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Cronut Quest: A Photo Diary

Last weekend, Audrey visited Molly in New York City. We essentially spent the weekend roving from one end of the city to the other (literally…on Saturday we walked from top to bottom of Central Park, over 5 miles), bouncing from bakery to ice cream shop to bakery with some salad and falafel thrown in for…

Brown Butter Nutella Raspberry Blondies

Brown Butter Nutella Raspberry Blondies were basically designed to make you fall in love. How can you resist nutty brown butter paired with the nutty chocolate goodness of Nutella and the bright, tart sweetness of raspberries? I’ve been having a thing for raspberries recently. Like, a serious thing. Like so serious that if the raspberries…

S’mores Ice Cream Cake

S’mores Ice Cream Cake is made with toasted marshmallow ice cream and graham cracker ice cream layered on a graham crust between Milk Bar chocolate crumb and chocolate ganache. You can almost taste the campfire char. Welp. I went and did it. Another ice cream cake. *Slightly* less elaborate. But equally delicious. This S’mores Ice Cream…

Simple Vanilla Ice Cream

This recipe for Simple Vanilla Ice Cream is the perfect canvas for your favorite mix-ins and toppings. Make a sundae, or enjoy on its own. There’s something to be said for the simplicity of a pure scoop of vanilla ice cream. I will be the first to admit that some of the stuff we post…

Brownie Doctor: Momofuku Crumb Brownies

During summer, I mainly keep busy by participating in my school’s sports. I like it. But it also means that over the course of the day, I go to 2 and a half hours of tennis. Then I go to weight training for another hour and a half… And then cross country for like another…

Cat Shaped Funfetti Cake + Seven Graduation Cakes

It was a big spring for my family. My brother graduated high school. My sister graduated college. My parents had their 25 anniversary. And with celebrations, comes cakes. Lots of cakes. So many cakes. All. The. Cakes. It started with Molly’s graduation cake, the Moose Tracks Cake. And then, if you like us on Facebook,…

Extra Crumb Cinnamon Coffee Cake

Extra Crumb Cinnamon Coffee Cake is a tender cinnamon coffee cake with an extra heaping dose buttery delicious crumble. Perfect for a leisurely weekend brunch with a never-ending cup of coffee. Do you have a flavor that is just your flavor? Like every time that flavor is an option, you get it. Or if you had…

Salted Caramel Pretzel Ice Cream Cake

This Salted Caramel Pretzel Ice Cream Cake is the salty/sweet/chocolatey ice cream cake of your wildest dreams. Layers of salted caramel ice cream and pretzel ice cream sit on top of a brownie crust, with layers of chocolate ganache and chocolate crumb separating them. Drooool. This spring has been a big spring for my family- both…

Peanut Butter S’mores Cookie Sandwiches

These Peanut Butter S’mores Cookie Sandwiches are peanut butter cookies (made with homemade peanut butter!) sandwiched around marshmallow fluff and dipped in chocolate. The perfect mix of salty, sweet, gooey, chewy, and all around delicious. I think one of the hardest things to realize and admit about baking is that not everything you bake is…

Skinny Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Skinny Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins are a delicious breakfast to enjoy leisurely or on the go. My birthday happened a couple weeks ago, and I got 4 cookbooks and a baking instruction DVD. Sooo… the next morning I had some serious reading material and inspiration. And old bananas. That lovely combination led to these skinny…