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Tag: chocolate

  • 14 February 2026: Sur La Table’s Chocolate Panna Cotta

    We’ve participated in some great online cooking classes with Sur La Table. This one, Date Night: Italian Eatery, appears periodically. As is our habit, we cook at home for Valentine’s Day, and this recipe collection was a great special treat: Spaghetti alla Carbonara (with option to make your own pasta), Shaved Fennel & Pear Salad…

  • 15 Nov 2024: Fudge Nut Bars

    This recipe comes from the 1963 (!) Pillsbury Bake-off, the 60s version of the Great British Baking Show. I baked these so often that my Girl Scout leader used to call them Amy Puglisi’s. While not taking credit for their origin, they’ve been a family favorite, especially with the tweak described below. Since there never…

  • 22 Jul 2024: Mother’s Best Fudge Cake

    I may have made mention that my family’s favorite flavor is chocolate. This recipe card, in my Mother’s handwriting, is for Mother’s Best Fudge Cake. It was the chocolate cake recipe used for family celebrations. The recipe may have come from my Grandmother, who herself was a phenomenal cook and baker, or it may have…

  • 18 Jul 2024: Sarah’s Special Cocoa Frosting

    Can being a chocoholic be genetic? There is a long line of family members for whom a birthday cake isn’t a celebration unless it includes chocolate in some way, shape, or form. This was especially true of my Dad. With the exception of the one year in which he requested a pineapple upside-down cake for…

  • 06 May 2024: Marbled Chocolate Chip Cookies

    When someone asks me if I like semi-sweet chocolate chips or white chocolate chips the answer is always “yes”. Don’t make me choose! So this cookie from King Arthur Baking is just the thing. Just a little more effort than a standard drop cookie and no one has to take sides! One bit of advice:…

  • 02 December 2023: Spiced Cappuccino Kiss Cookies

    Holiday baking has begun! Along with some of our favorites, I’ll be adding new bakes, including this one from Cynthia Messenger, from Taste of Home. You can access the recipe here. The list of ingredients to have on hand follows: Spiced Cappuccino Kiss Cookies

  • 06 Apr 2023: Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

    While these wonderfully, rich and chocolaty cookies appear around the winter Holiday Season, they are delightful just about any time of year. I’ve seen the dough made spicy with cloves, cinnamon and even pepper, and also found a lemon-y based dough. The possibilities are infinite. This recipe comes from cookbook author, Rosemary Molloy and can…

  • 09 September 2022: Dorie Greenspan’s Chocolate Oatmeal Drops

    When I have an opened bag of chocolate “laying around”, I need to look for ways to use it, especially when the chocolate is the “good stuff” (in this instance, Guittard). While it has been way too hot for baking, the temperatures have moderated a bit, so this morning, I opened up my copy of…

  • 23 Jul 2022: Flour Bakery + Cafe’s Chunky Lola Cookie

    How have I missed this cookie perfection in Joanne Chang’s 2010 book, Flour: Spectacular Recipes from Boston’s Flour Bakery + Cafe? This buttery (of course), chewy blend of dark chocolate, coconut and nuts is exactly the kind of cookie to perk up a day. Found on page 110, the ingredients include Butter (lots of it)…

  • 30 Mar 2022: David Lebovitz’ Dulce de Leche Brownies

    Recently, I finished reading David Lebovitz’s book, The Sweet Life in Paris, which tells about his move to Paris and coming to terms with the cultural differences between his newly adopted home in Paris and San Francisco where he lived and worked. More than just a relocation, moving to Paris, or any other location really,…