Blog — Batch Thirty Three

Peach Polenta Cake

I found this cake in an email that I received from the Gourmandise School. The Gourmandise school is a sweet little cooking school at the top of the new Mall in Santa Monica. I’ve taken

Cakes/Cupcakes, Desserts, Fruit, Gluten-Free, Sweets, VegetarianBatch-33June 20, 2017almond flour, cake, corn meal, dessert, Olive Oil, peaches, polenta, stone fruit, summer dessert

Cherry Hand Pies

My Dad loves pies. I have vivid memories of going to Dupars in the Valley with my Dad when I was a little kid and ordering pie with him. He has hysterical stories that he tells about his

Baked Goods, Desserts, Fruit, Pies and Tarts, Snacks, SweetsBatch-33March 15, 2017Cherries, cherry handpies, dried cherries, handpies, pie crust, pies

More Peanut Butter Cookies – This Time Chocolate Dipped

I know that I just wrote about peanut butter cookies and I posted a delicious recipe, however…. This weekend my wonderful nephew Zac and his wonderful girlfriend Lauren came down to

Cookies, Desserts, Snacks, Sweets, VegetarianBatch-33January 23, 2016chocolate, coconut oil, cookies, desserts, peanut butter, peanut butter cookies

Maryam’s Oatmeal Delights

Maryam’s Oatmeal Delights (formerly known as Salty Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies) Last week I wrote about our New Year’s Day/Jared’s Birthday party and I posted a recipe for peanut

Cookies, Snacks, Sweets, VegetarianBatch-33January 9, 2016bittersweet chocolate chunks, brown sugar, chocolate, cranberries, flour, granulated sugar, Oatmeal

Peanut Butter Cookies

We love New Year’s day in this house. It’s a hopeful day and it’s always Jared’s birthday. People aren’t usually in a lousy mood even when hung-over from New Year’s Eve. We have a

Cookies, Desserts, Snacks, Sweets, VegetarianBatch-33January 5, 2016butter, cookies, desserts, flour, peanut butter, peanuts, snacks, sugar, sweets, vegetarian

Cut-Out Cookies

I love to bake. One of my favorite things to bake is cookies and I have been baking these cookies forever. This is a really nice, fun recipe for a few reasons: it is a super easy recipe;

Cookies, Desserts, Snacks, Sweets, VegetarianBatch-33January 4, 2016butter, Christmas cookies, cookie cutters, cookie decorating, cookies, cut-out cookies, flour, frosting, sugar

Helene’s Chocolate Brownies And Khai’s Send-Off

I really like reading David Lebovitz’s blog. Someone set it up so that it automatically pops up in my email. I think Sele Nadel-Hayes did that for me. Various people help me in various ways

Baked Goods, Cakes/Cupcakes, Chocolate, Desserts, French, Snacks, Sweets, VegetarianBatch-33October 24, 2014almond flour, baked goods, butter, chocolate, chocolate brownies, chocolate chips, coconut, Coconut flour, dessert, eggs, French, Khai, Khai Van Tran, snacks, sugar

Baked Apples With Dried Apricots And Almonds

I told my brother Phil that my ‘book group’ was coming over for dinner and that I was making baked apples for dessert. He didn’t think that was a very interesting dessert and made some

Baked Goods, Desserts, Fruit, Snacks, Sweets, VegetarianBatch-33October 20, 2014almonds, apple cider, apples, apricots, baked apples, cinnamon sticks, dessert, Granny Smith apples, maple syrup, vanilla-, walnuts

Faux Cracker Jacks

Although I’ve been quiet for a couple months, the kitchen has not lay fallow. Not too much creative cooking but lots of jamming including orange marmalade; apricot; two kinds of peach

Desserts, Snacks, SweetsBatch-33October 14, 2014almonds, cracker jacks, cumin smoked paprika, Faux cracker jacks, peanuts, popcorn, popcorn snacks

