Audrey, Author at The Batter Thickens

The Baked Brownie (Vegan and Gluten-Free)

The Baked Brownie, but vegan and gluten-free. That’s all. I didn’t think this could be done, honestly. I’ve taken the Baked Brownie (named that because it’s from a bakery called Baked), the best brownie in the history of the world, and made it vegan. And gluten free. And they’re not awful. I feel like a wizard. Or…

14 Best Recipes of 2014

2014 has been quite the year for this blog. Over the course of the year, we’ve used roughly a million pounds of butter (totally accurate facts here), bought 100 bags of sugar, even more flour, and not to mention chocolate chips. And the amount of brownies we consumed is probably twice the average human being. But all…

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Eggnog Frosting

Gingerbread Cupcakes with eggnog frosting are a perfect holiday treat for anyone who doesn’t love the traditional gingerbread cookie thing. All the gingerbread flavor, none of the disappointingly crunchy cookie. We’ve made these Gingerbread Cupcakes once before, and they were amazing. But the frosting didn’t really work out how we anticipated. It was with mascarpone cheese…

Peppermint and Chocolate Candy Cane Cake

Peppermint and Chocolate Candy Cane Cake is alternating red velvet cake and vanilla cake shaped like a candy cane with peppermint frosting. Festive and fun for the holidays! “Peppermint, but only a little. Chocolate, but a lot.” These were my instructions, from my aforementioned friend at school who gives me her family’s homemade curry for…

Flourless Peppermint Hot Chocolate Brownies

The secret of Flourless Peppermint Hot Chocolate Brownies is 1) no flour in the brownies = fudgy as heck, 2) Andes mint chips sneaked into the brownie batter = double peppermint action. You’re looking at Peppermint Hot Chocolate in brownie form. “Haul out the holly. Put up the tree. Fill up the stocking. Put up…

Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream Cake

Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream Cake uses Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams pumpkin ice cream recipe with a pie crust ice cream adapted from Momofuku Milk Bar’s graham cracker crust ice cream recipe, topped with Milk Bar pretzel crumb and salted caramel. Regular pumpkin pie just doesn’t compare. Do you like pumpkin pie? I’ve met very few…

Twix Cookies

Twix Cookies are made with a thick chocolate peanut butter cookie base, filled with chunks of Twix bar (or any other favorite candy bar). Soft baked, dense, and loaded with candy bar goodness! These Twix Cookies were incredible. I could spend a whole post writing a poem to these cookies. But these Twix Cookies also…

Carrot Zucchini Bread with Maple Cream Cheese Glaze

Carrots add an extra bit of sweetness to the already-moist zucchini bread foundation in this recipe for Carrot Zucchini Bread. Hiding vegetables in a delicious, flavorful quick bread smothered in a luscious maple cream cheese glaze is pretty genius, and will make your breakfast (and morning) a little more special. Confession: I’m kind of obsessed with…