Brittany’s Baking Stories: Christmas Cookies
December: Gingerbread Men Cookies Many years ago, my sister, brother, and I tried to make and decorate gingerbread men for Christmas. I think this had to be around the time we were in college and home for the holidays. Those gingerbread cookies were rock hard. We decorated them but...
Brittany’s Baking Story: The Thanksgiving Test Pie
November: Sweet Potato Pie with Chocolate Hazelnut Crust The age-old rule is don’t make anything new for Thanksgiving. So I had to make a test pie before I attempted to make this pie for my family. It came out pretty well. I have some adjustments to make for the...
Brittany’s Baking Stories: Belated Birthday Tart
October: Sea Salt Butterscotch Tart And we’re back! I know it’s been a while. I dropped some cooked sweet potatoes in August for my rosemary pita chips so I didn’t bake. And in September, I lost track of time. I call this story the Belated Birthday Tart because it...
Brittany’s Baking Stories: Winning Zucchini Bread
July: Zucchini Bread At my job, we have produce months. They pick four different types of produce and each week, people who want to cook it or eat it, share what they make. You can win a gift card for each week and win a grand prize for the...
Brittany’s Baking Stories: Not Just Pie
June: Chocolate Chess Pie So the legend goes that the name “chess” pie came from someone hearing a Southern cook, either a freed slave or still enslaved—it’s not clear—saying “just” pie. I think I randomly tried chocolate chess pie from a store in North Carolina and I haven’t forgotten...
Brittany’s Baking Stories: With a Twist
May: Oatmeal Cheddar Cheese Moon Pies With this recipe, all I could think about as a writer was retellings. Retellings are updated versions of classic stories or fairy tales. For example, Romiette and Julio by Sharon M. Draper is a retelling of Romeo and Juliet. And this recipe was...
Brittany’s Baking Stories: A Classic Cookie
April: A Poet’s Peanut Butter Cookies April is National Poetry Month so of course I had to bake these cookies. Jerrelle Guy wasn’t a fan of peanut butter cookies until she had a version of these at an open mic. And I have to say, these are pretty good....
Brittany’s Baking Stories: Don’t Give Up
March: Cake Doughnuts with Coffee Glaze I resisted the urge to make a pun with the title. It will probably appear in this post. I have been craving cake doughnuts for a while and I haven’t found a place near me that makes them. So these doughnuts satisfied my...
Brittany’s Baking Stories: Calm in Chaos
February: Strawberry Balsamic Shortcakes Baking is definitely a labor of love and I had to use strawberries for love month. I knew making biscuits was going to be tricky, but I powered through. I decided to make this on Superbowl Sunday evening. Remind me not to bake on that...
Brittany’s Baking Stories: Inner Child
January – (Not an) Easy Bake Cake with Raspberry Glaze Like some many young ladies (myself included), Jerelle got an Easy Bake oven when she was a kid. And she was inspired to make a bigger and better tasting version of the Easy Bake chocolate cake with sprinkles. I...