salty pretzel chocolate peanut butter cup bars
We love pretzels in this household. A bag easily vanishes after one night. I had to inform J that 2-3 cups of pretzels…
Category: Desserts
giant turtle cookies
I wanted to make giant cookies, so I made giant cookies. What of it? These guys are rich, soft, big enough to satisfy…
graham cracker gingerbread crumb bars
More crumby than 2020. Am I wrong? Yet a whole lot tastier and more likely to put a smile on your face rather…
butterscotch snickerdoodles
Butterscotch, you salty-savory-sweet temptress. I don’t use it often, but I got the hankering for its decadent enchantment, and thus butterscotch snickerdoodles were…
holiday cookie box 2020
Here it is! The inaugural Venturing East cookie box. Don’t let the variety intimidate you – there is no one perfect way to…
honey basil pear brussels sprouts and cranberry chevre crostini
Look familiar? I featured these crostini on Venturing East’s Instagram in one of my Trader Joe’s hauls. Each week I develop a simple…
pumpkin cake with gingerbread buttercream
The perfect sweet treat to segue between autumn and Christmas, am I right? A tempting two-layer pumpkin body enrobed in a spicy molasses-based…
cardamom sugar swirled cider pumpkin bread
Comfort baking is essential in this period, and pumpkin may be teetering on the edge of a toothpick but I firmly believe it…
sugar cookie protein snack bites
I could not contain my credit card when I saw that Wild Friends released their seasonal peanut butter flavors a week or so…
cheddar & chive focaccia
Bread baking defined my quarantine activity list. Truly, it felt like finding home. Bread, after all, is the building block of human cuisine.…