Dorie Greenspan

Chewy, Chunky Blondies

August 18, 2010 |

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Ahh blondies. They may represent the one instance in life when blondes get overlooked for a brunette. Brownies are by far the more popular of the two bar cookies, but blondies have made quite a name for themselves recently, and with all sorts of varieties cropping up, they allow for infinite creative experiments. I recently [...]

Snickery Squares

May 6, 2010 |

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When I received Dorie Greenspan’s Baking: From My Home to Yours for Christmas in 2007, this recipe was one of the first that jumped out at me. It looked like an ooey, gooey, homemade version of a Snickers bar. And Snickers bars are, well, awesome. The problem? I was suffering through a peanut allergy and, [...]

Allspice Crumb Muffins

March 5, 2010 |

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It’s Friday and the weekend is here (cue the trumpets). With the hustle and bustle of typical weekday mornings, many people barely manage a bowl of Cheerios, let alone a homemade treat for breakfast. It seems that pancakes and sausage, fluffy waffles, and jumbo muffins are often reserved for weekend indulgences. Snuggled under your mountain [...]

Cappuccino Cinnamon Squares

February 4, 2010 |

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I made these luscious, caffeine-laden squares for my sister to celebrate her first day at a new job. Last year, the company she was working for was bought and many of the employees laid off, including her. Needless to say, the job market isn’t booming right now, so her having found a position that’s a great [...]

Chocolate-Chocolate Chunk Muffins

January 14, 2010 |

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These muffins reignited an as-yet unresolved internal debate I have about chocolate muffins. I mean, are they really muffins? I tend to believe they are more on the order of chocolate cupcakes sans the icing. I think perhaps the benefit of calling treats of this nature muffins is to ensure that they can be eaten [...]

Chocolate Chip Cookie-Topped Brownies

May 26, 2009 |

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Brownies are good. Chocolate chip cookies are good. Chocolate chip cookie dough-topped brownies? Utterly delicious. These brownies take two of the most popular desserts – brownies and chocolate chip cookies – and combine them into one amazing, sinful treat. The bottom is a classic brownie recipe, and the top chocolate chip cookie dough. The combination [...]

Chocolate Peanut Butter Torte

April 15, 2009 |

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Many of you know that until recently I suffered from a number of food allergies, one of which was peanuts. As a result, the most tempting dessert featured in Dorie Greenspan‘s utterly superb Baking: From My Home to Yours, the Peanut Butter Torte, was sadly off limits to me. Oh, how I pined after it. [...]