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  • happy new year!

    Happy 2016! No recipe today. Busy celebrating the holiday season and new year, and literally making a batch of these chewy ginger molasses cookies once a week. More notes and clarifications on that recipe to come! Read more

  • valrhona vs ghirardelli – chocolate cake

    Featuring my sister’s hands! Read more

  • shortening vs butter – soft and chewy ginger molasses cookies

    The long awaited chewy ginger cookies from Brian’s Mom!!! My first batch didn’t turn out exactly the same as the one that Emili gave to me, but pretty close. I think pressing down the balls slightly before baking might do the trick. At the end of this post will also be some notes on Shortening Read more

  • sprinkles’ chocolate marshmallow cupcakes

    My first attempt at marshmallow frosting! It went much more smoothly than I expected, and I guess my fear of whisking egg whites on active heat was kind of unfounded. My favorite Sprinkles cupcake is the Chocolate Marshmallow, but the closest Sprinkles is about 30 minutes away driving. The solution for my lazy butt is Read more

  • ginger candy and syrup

    Has it really been four months since I started posting on Butter City? I guess so, according to my archives. Weekly posting is a reasonable commitment, I’m glad I didn’t shoot for any more because I’d definitely be struggling now… I started a new job last month and now have much less free time to Read more

  • tom douglas’ truffle cookies

    I’ve been to Seattle countless times, and every time I’m there I take multiple trips to Tom Douglas’ Dahlia Bakery. In the winter, they have these bomb ass chewy ginger cookies that I inhale, but for all other months of the year they have these truffle cookies that I savor. They’ve got a texture similar Read more

  • lemon poppyseed cookies

    Muffin tops. Great when they’re on muffins, not so great when they’re on my hips. One can’t really have one without the other, though, and I’m willing to make that compromise I guess. But hold on, this isn’t a recipe for muffins. It’s a recipe for lemon poppyseed cookies that are basically the equivalent to Read more

  • canned pumpkin pie

    ‘Tis the season to be lazy – and make pies from cans, which turn out probably just as good as ones that took much extra effort. Guest baker Mike! Read more

  • valrhona vs ghirardelli – dark chocolate espresso cookies

    I did in fact get around to rebaking these Dark Chocolate Espresso Cookies to compare Valrhona vs Ghirardelli. But I accidentally put less (1/4 c instead of 1/2c) brown sugar so they weren’t an exact replica of my first batch of these cookies. But as a comparison of cocoa powders, they still sufficed. Plus I Read more

  • chocolate ganache – whipped and smooth

    Chocolate ganache gets a bit of a reputation for being finicky and difficult, but in my experience it’s not too bad as long as you give it a little extra attention and don’t act recklessly. Of course I’ve broken my ganache before but it’s always a case of user error… Read more

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