Part of the Adventures in Baking (AiB) series. Original recipe: http://www.canyoustayfordinner.com/2010/08/02/cinnamon-sugar-crusted-coffee-cake-muffins/ The original blogger appears to have used some sort of mini muffin pan. I only had cupcake pans. As a result, I didn’t try to encrust the whole thing in cinnamon and...

Part of the Adventures in Baking (AiB) series. Original recipe: http://www.ledelicieux.com/2011/01/17/korova-cookies/ My cookies just came out of the oven and they are delicious! This is a great (and incidentally, eggless) double-chocolate cookie recipe. I only have salted butter, so I reduced the salt somewhat. I also...

Part of the Adventures in Baking (AiB) series. Original recipe: http://www.blueeyedbakers.com/home/2010/9/7/millionaires-shortbread.html This recipe did not turn out so good. The shortbread is not particularly good. The butter cookies I made earlier are far superior. The caramel recipe resulted in essentially toffee....

Part of the Adventures in Baking (AiB) series. Original recipe: http://gingerbreadbagels.com/2011/01/28/no-bake-nutella-cookies-2/ Delicious! I didn’t have a cookie scoop, so I had to use an ice cream scoop instead. Mine didn’t flatten like the pictures show, and they’re a little brittle. I think smaller cookies would...

Part of the Adventures in Baking (AiB) series. Original recipe: http://blogs.babble.com/family-kitchen/2010/06/16/hasselback-potatoes/ I made crockpot roast and potatoes tonight. It was also my first attempt at gravy. It didn’t thicken much, but it was tasty. For potatoes I decided to do the hasselback. I just did an...

Part of the Adventures in Baking (AiB) series. Original recipe: http://www.healthyfoodforliving.com/?p=12651 Well I found something my wondrous Vitamix does not do that well. The mixture this recipe creates is a thick chunky paste that ends up mostly stuck under the blades of the blender. It did an OK job, but I’m...

Part of the Adventures in Baking (AiB) series. Original recipe: http://www.sprinklebakes.com/2011/05/lemon-meringue-custards-with-butter.html So this is actually two complementary recipes. I made them yesterday. First the custard: Crap! It didn’t look anything like the picture. It was only the faintest yellow, and...

Part of the Adventures in Baking (AiB) series. Original recipe: http://www.eatatallies.com/2010/08/samoa-m-blondies.html These are delicious—assuming you like coconut! The recipe called for a 9×13 pan, but since all my brownies so far have been too skimpy on the batter, I went with an 8×11.5 pan. Well as luck would...

Part of the Adventures in Baking (AiB) series. Original recipe: http://brokeassgourmet.com/articles/brown-sugar-peach-semifreddos These are essentially frozen custards. They are delicious, but mine didn’t look anything like the pictures. First, I didn’t have large muffin tins. I used cupcake tins instead. My diced...

Part of the Adventures in Baking (AiB) series. Original recipe: http://www.singforyoursupperblog.com/2011/02/14/silky-decadent-chocolate-mousse This was divine! I didn’t have any bittersweet chocolate, so I made it with straight semi-sweet. (My research says they’re very similar.) I did end up buying some proper...