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Classic Brownies

August 13, 2015 by Chantal Leave a Comment

Classic Brownies

  If you bake, brownies are the one recipe that you will likely make again over time unless you don’t love chocolate. If that’s the case, then we can’t be friends. But, if you’re like me, or my daughter, a dose of chocolate in any baked form provides the often necessary relief after a hard […]

Filed Under: Baking, Desserts, Recipes Tagged With: August'15, baking, brownies, chocolate, dessert, Lisa Slater, snack

Bittersweet Decadence Cookies

February 3, 2015 by Chantal Leave a Comment

Bittersweet Decadence Cookies

When you find a cookbook that works for you every time, you naturally go back to it whenever a craving strikes.  This weekend, my daughter wanted me to bake her some cookies for her after school snacks this week.  So, I headed straight for Alice Medrich’s Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Melt in Your Mouth Cookies book.  The […]

Filed Under: Baking, Desserts, Recipes, Snacks Tagged With: Alice Medrich, baking, brownie, chocolate, cookies, February'15, pecans, snack, walnuts

Chocolate Zucchini Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

June 6, 2014 by Chantal 2 Comments

Chocolate Zucchini Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

I always buy too much produce at the market every week.  I have all of these positive intentions about having a few extra slimming meals during the week, because I had a few too many glasses of wine or pieces of cake, and more often than not, I end up tossing the leftover veggies in […]

Filed Under: Baking, Desserts, Recipes, Vegetarian Tagged With: butter, cake, chocolate, chocolate chips, cream cheese, dessert, eggs, June'14, snack, sweet, zucchini

Mocha Espresso Biscotti

April 2, 2014 by Chantal 1 Comment

Mocha Espresso Biscotti

Following the success of my Star Anise Biscotti, I was asked to make another batch of these crunchy cookies by one of Meat and Tater Man’s co-workers at the construction site.  The request was punctuated with a desire for “something similar with chocolate”, which I thought was a great idea.  I came across this recipe […]

Filed Under: Baking, Breakfast, Recipes, Snacks Tagged With: April'14, baking, butter, chocolate, coffee, cookies, snack, sweet

Banana Bread Brownies from the Fat Witch Bakery

March 18, 2014 by Chantal 1 Comment

Banana Bread Brownies from the Fat Witch Bakery

When I saw this little book called Fat Witch Brownies, I just had to pick it up – who can resist a book dedicated solely to the almighty culinary achievement, the brownie?  I knew I would enjoy reading it, and baking from it. I love making and eating brownies, and my daughter follows willingly in […]

Filed Under: Baking, Breakfast, Desserts, Recipes, Snacks Tagged With: baking, bananas, breakfast, brownies, butter, chocolate, dessert, eggs, March'14, nuts, snack, sweet

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