Just Baking

I still remember how much we used to love baking brownies back in grad-school days. It was our favorite quick, easy, and affordable dessert, and we’d top it with whipped cream or strawberry syrup or plain vanilla ice cream and forget the worries and tensions of school!:) To date I cannot resist a warm fudge […]

When I was growing up, these were the brownies that my mother and I, and, on occasion, even my brother and father, would whip up when we needed to “take a plate” to a function. Piano concerts, bake sales, workplace morning teas - these brownies made an appearance at all kinds of events. Incredibly easy to make, […]

One of our neighbors celebrated her birthday on St. Patrick’s Day.  I wanted to bake her something to celebrate, but couldn’t decide what to make.  So many recipes, so much indecision.  First I was thinking of cupcakes, but then decided to go an entirely different direction, ending up with Best Ever Bourbon Brownies, a tried […]

Recently, when Quinn and I were craving something chocolate, I pulled out one of my favorite cookbooks, Chocolate by Nick Malgieri. Obvious choice for a chocolate recipe, right? And there are so, so many tempting ones within its pages.
After flipping through the recipes, I decided it was high time I tried out his […]

I had a craving for brownies the other day and remembered this tried-and-true recipe from Giada De Laurentiis.  Taking a page, ahem, from the queen of semi-homemade, Sandra Lee, the base of Giada’s recipe uses a store-bought brownie mix.  Given how rarely she does this, I’ll forgive her this one transgression … because the brownies […]