Mandelbrod Aka Mondel Broidt

My Mother-in-law Ellie Seltzer, wife of the late Bernie Seltzer (father-in-law and beloved father of my dear darling husband), has been in town visiting with us. Having Ellie here has been a

Baked Goods, Cookies, Desserts, SweetsBatch-33May 9, 2014almonds, baked goods, cookies, Jewish, Mandelbrod, Refrigerator Cookies, walnuts

Orange Cornmeal Olive Oil Cake

I have been wanting to make an olive oil cake for a long time. I’ve been reading recipes for months – truly. I had in my mind that an olive oil cake would be dense, simply rich – not heavy

Baked Goods, Cakes/Cupcakes, Desserts, Sweets, VegetarianBatch-33May 1, 2014cornmeal, eggs, flour, Olive Oil, Olive oil cake, orange cornmeal olive oil cake, sugar

Berkeley Cheese Board Scones

Ellie came for a visit. We had been waiting for her for weeks. Ellie is Alan’s Father’s wife. I don’t think she has been out in 10-years – since our wedding. So much has happened in her life and

Baked Goods, Breakfast/Brunch, Snacks, Sweets, VegetarianBatch-33April 29, 2014baked goods, breakfast, buttermilk, cornmeal, scones, sweet dried cherries

Baci Di Dama

Disa is in town from Denmark (Disa is the wife of famous brewmeister Niels Thomson of Denmark and she is my oldest friend – we met on the first day of Kindergarten). Check out

Baked Goods, Cookies, Desserts, Snacks, SweetsBatch-33April 24, 2014Baci di Dama, butter, chocolate, cookies, flour, hazelnut cookies, sugar

Almond Honey Squares

I was 17 when I started college at San Francisco State University - SFSU– a semester late. I started in January 1975 instead of the traditional September. Everyone was already

Chocolate-Coconut Pound Cake

On the same day that I made the ridiculous chicken pot pie and the Spice-Crusted carrots with Harissa Yogurt, I also made dessert. My eye caught this recipe, as I was flipping through Bon

Cakes/Cupcakes, Chocolate, Desserts, Snacks, SweetsBatch-33April 4, 2014buttermilk, chocolate, Chocolate-coconut pound cake, cocoa powder, coconut, coconut oil, pound cake

Chocolate Torte with Bittersweet Ganache Glaze

When the new Vegetarian Times (vegetariantimes.com) came in the mail I started my perusal ritual and I discovered a photo and recipe for the most delicious looking cake ever.

Vanilla Pudding – Almond Milk

Issa and I have been making almond milk on a regular basis now. I think I’ve got it down to a fine science

Desserts, Gluten-Free, Snacks, Sweets, VegetarianBatch-33March 13, 2014agave, almond milk, cornstarch, dessert, finishing salt, honey, pudding, snacks, sugar, sweets, treats, vanilla almond-milk pudding, vanilla extract, vanilla pudding, vanilla-, vegetarian

Peanut Butter Brownies

I think a brownie is chocolate. I don’t think it’s peanut butter. Weird. But whatever. I made these for my husband because he loves loves loves peanut butter and especially Reese’s

Post-Christmas Cookies, No. 2 – Pecan Shorties

This is the second of the new to my repertoire cookie recipes. The first, posted last week brown butter, brown sugar, shorties and now this one, traditional Pecan Sandies. I forgot to mention

Cookies, Desserts, Snacks, SweetsBatch-33January 17, 2014confectioners’ sugar, cookies, desserts, flour, pecans, snacks, sweets, turbinado sugar, unsalted butter, vanilla-

Post-Christmas Cookies

When I was young, my mom would every now and then make a batch of sugar cookie dough and we would get to make cut-out cookies. The dough was delicious both raw and plain

Cookies, Desserts, Snacks, SweetsBatch-33January 4, 2014brown butter, brown sugar, butter, cookies, demerara sugar, desserts, flour, shorties, snacks, sweets

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