Butter Baking

Butter Baking

A Blog of Baked Goods

Monthly Archives: August 2011

Oreos

Oreos. Great with milk. Great in ice cream. Great by themselves. And now you can have homemade oreos. And you can put as much vanilla “creme” in the centres as you like! These actually taste like oreos. That’s the first thing everyone said when they tried them. The biscuits could be a little thicker. And a little denser maybe? But they do taste like oreos. These cookies are chocolatey and … Continue reading →

Chocolate Chip Coffee Bars

I was going to make oreos today. Until I saw these on Bakergirl’s gorgeous blog. Um… YUM. Her promise that it is like eating a “chocolate chip cookie dough frappucino fudge sheet cake” (along with her pictures of that fudgy-looking goodness) had me hooked in seconds. Goodbye oreos. Hello chocolate chip coffee bars. All I can say is yum. Yum. Yum. YUM. They are so good. Chewy. Fudgy. Crumbly. Short. … Continue reading →

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

So there is a myth. The myth involves Neiman Marcus, some fantastic cookies and a really expensive recipe. I won’t go into it but you can read about the myth here. It’s not important really. What’s important is how good these cookies are. They are good. Very good. They have ground up oats inside, which does awesome things to the texture of these cookies. And it keeps them permanently chewy. … Continue reading →

Peanut Butter Cups

A few years ago, I happened to be in the States for Halloween. I was visiting family in Connecticut, it was beautiful Fall time, there was a party to go to and I had a 1920′s flapper costume. I was so excited! And that’s when I discovered Reece’s Peanut Butter Cups. I didn’t even like peanut butter up until then. But there were all these individually wrapped ‘candy’ that come … Continue reading →

Brown Butter Butterscotch Blondies

I love the texture of blondies and bar cookies. They are chewy and gooey, just like the the very centre of a perfectly baked cookie. And you don’t have to eat all around the crunchy outside to get to that deliciously soft middle. I eat food for its texture. Well, no. I eat baked goods for their texture. Cookies, cookie dough and bar cookies are all favourites because of their … Continue reading →

Chocolate Croissants (Pain au Chocolat)

My boyfriend likes chocolate croissants. He went through a phase where he was buying them all the time. Every day. He couldn’t get through without them. So when his birthday came around, what better to bake him than chocolate croissants? This recipe is the same as for croissants, with the addition of chocolate and a different way of forming their shape. Like my croissant recipe, there are lots of photos … Continue reading →

Cookie Dough for One

Do you like cookie dough? I do. I love cookie dough. Sometimes, cookie dough just calls to me. It finds its way into my mind and won’t go away. Not cookies, just the dough. Sometimes, I can’t be bothered making cookies. Like late at night. I just can’t wait for the cookies to bake. I’m not very patient. Sometimes, I can’t bake cookies. Because I know I’ll eat the whole … Continue reading →

Croissants

The dreaded croissant. Making croissants can be scary. It can seem to be ridiculously hard. The first time I looked at a recipe and saw how long it was I FREAKED OUT. Said no way, I’m not making croissants, they take forever! Well they do take forever, but then one week when I knew I would have some time, I just relaxed and made them step by step. Croissants aren’t … Continue reading →

Lemon Cornmeal Shortbread

I had two options when making this shortbread; use a stand mixer or a whisk. It seemed like a lose-lose situation late at night after a long day of baking, uni and errands. The stand mixer is a pain to haul out of the kitchen cupboard (it actually takes like 2 seconds, but whatever). The whisk initially seemed like the easier option, but then I realised it requires a LOT … Continue reading →

Chocolate Mousse

Today I made chocolate mousse. Because my dad asked me to. I may have mentioned before that my dad doesn’t really eat anything I bake. Instead he has blocks of Cadbury milk chocolate or gross packet biscuits, the plain ones covered in dark chocolate. It breaks my heart a little when I have spent the day baking a chocolate cake and instead of trying some he wolfs down chocolate biscuits. … Continue reading →