Spicy, fragrant, and full bodied, this curry powder recipe will season your curry dishes with the taste of Sri Lanka. I’ve had so many requests for the spice blends I made on The Great American Baking Show, especially my Mom’s Ceylon Curry Powder Recipe. The following Ceylon curry powder is the one she has always…
Chocolate Oatmeal Crackle Bars
Chocolate oatmeal crackle bars are rich in toffee flavor with a touch of toasty oats, pecans, and shards of white and bittersweet chocolate. Oh my crackle! These cookie bars are next level in taste, texture, and addiction level. I came up with the best cookie bar recipe ever on accident last night when the girls…
Gooseberry Elderflower Olive Oil Cake
A lemon kissed almond and olive oil cake is studded with macerated gooseberries, soaked in syrup, then topped with a creme fraiche Elderflower glaze for the ultimate English inspired treat. This cake is the perfect balance of sweet and tangy with floral and citrus notes that makes it impossible to eat only one slice! My…
Nutella Stuffed Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
These cookies start off with nutty browned butter, a heavy dose of dark brown sugar, pure vanilla, and dark chocolate chips. If that isn’t the best chocolate chip cookie already, I went and stuffed these suckers with chocolate hazelnut spread and sprinkled on some flaky sea salt. Stop everything you are doing and make these…
Cherry Cognac Gateau Basque Cake
Cognac and Vanilla bean pastry cream with brandied cherries fill a crisp, crumbly, and buttery almond cake. This French Gateau Basque is simplicity at its grandest. As you know from my Chocolate Hazelnut Filled Brioche, French style pastries and cakes are my favorite kind. I have been wanting to recreate a Gateau Basque for awhile…
Blackberry Port Cobbler
Juicy port wine and marjoram infused blackberries are baked until bubbling under a sweet corn biscuit topping for a Fall take on blackberry cobbler. Blackberry Port Cobbler is a simple, fresh, and flavorful dessert that is baked up in minutes. Topped with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream, you have individual treats that will be…
Cranberry Apple Rye Hand Pies & The Great American Baking Show
Remember how I was MIA this past Summer? Well, it’s because I was a contestant on the 5th season of The Great American Baking Show! I baked for Paul Hollywood and my #chefcrush/ #girlcrush, Sherry Yard! So in a few short weeks you can watch me compete for the title of “best amateur baker in…
Armagnac Pots de Creme With Poached Persimmons
Boozy and lightly spiced with cinnamon, Armagnac Pots de Creme with brandy and spicy poached persimmons are a cozy and show-stopping dessert. When I came up with Armagnac Pots De Creme with Poached Persimmons I was in desperate need of a silky custard fix…no shocker there. But something about the holiday season makes me crave…
Chocolate Hazelnut Filled Brioche Feuilletee (Flaky Brioche)
Layers of sweet, flaky, buttery brioche laminated with butter and spread with a layer of chocolate hazelnut spread rolled into a tower of deliciousness. This winter wonderland treat is definitely worthy of holiday breakfast and brunch. As I mentioned in Fig Walnut Tarts and Swedish Cinnamon Buns, creating pastry is one of my favorite hobbies….
Caramelized White Chocolate Pumpkin Pie
Who else has had a hectic year so far? Grant traveled so much to New York this year and brought back wonderful trinkets for us like raging pneumonia and more super viruses than I knew existed. I have a desire to quarantine him every time he gets off a plane. But I stick to being…