From the monthly archives: January 2011

Browned Butter Brownies

On January 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Brownies

Let’s keep this one simple.

First: I’m a sucker for anything with browned butter. Ten points for this recipe already.

Second: Bon Appetit was right: These are some of the best brownies I’ve ever had. Fifty more points, because [...]

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Blueberry Muffins

On January 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Muffins

Ready your eyes, friends. These muffins are not pretty. Not even the photos are pretty, because I made these on a dreary cold evening in the Midwest and the light is pretty poor.

But I am posting them anyway because this is the best muffin recipe I [...]

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Venus Madeleines

On January 16, 2011 · 5 Comments · In Art-Inspired, Cookies

Gold and butter. Botticelli and madeleines. Perhaps unusual combinations at first… but they go together beautifully.

These small but decadent, lemony little French cakes, gilded like Venus’ shell in The Birth [...]

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Pearl Sugar Cream Scones

On January 8, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Scones

These are lazy Saturday morning scones.

I have made this recipe at least twenty times or so over the past few years. They are one of my favorite ways to combine butter, sugar, and flour, probably thanks to the [...]

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