Breakfast Archives - The Batter Thickens

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….

Junior vs. Adult Bake Off: Pizza Star Bread

My family was thrilled when this year’s Great New Year’s Baking Show brought back the greatest the GBBO tent has ever seen: Jürgen. We watched the two holiday episodes this holiday season, and appreciated getting to see Jürgen back in the tent, and even performing his trombone. And then when they were done I convinced…

Milk Bar’s Thanksgiving Croissants

I enjoyed working at Milk Bar for a lot of reasons, but a big reason was that I got to take a lot of the baked goods home. Lots of ice cream being drained out at the end of the night, lots of cookies, a few cake slices. But the best of them all were…

Chai Scones

I recently made Taylor Swift’s Chai Cookies, and they did not disappoint. However, those cookies have been made and posted approximately one million times on the internet. So I wanted to do something a bit more original with them. I think there’s a ton of different riffs you could do with the cookies (different teas,…

Pumpkin Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins

I feel as though it’s been a while! I’ve been keeping a pretty good pace of blog posts recently, but the quantity of baked goods was getting to be too much. The kitchen was filled with Tupperware, so I had to take a break and let the existing baked goods dwindle. But now we’re back…

Homemade English Muffins

There’s lots of markers of the start of the best part of the year… AKA October through December, when the temperatures start cooling and the holidays start rolling in. But one of my favorites is the return of the Great British Bake Off! It comes out continuously weekly the best time of the year, and…

Rye Banana Bread (with Chocolate Chips)

I recently made some Rye Chocolate Chip Cookies, and they were pretty delicious (more on that in that post, obviously). And now, I’ll be using the rest of the rye flour. Starting with this Rye Banana Bread. There is really nothing better than a solid banana bread, in my opinion. My family banana bread recipe…

Peach Cobbler Scones

I like to think I’ve gotten pretty decent at baking over the years. Which means that true failures don’t happen too often any more. But I recently tried out a Peach Cobbler Scone recipe that was a total bust. They didn’t rise… they weren’t sweet… they were bland… disaster. And the recipe was even from…