Breakfast Archives - The Batter Thickens

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…

Cornflake Chocolate Chip Scones with Coffee Glaze

I’ve eaten a lot of scones in my time, and I can declare that there is a very wide range within the umbrella term “scone.” There’s, of course, a difference between American and British scones. But there’s also drop scones (like these or these), or a more shaped/cut triangle scone, like the ones I’m writing…

GF Banana Blueberry Muffins

These Gluten Free Banana Blueberry Muffins with coffee cake topping are a perfect brunch crowd pleaser. There’s something for everyone – a banana bread base, blueberries for people who like fruit, and the coffee cake crumble topping for those who want something a bit sweeter. I suppose they don’t appease the crowd who like double…