Audrey, Author at The Batter Thickens

$15,000 Smashed Potatoes

Recently, as the temperatures here approached highs of 2 degrees Fahrenheit, our furnace stopped working! It was something we had all been “bracing” for, as it was older than me. But the timing really was comical. Thankfully, the replacement was installed the next day. And thank you to my landlord parents for shelling out for…

Reese’s Puffs Cookies

My favorite cereal as a kid was the hazelnut chocolate biscotti granola from Target (that has tragically been discontinued, but Molly found a very good dupe recipe for it). But in terms of mainstream cereals, that were only purchased on special occasions, then Reese’s Puffs were the best. Then Peanut Butter Captain Crunch. But regardless,…

Reese’s Puffs Ice Cream

There’s an ice cream shop in town near me that runs a very exclusive business. Every Thursday night, they do a “drop,” where a couple hundred pints of ice cream in 1-3 flavors go on sale, and usually sell out in minutes. You pick from their list of pickup window time slots to pick up…

Elote Cornbread

I’ve explained before how much my family loves Elote. So when we needed cornbread to go with chili one night, I figured I may as well put an Elote spin on it! This recipe also came about, much like these rye scones did, in my efforts to empty out my pantry of all the half-used…

Brown Butter Rye Scones

I’m still working on that start of the year goal of using up all the mostly-used ingredients in my pantry. I went through a rye phase a few months ago, but stopped before I used up all the rye flour in my pantry. So a cup of flour was still sitting in its own bag….

Black Sesame Swirl Brown Butter Blondies

It’s amazing how long low-priority things can stay on my to-do list. I bought some black sesame butter in LA about 2.5 years ago, meaning to bake with it, and I just… never got around to it. It sat in my pantry so long that it eventually expired, and I had to buy some more….

Peanut Butter Maple Brownies

Last week I said that I somehow didn’t post any brownies in 2024… not even a month into 2025 and I’m on my second batch! Molly saw the brownies from last week, but because I took most of them in to work, they were gone before I could give her some. She requested I make…