Entries tagged "baking"

Honey Cayenne Cornbread Muffins & New Goals

Hello again and Happy New Year! I hope the first few days of 2012 have gotten off to a great start for all of you. I've enjoyed my blogging break, but as...

Sugared Ginger Cookies

Today is the last cookie post of the week before I bring you tomorrow's savory appetizer recipe. These Sugared Ginger cookies are another regular addition to my cookie gift tins. I love...

Chocolate Crackles

Aren't these cookies pretty? I love making Chocolate Crackles for my cookie gift tins. It's another very easy cookie dough to make and they have that "wow" factor after they come out...

Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Today's cookie recipe is one I started making last year: Cranberry White Chocolate Chip. I found this recipe on the My Recipes website, and during the holidays, I love to browse the site...

Jam Thumbprints

Every year, I send out cookie gift tins to family and friends. It's one of my favorite activities of the holiday season because I get to combine my love of baking, cookies...

Pumpkin Cheesecake

Despite my adoration for pumpkin, I just don't like pumpkin pie. I've tried to like it, but it's one of the few pumpkin-based desserts I can't seem to ever enjoy. Cheesecake is...

Homemade Croutons {Flavia's Fundamentals}

Hello again! I've gotten completely off-track with my blogging schedule in the past few months, and it's been a while since I've written a "Flavia's Fundamentals" post, so it's time to bring...

Almond Torta with Chocolate Chips

This past weekend, I traded suburban life for country life. It was just what I needed. No chores. No errands. No busyness.  My in-law's have a country house in a small town just...

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies and a Tribute

This week, the food blogging community all over the country and the world has been rallying around Jennifer Perillo, a wonderful and very accomplished food blogger who lost her husband suddenly and...

{Flavia's Favorites} :: SWEET Bakery

I've been bursting at the seams with excitement to  bring you this month's second {Flavia's Favorites} post. I recently decided to start assigning myself projects to continue improving my blogging and photography...

Italian Pastry Ring

  Earlier this week, I got my copy of Dianne Jacob's Will Write for Food in the mail. I am a regular reader of her blog and enjoy her honest and thoughtful posts. I...

Carrie Vitt's Chocolate Chip Cookies

When I first started blogging, I finally felt like I had found the place in the universe where I could start being creative again. It had been so long since I had...

Baked Panko-Crusted Asparagus

    I've been trying to work through a particularly gnarly case of writer's block lately. It's frustrating; annoying, even. But you know what? I like it. It's a challenge I willingly tackle because...

{Flavia's Favorites} Sur La Table Platinum Professional Bakeware

Image from Sur La Table For my birthday a couple of weeks ago, my brother-in-law, sister-in-law and nephew gave me one of Sur La Table's baking sheets from their Platinum Professional bakeware line....

Classic Yellow Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

  Today is my birthday! I love celebrating my birthday. I start getting excited when I flip the calendar page to April every year. I don't even care that I was born on...

Pasta Frolla {Flavia's Fundamentals}

I had planned on publishing this post much sooner, but as you can see from the picture below, the Flavia's Flavors household has a new family member. Her name is Sienna and she's...

Apricot Crostata

First things first: I want to give a heartfelt Thank You to those of you who left thoughtful condolences about our Dutch here on Flavia's Flavors, Facebook and Twitter. Your kind words helped...

Pizza Dough {Flavia's Fundamentals}

Last May, I wrote a post about my favorite type of pizza, Pizza Margherita. Although I provided some how-to pictures and instructions on how to make pizza dough, they weren't very thorough, so...

Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies

Last week, I was unwinding upstairs in our TV room, flipping channels and reading my Twitter feed on my iPhone.  I came across a tweet posted by the lovely Hannah of Honey &...

Rugelach

I'll be taking a break from blogging until the New Year, but before Flavia's Flavors goes on vacation, I wanted to share one last recipe with you.  Rugelach are my favorite cookie.  I...

Parmesan-Black Pepper Biscotti

I first came across this recipe last year while browsing the archived posts on Smitten Kitchen and I promptly printed out the recipe, filed it away in my recipe binder and added it...

Cake Pops and a Paper Party!

Photo collage created by Claudia of Figure A Design, Inc. and Fig. 2 Design Studio Well hello there!  What a whirlwind couple of weeks it's been.  I hope you all had a fabulous and...

Hot Artichoke Puffs

It's been a crazy week and a half as I simultaneously get ready for Thanksgiving followed by a trip back to my hometown of Washington, DC; but I didn't want to head off...

Chicken Pot Pie

I know it's dull to talk about the weather, but I am so thrilled that the cooler weather has finally arrived here on the Gulf Coast that I just need to share my...

Baked Stuffed Tomatoes

I had all but forgotten about this dish until my Zia Franca made these baked stuffed tomatoes for us one night for dinner when we were in Italy back in September.  It had...

Red Velvet Cake

Over the Labor Day weekend, Peter's family came over to celebrate his birthday since Peter and I will be in Italy on his actual birthday.  A few days before, I asked Peter what...

Cinnamon Swirl Bread

It's been a rough couple of weeks for me, blogging-wise.  I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while.  The new blogging software I'm using went a little wonky on me and I've been...

