Audrey, Author at The Batter Thickens

Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

There’s a lot of reasons I could never be a professional food blogger. I think the most prevalent one is that I’m finally posting these Christmas cookies in mid-January. BUT, I think these Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are still seasonal enough. I made them for a Christmas party at work in mid-December, based off of a…

Homemade Cheese Curds

For the first two weeks of September, I got to go to Minneapolis to house and cat sit for Molly, and it was a dream. I got to A) live in a house with AC, B) experience early fall/late summer in the Midwest, C) explore the city and get a taste of MN living… and…

Everything I Ate and Drank During Two Weeks in Minneapolis

For the first two weeks of September, Molly went on her almost-two-year-delayed honeymoon, and I got to travel to Minneapolis to house-and-cat-sit for two weeks. (So… basically pretend I live in MN for two weeks.) I suppose I was doing her a favor, but I just got a fun two week vacation, living in a…

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

Hello! Back again after another 2 month long break! This break was justified because I’ve been a bit busy with Adult and Career things…. like doing 16 interviews at 6 different companies over the course of just 8 weeks. I’m a bit burnt out, and blogging fell by the wayside amidst the interviewing, interview prep,…

Insanely Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies (With Date Syrup)

Trader Joe’s seems to always have some rotating supply of impulse-buyable goods. They rotate all their fun little seasonal snacks, and it seems they have new products every few months. When I was last there, my impulse by was their Date Syrup. I love dates and figured it would have some fun baking purpose. And…

A Ridiculous Peanut Butter Whiskey Milkshake

Long time no post! It’s been a busy few months – first it was Coachella, then a week later my siblings were in town for my birthday week. Then my car got totalled on my birthday! And then I took a weekend trip to Minnesota to celebrate my 21st birthday two years later! Then it…

Soy Sauce Brownies (?!?)

I’m on Bon Appetit’s email list, and a while ago they emailed a recipe for Soy Sauce Brownies. The woman writing the recipe touted that she would never make brownies any other way again, that it was a game changer. So, naturally, I was intrigued. And I felt that it was my duty as a…

Lemon Bars (And Orange Chocolate Bars)

Recently I was thinking about what I would put on the menu at my future bakery in Door County. This is a pretty common train of thought for me, honestly, but as I was considering the options – and potential seasonal items – I realized there was a sort of massive gap in my baking…