town we’ve been having lots of cookie plates, and the recipes were not new. So it’s been a slow month on the blog front. Which is fine! I hit…

Sundried Tomato Lentil Soup

I talked in this post about how much I love this sausage soup. I’ve made it several times in the last few months. Soup is just such a perfect meal, especially when you’re cooking for one. It saves for several days, heats up well, and you can eat with bread, it’s got every food group….

Peppermint Hot Chocolate Cookies

Last year, I made these hot chocolate cookies that were very delicious. But I had some ideas for how to re-work the recipe a fair amount. They probably could have used a re-do entirely, to get the ratios correct. But with all the other baking I was doing, I didn’t want to make even more…

Percy Jackson’s Blue Cake

I am interrupting your regularly-scheduled Christmas baking posts to bake some cake to celebrate the release of Percy Jackson season 2!! I made these blue chocolate chip cookies for season 1, and I explained in that post how the whole blue food thing is from the books. It’s an inside joke between him and his…

A Tale of Christmas Hubris

I have said this before, but my fatal flaw is hubris. I have an over-confidence about my ability to do a lot of things. I think that I can do a lot of things better than the way they are currently done. I often say people should consult me on things. And you know what?…

Chocolate Gingerbread Banana Bread Muffins

When my family goes on a vacation that requires grocery shopping to stock up our place for a week or two, it seems my role is to be the one to take home the leftovers. Which is fine, I elect to take this role most of the time. But it also means I have to…

Apple Pie Ice Cream (Dairy Free and Regular)

This ice cream is basically Apple Pie a la Mode, but it’s all in the Mode. I feel as though there is a joke to be made here. But if I call it something like “Just the Mode,” will people think that means just vanilla ice cream? Why do we not call ice cream “mode”…

Pumpkin Milk Bar Pie Bars

A few years ago, in 2021, I had a pretty great October 30. I flew across the country from LA to NYC on a JetBlue redeye. Which was not the fun part. But that evening, I went to see Harry Styles perform a Halloween show at MSG! Truly a concert to remember. And also a…

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