Yield: 2 to 3 dozen cookies Recipe: 33/200 “Back to Baking”, pp. 22 I haven’t baked in a little while. I guess work and responsibilities took over my life these past weeks! Fortunately, I now have more time (if not I’ll make time!) to dedicate to my primary passion of baking. I felt…
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Hello hello! I'm Valerie and baking is my passion, that and science! This blog contains the collection of recipes from Anna Olson’s "Back to Baking" cookbook, which I strive to complete in its entirety.
Old School Blueberry Muffins
Yield: 18 muffins Recipe: 32/200 “Back to Baking”, pp. 211 Along with cheesecake and carrot muffins, blueberry muffins are one of my favorite dessert foods. There are not a lot of things that I prefer over a good, warm out-of-the-oven classic blueberry muffin. If you enjoy blueberry muffins as much as I do, then…
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Frosted Banana Nut Bars
The incoming weekend could only mean one thing: time to bake and enjoy the weekend with friends! I wanted to make something sweet but light (ish) at the same time. I thus made these seemingly finger-licking good banana nut bars, with frosting!
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Red Velvet Cupcakes
I realized very recently that I hadn’t baked cupcakes for a long time. I took advantage of a friend’s birthday this weekend to make these cute red velvet cupcakes. They were moist, tasty and the frosting was exquisite.
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Molasses Cookies
I did this recipe because I wanted to make cookies and, quite simply, I hadn’t made these ones yet. As I was preparing to make them, my roommate who was passing by asked what I was doing and ensuing my answer exclaimed that she loves molasses cookies. So I figured that at least one of us would eat them.
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Peanut Butter Nanaimo Bars
With Easter weekend coming up, I evidently wanted to bake something to bring to the family dinner. I would not be myself if I did not bring a dessert for such a supper. This peanut butter Nanaimo bar recipe came in second last week when I told my roommate that I would make the desert of her choosing.
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Basic Banana Chocolate-Chip Bread
Is there anything more comforting than a warm piece of classic banana and chocolate-chip bread? Unless it is accompanied by a hot cup of cocoa, I think not.
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Rocky Road Tart
Since I wanted to bake a couple of things this weekend and was looking for some ideas, I offered my roommate and best friend to chose the dessert of her liking that I would subsequently make. She thus sacrificed herself to be my quality control representative, as usual, and wisely chose the rocky road tart. Chocolate, marshmallows, walnuts and more chocolate. Wise choice indeed.
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This nutty dough recipe somehow looks good even before it is baked, even just rolled up in a ball. As seems to be often the case for me, I had a little trouble making this dough.
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Chocolate Layer Cake with Caramel Frosting
I decided to make this caramel-frosted triple-layer chocolate cake for my sister’s birthday. She loves anything sweet, so I figured this would be proper. The recipe was effortless to follow and the result was superb. The cake, particularly with the delightful caramel frosting that tastes like sucre à la crème, was scrumptious.
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