Audrey, Author at The Batter Thickens

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…

Old Fashioned Old Fashioneds

I have two opinions that I treat as facts: Old Fashioned style donuts are the best donuts, and Old Fashioned cocktails are the best cocktail. And they even have the same name. S0, in an effort to broaden my baking horizons with a new challenge, I have tried to combine them. I was inspired by…

Homemade Pizza (with only about 30 min of active work)

I feel like homemade pizza has as an odd perception of being a labor intensive and difficult meal to prepare, but I’ve always found it to be a pretty simple. I think the key is how much effort you put into the crust. I’m sure there’s ways to make pizza dough that involve multiple rises…

Blueberry Cream Cheese Scuffins

Between my freshman and sophomore years of college, my parents were living in Marin County in Northern California, and so I got to live there with them for the summer. It was one of my favorite summers. I had no obligations, so I filled my days with running or hiking and filled my nights with…

Cherry Ricotta Muffins

I’m back again! Less of a break this time. The benefit of doing this lower-pressue version of the blog is that I can go home for a month and half and spend my time baking Christmas cookies and sharing them with family in real life and not post them. But now I’m back in LA…

Pumpkin Mac and Cheese (My Favorite Fall Meal)

This Pumpkin Mac and Cheese is the perfect fall meal – warm and cozy, slightly nutritious and slightly not, pumpkin-y but not overwhelming. I make it once or twice a year during the fall, but it’s never made it onto the blog. Until now! October is really just the time for orange foods. Pumpkin. Sweet…