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Baking

A collection of 13 posts

Two triangular cookies on a plate, one has chocolate filling, the other has apricot filling.

Hamantaschen for Purim

It's time to get triangular!

A rectangular slice of bright yellow lemon tart, with two Meyer lemons behind.

Meyer Lemon Tart

A floral lemon tart with a perfect velvety texture, and a delicate, sweet crust.

Chocolate chip cookies, topped with big flakes of salt, on a cooling rack.

The best chocolate chip cookies

Life is better with chocolate chip cookies at the ready, and my favorite recipe makes it easy.

Two biscotti cookies are on a small plate. You can see small pieces of ginger and almonds in the cookies.

Orange Cardamom Ginger Biscotti

The traditional Italian cookie, with citrus and spice flavors.

Eight round balls of unbaked pizza dough are arranged on two floured baking sheets.

Pizza Night

Sunday night is Pizza Night.

An orange plastic tool is on a counter next to an orange and a lemon. The tool is shaped like a V, with two handles.

The best citrus juicer is the Fluicer

I love this juicer from Dreamfarm, and also their collapsible whisk, the Flisk.

A pomegranate and a knife on a cutting board.

How to cut a pomegranate

This game-changing method for getting the seeds out of a pomegranate is fast, clean, and easy.

A slice of golden brown focaccia, topped with big flakes of salt.

Focaccia: King Arthur's Recipe of the Year

Will this be my new go-to focaccia recipe? Yes, I think so!

On the left, bright white sugar has orange zest on top. On the right, the sugar is now uniformly yellow and a bit more damp.

Getting big orange flavor in baking

Turn to the peel, not the juice.

My approach to recipe posts

My approach to recipe posts

Some of my whys and hows about sharing my recipes.

Flour is being poured into a bowl on a digital kitchen scale, which reads 54g.

Switching to metric

[cowbell] Come on, baby. Don't fear the meter! Baby, take my hand. Don't fear the meter! We'll be able to fly. Don't fear the meter!

Gruyère Gougères

Gruyère Gougères

Cheese puffs, with a fancier name.

Three round cookies on a plate. They're a dark chocolatey brown, with jewel-like pink sugar sprinkles around the outer edge.

Georgiannes

A sablé cookie recipe, with chocolate, ginger, tart cherries, and pink peppercorns.