Jalapeno Cheddar Cornbread

I'm sure most of us have had very bad cornbread (I know I have!).  And don't even get me started on how bad the boxed cornbread mixes are.  Convenience doesn't always equal flavorful...

Banana Bread

Ohmygoodness, life has been a little hectic these past couple of weeks.  In a totally good way, but hectic all the same.  There's just been lots to do and I put cooking and...

Blueberry Coffee Cake Muffins

Tucked away in a corner of my imagination is a dream I have of someday owning my own bed and breakfast. In the twelve years I have lived in Texas, I have grown...

Memorial Day Menu

Hi All!  My goodness, I was hoping to get this post published much earlier this week, and now look, we are almost to the weekend!  Oh well...better late than never, I suppose.  I hope everyone had a restful and delicious...

Apricot Jam Tart

I have a confession to make: I have a tendency to be fickle at times.  It's a little embarrassing to admit because being fickle isn't exactly a flattering personality trait to have.  Fortunately,...

Pizza Margherita

Hi there.  Remember me?  I hope you do.  I promise I have not forgotten about you.  I hope you can cut me a little slack when I tell you that food blogging hasn't...

Pizzelle

Last year, I started a tradition of baking myself something sweet for my birthday.  As much as I love a good birthday cake, I think it's a lot more fun to make a...

Pizza di Pasqua

With Easter approaching, I thought it would be appropriate to share with you the recipe for a traditional Easter bread that I grew up eating: Pizza di Pasqua.  Despite it's name, this Easter bread...

Pioneer Woman's Macaroni and Cheese

It's been three days since I made this recipe and have wanted to write a post about it.  Problem is, I've been plagued by a case of writer's block.  I've been reading so...

Single-Layer Classic Carrot Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

Last week for me was "one of those weeks".  Simply put, it was lousy.  I felt under the weather all week, had no energy, was cranky, and I didn't have much of an...

Orange Chocolate Chunk Cake

Ever since I started Flavia's Flavors, I quickly came to realize that Daylight Savings Time is one of the biggest saboteurs of food blogger's photo efforts once the clocks fall back an hour...

Rustic Apple Tart

To date, I own 56 cookbooks.  And my collection continues to grow as I find others to add to my almost-full bookshelves.  But I seem to rely on the same handful of cookbooks...

Winner of the OXO Cookie Scoops and Some Cookie Recipes

Thank you to everyone who left a comment to my last post.  I thoroughly enjoyed reading about the kinds of cookies you like to bake during the holidays.  The winner of...

Tips for Baking Great Cookies and...My First Giveaway!

While I finish up the baking for my annual cookie gifts to friends, I thought it would be fun to write up some tips for baking great cookies and take a stab at doing my first giveaway.  With the holidays...

Grand Marnier Cranberry Sauce

Every year for Thanksgiving, I volunteer to make cranberry sauce.  For me, it's not Thanksgiving unless cranberry sauce is part of the spread, so to ensure it appears on the menu, I happily...

Chocolate-Pumpkin Swirl Brownies

I arrived a little late to the blogging world.  Until last year, I didn't really know anything about blogs or how enormous the blogging community is.  So imagine my total amazement when...

Pumpkin Bread

Now that it's almost November and it's finally beginning to feel like Fall in my neck of the woods, I'm able to get more use out of my oven and bake to my...

Iced Pumpkin Cookies

Officially, Fall began on September 22nd.  But not here in Houston.  It's still hot, humid and very un-Fall-like.  Farther north, everyone has traded their shorts and t-shirts for jeans and sweaters, but down...

Snickerdoodles

When I started this blog, I thought I'd have an easy time writing posts on a fairly regular basis.  As you can see, that has not been the case.  I love the fact...

Granola

I don't know about you, but every time I've bought pre-packaged granola at the grocery store, I've always ended up disappointed.  I've had granola that is too sweet, not sweet enough, not nutty...

Triple Threat Chocolate Chip Cookies

Over the 4th of July weekend, Peter and I took an overnight trip to Fredericksburg, in the Texas Hill Country.  It was a last-minute decision, but it couldn't have turned out more...

Buttermilk Pie

Last year, Peter and I took a weekend road trip to Fredericksburg, one of many charming towns of the Texas Hill Country.  This quiet, restful and beautiful part of Texas, located between Austin...

Martha Stewart's Classic Apple Pie

So much for regular posts, eh?  There is a very good reason I haven't posted in a while.  A few weeks ago, my mother-in-law, Eleanor had neck surgery to repair four disks...

Chewy & Crispy Chocolate Chip Cookies

A few months ago, I had a fun conversation with my sister-in-law and her best friend about how they both grew up with mothers who baked just about every sweet treat for their...

Coconut Macaroons with Chocolate Ganache

Today is my birthday.  Yes, it is also the day our taxes are due.  While these two events may appear to be a depressing combination, I actually get a kick out of it. ...

Cranberry-Orange Scones

This past Thursday, I hosted an afternoon tea at our house.  My mother-in-law's sister and aunt were visiting, and since we were all going out to dinner that evening, I thought I...