You guys. I finally bought a doughnut pan.
I couldn’t resist. They’re the only thing I’ve wanted to bake lately. And you can’t make doughnuts without a doughnut pan. (Well, I guess you could, but I’m not into deep frying.)
I blame my friend AJ, who started this madness, and Tracy from Shutterbean, whose recipe I used– I love her blog (and you should definitely listen to her on the Joy the Baker Podcast)!
These are delicious and are super fluffy, so you barely realize you’re eating baked doughnuts instead of fried. They’re going into work with me tomorrow because even I cannot eat six doughnuts in one night. So… two lucky people are going to be getting doughnuts tomorrow.
I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted, but grad school certainly keeps a girl busy. Happily, I can now fuel my studies with doughnuts.
In honor of the Oscars, some black & white cookies!
I can’t believe I don’t have this recipe on the blog yet.
It’s a good one: a little fussy, to be sure (it is a Martha Stewart recipe, after all), but worth a bit of work.
A warning, though: without the icing, the cookies don’t taste amazing; and without the cookies, the icings taste way too sweet. So when you taste test along the way, just keep that in mind–they’re best when completely assembled.
On a completely unrelated note, I have, in my limited amounts of spare time, been watching Alias. That spy show with Jennifer Garner from the early 2000s. Oh man. It is so good and addicting. Like Revenge‘s older sister. If you want to lose your weekend to Netflix, I highly recommend putting Alias in your Instant Queue…
Well, hey there, blog! Long time no see!
Since we last hung out, I’ve pretty much just been studying, working, and hibernating. It’s been anywhere from 20 to -20 degrees, give or take a few thanks to Lake Effect Wind Chill.
I also got the flu. It was rough. And it took a lot of time to catch up afterwards.
Happily, I’m now completely better, I’ve (mostly) finished my homework, and so in celebration I made us cookies.
These are some of my favorites, and I can’t believe they weren’t on this blog yet. I discovered them in college and have made them a fair bit since then. They’re as chewy and dense and chocolate-y as brownies, but the ginger gives them an awesome, warming winter twist. And some good-quality white chocolate gives them a nice, cool finish!
It’s the last day!!
I’m sad that my advent calendar over, but not going to lie, kind of happy to be off the hook with these blog posts. They were getting tricky to organize/write. And now that I’m home in Pittsburgh, it’s time to celebrate and enjoy some time with my family.
Have a completely wonderful Christmas and a great rest of your 2012! I hope you’ve enjoyed these little posts. Happy new year!
» Peppermint Gnome (exclusive to Advent Calendar, but similar: Sugar & Spice Gnome) | peppermint + 62% cacao dark chocolate
» Check out Day 24 of my sister’s nail polish advent calendar!
» Introduction to my Advent 2012 blog post series
When you read this, I’ll be on a plane, up since 3 in the morning! Yikes!
So, I am pre-writing and scheduling this post. Who knows what you’d get if I wrote this after having been up at 3. It would be bad, incomprehensible (though perhaps amusing).
I was a bit disappointed with these caramels–really disappointed actually. They sound amazing–dulce de leche, milk chocolate, cashews!? But I could barely bite into them. Such a bummer. Could be that my apartment is too cold, but none of the other caramels were like this. Sad face!
One more day till Christmas!!
» Crema Caramels/a> | Argentinean dulce de leche + Costa Rican cashews + milk chocolate
» Check out Day 23 of my sister’s nail polish advent calendar!
» Introduction to my Advent 2012 blog post series
Whoo! This one was legitimately spicy!
I’m not super into the spice, but I love the texture of this one. Spicy chocolates seems like a great idea for these cold winter months, right? It’s so warming.
TWO MORE DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS EVE!
…I’m just a little bit excited.
» Red Fire Toffee | Ancho & chipotle chillies + Ceylon cinnamon + sweet butter toffee + dark chocolate + red fire pecans
» Check out Day 22 of my sister’s nail polish advent calendar!
» Introduction to my Advent 2012 blog post series
If you like curry, you will looove this chocolate.
For me, I’m not the biggest curry fan, but the milk chocolate and coconut go really well with the earthiness of the curry.
Plus, how pretty is this bar? You can’t really beat opening some chocolate to see a nice little phrase like this.
And now, with this post, I’m all caught up! Phew! AND it’s 3 days till Christmas! WHAT!? Excitement abounds! I’ll be in Pittsburgh on Sunday–can’t wait!
» Naga Chocolate Bar | sweet Indian curry + coconut + 45% deep milk chocolate
» Check out Day 21 of my sister’s nail polish advent calendar!
» Introduction to my Advent 2012 blog post series
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