No-Bake Cheesecake
I generally don’t like no-bake cheesecakes, but when the hot weather hits, and you crave a cheesecake-like dessert but can’t stand the idea of turning…
Dessert
Angel Food Cake with Lime and Pistachios
Start your engines, pistachio-lovers, this post is for you! I’m launching, in collaboration with American Pistachios Growers, an informal contest to discover the best pistachio…
Milk Chocolate Brownies with Fleur de Sel
In general, I don’t love milk chocolate, it’s just too sweet and lacks a strong enough personality for my taste. I’m the kind of girl who likes…
Double Chocolate Whoopie Pies
Double Chocolate Whoopie Pies For the cakes 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup Dutch-process cocoa powder 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt…
DIY Candied Ginger
I love candied ginger so much, I probably shouldn’t know how to make it myself. The only thing keeping me from over-indulging is the…
Olive oil and Apple Muffins
We are all aware that certain things get better with age: cheese, wine, certain male actors… but muffins are not usually included in this category….
Lemon, Sour Cream & Poppy Seed Pound Cake
Lemon, Sour Cream and Poppy Seed Pound Cake 3 cups (400 g) cake flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 tablespoons poppyseeds…
Chocolate Crinkles
On Valentine’s day, when I was a kid, my mom would stock the dining room table with supplies: colored paper, scraps of old lace, silk ribbon,…
Peanut Butter & Jelly Thumbprint Cookies
Before I talk about these cookies, I want to introduce you to the new man in my life: Attilio was born on January 15th,…
Pumpkin and Ginger Cupcakes
As you all probably know by now, I’m a huge fan of pumpkin. During the fall and winter I tend to use it in everything:…
Chocolate-dipped Pistachio Shortbread
At nine-months pregnant, I’m not going to be celebrating Christmas with my usual flair: no international flights, no drinking one-(or two? or three?)-too-many cups of bourbon-spiked…
Juanita’s cupcakes: Banana, Chocolate and Peanut Butter
I was worried that my daughter would grow up too Italian, that she wouldn’t fully understand or experience her mother’s culture, and that her childhood memories…
Treats (No Tricks) for Halloween
Here are a few of my favorite Halloween-season recipes. As I explained in this post, I remember Halloween as more of a store-bought-candy holiday…
Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies
Here is a little weekend treat for you all. These cookies are irresistible: light and rich at the same time, crunchy on the ouside…
Banana Cream Pie with Chocolate Cookie Crumb Crust
For those of you who are thinking “Great! Laurel must have gotten her kitchen, and made this delicious pie to celebrate!” I wish that were the…