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Black and white cookies. If you’re not familiar with this bakery item, you’re in for a treat! They’re a cake-like cookie that’s soft yet firm and are then glazed with half chocolate and half white icing. They’re a staple of NY bakeries and I’ve always loved them. I’ve been making […]
January 27 is national chocolate cake day! I love cake and a vegan moist chocolate cake with decadent chocolate frosting seemed just the thing to create for this special day. Words cannot express how amazing this cake is and I’m so excited to share it with you! It’s so chocolatey, […]
January 22 is national blonde brownie (or blondie) day and May 9 is national butterscotch brownie day (which is another name for a blondie). Two days to celebrate every year! Were blondies the original brownie? Perhaps. The first recognizable brownie recipes popular in the late 19th century got their color […]
It’s national bittersweet chocolate day! I decided to use the base of my incredible blueberry muffins to make a tasty chocolate chip version using bittersweet chips. You can of course use semisweet chips if that’s all you have, but I really enjoy a chip with a 72% cacao content as […]
Sometimes, nothing beats a chewy and soft sugar cookie in my opinion. These are bakery style cookies that are chewy and soft but still have bite. A realization in developing this recipe was that vegan shortening worked best for a chewy texture. Vegan butter is great and there are so […]
Struffoli or Italian honey balls are an amazing holiday treat. I remember first having them one year when someone brought them to a family Christmas party and no one knew what they were (we’re not Italian) so no one ate them. I however started eating them the next day watching […]