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Desserts

Joann Chang’s Olive Oil Cake, with Fresh Grapes
(from Pastry Love)

It’s actually quite rare that I post recipes verbatim from another cookbook or website without making a few modifications, but this recipe was perfect just as is. It’s from Joann Chang’s newest cookbook, Pastry Love, and besides the fact that I made it square not round, it is exactly as written in the cookbook and boy is it delicious. I also love the way the photos turned out. It’s the little things that keep you happy, right?
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Breads, Breakfast/Brunch

Cranberry Swirly Bread

I guess this is a bit of a variation on a cinnamon roll bread only instead of a brown sugar and cinnamon paste, it’s filled with a cranberry sauce. I’m not overly pleased at how it slacked out and got some big holes (I suspect the cranberry mixture was too heavy), but it did taste good – sort of like pre-jammed breakfast bread.
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Appetizers/Starters, Breads, Sweet Snacks

Butter-Rum Caramel-Walnut Banana Bread

Have you noticed this crazy phenomenon called Banana Bread? As a person who follows a lot of food websites, chefs, fellow-bloggers and newspaper food section watcher, there is this crazy phenomenon where, I swear the collective households of the entire US are baking banana bread. Here is an article that jumped on the bandwagen.

And seeing it is bread week here at CSPS, I might as well jump on the bandwagon and make some too, right? This is my second go at banana bread during this pandemic and subsequent quarantine time and this one is simply amazing! Browned butter = yum, spiced rum (ok, if I must), banana overload (goodie) and then caramel pieces (OMG!) and walnuts (optional, but still pretty darn good). It’s sort of like bananas foster without setting the thing on fire. If you have some bananas left over while you’re sheltering in place, definitely give this one a go! (PS: don’t overfill the pans; I’d rather go for two than have an overflow!)
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Cookies, Sweet Snacks

Triple Lemony Crinkle Cookies

Good morning! It’s Sunday. The sun in shining. It’s spring. It’s time to be happy. OK, the last one can be a little hard in this situation we all find ourselves in, to add in the “be happy” department, here are Triple Lemony Crinkle Cookies, just covered in powdered sugar. They are tart, they are sweet and they are sure to put a smile on your face (and powdered sugar on your shirt!), but they happy cookies so time to be happy!
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