Are you ready for the deluge of all things pumpkin now that it is officially October? I am all about it! This year, I’m doing something new and launching Pass the Cookies Pumpkin Month! Every week I will be posting a pumpkin recipe or a roundup of some of my favorite pumpkin recipes. If you…
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soft brown butter sugar cookies
Cookies are my favorite dessert to make. There are so many flavor possibilities, textures, and types of cookies, and, unlike with cakes, pies, and bars, you can bake only a few servings at a time or the whole batch. While pumpkin pie or peach cobbler are very seasonal, cookies cross all seasons and are always…
apple cake with apple cider soak, brown butter crumble, and cinnamon frosting
While cake is not my preferred dessert, I love the creativity that comes with making a cake. Each layer and part is an opportunity to create one piece of a greater flavor profile. This apple cake with apple cider soak, brown butter crumble, and cinnamon frosting is the perfect example. Fall and winter are my…
brown butter ginger cookies
If you make one type of cookie this holiday season, let it be brown butter ginger cookies. Out of all of the cookies I have made all year, these are my favorites and the ones I have made the most often, which is crazy, since I just started making them in November. The name aptly…
brown butter sweet potato cake with chocolate ganache and molasses buttercream
Are you ready to shine at your Thanksgiving or friendsgiving dinner? Make this brown butter sweet potato cake with chocolate ganache and molasses buttercream and you’re sure to be the hit of the party. While cookies are my favorite baked good to make (no surprise there), beautiful towering layer cakes always impress me. I’m not…
brown butter banana bread
Brown butter banana bread – say that five times fast. I’ve been into brown butter lately. If there is butter in my kitchen, it will be browned. The crackling melting butter smell fills the house and the nutty flavor gives depth to and enhances any recipe. Cookies, cakes, bars, roasted vegetables, pasta, even brown butter…