Butter Baking

Butter Baking

A Blog of Baked Goods

Monthly Archives: May 2012

Salted Caramel

So I decided I am going to start a little Baking Basics section on the blog. And this salted caramel will be the first little ‘Basics’ installment. I thought that it would make it easy for you if you are ever looking for a basic pie dough, caramel or pastry cream recipe, that there will be (soon!) an entire section devoted to them in my index. And then instead of … Continue reading →

Strawberry and Apple Crumble

I have an announcement to make everyone. I am going to Europe again. Yay! If you’re a regular in these parts, you will know that last November I went on a trip to Paris then on to Poland to visit all my relatives. I must seriously have the travel bug as I’m going again so soon. A trip to Europe from Australia is no easy feat. It is about 30 … Continue reading →

Nutella Crack Pie

Crack Pie + Nutella? Yes, please. Just do yourself a favour. If someone in your household has slow cooked caramelized onions in the skillet you intend to bake in the night before, don’t bake in it. Even if it looks super clean and doesn’t smell at all. The onion flavour will go into your pie. Yes. It happened. My Nutella crack pie, very unfortunately, had a strange onion aftertaste. Which … Continue reading →

Mini Crack Pies

Crack pie. I have made this before, in a larger version, a year or two ago now, after reading an article about it. I mean, who wouldn’t want to try something that is called “crack” pie? I remember taking a slice of it, along with a few other treats, to a friends house when I went over for coffee. And her family fought over it, each vying for the last … Continue reading →

Skillet Cocoa Brownies

I know I said when I made these that I would probably never try a new brownie recipe again. But the thing is, I have recently become obsessed with brownies, and find myself craving them much more than I have been craving cookies. Which for me, is really really weird. So after making the ultimate brownies 4 times in the last month or so, I decided I wanted to find … Continue reading →

Peanut Butter Buscuit Cups

Hey, so what did you think of these? Because I went straight back into the kitchen after I ate them all and made this peanut butter version. Do you like peanut butter? Do you like chocolate and peanut butter? Do you like peanut butter cups? What do you think, of like, a peanut butter cup on top of a cookie base? Yeah, you read me right. These little cups have … Continue reading →

Chunky Chocolate Oat Cookies

Sometimes you just need some good old, classic comfort. Whether its because its cold and rainy, you’re feeling unwell, or you’re just having a bad week, a bit of love and some familiar comfort food can make you feel a little better. This particular week was a pretty bad one. On top of the bad week, everything I tried to bake was just going wrong too. Do you believe that … Continue reading →

Polish Icebox Cake (Miodowiec)

When I finished high school, I worked hard for 6 months, did a quick English teaching course, packed my bags, sold my car and set off to live in Europe for a year. I had no idea what I was going to do for the whole year, so I started off in Poland (my entire family on my mother’s side are scattered around the country). I arrived on Easter Saturday, … Continue reading →

Nutella Chocolate Biscuit Cups

So. The other day I was in the kitchen, and I had full intentions of making caramel slice, but instead of making a slab of bars, I wanted little, individual, caramel slice ‘cups’. I got as far as the yummy biscuit base being baked off before everything went bad. Instead of sticking to my tried and tested caramel slice filling recipe, I decided to play around and try something new. … Continue reading →

Rice Pudding

A lot of my childhood memories revolve around my grandparent’s house. My parents have always worked full time, so when I was young I would go to my grandma’s after school and on the holidays. My cousins would be there too and they are boys, so we would get up to all sorts of mischief. I fondly remember my grandma chasing my cousin around with a long wooden spoon in … Continue reading →