Halloween Black and White Cookie Recipe

Black and White Cookie Recipe

A few drops of orange food coloring transform these iconic New York cookies into a Halloween treat. Enjoy this seasonal New York black and white cookie recipe! A Short History of the Black and White Cookie Recipe Much ink has been spilled on the topic of New York City’s iconic black and white cookies. While … Read more

Pumpkin Scones

Pumpkin Scones

This pumpkin scone recipe has a savory base and a two kinds of sweet glazes. About this Recipe Starbucks has so thoroughly marketed pumpkin spice flavor, that we originally thought of pumpkin spice scones as an American recipe. However, we were thrilled to discover that credit for the idea of adding pumpkin puree to a … Read more

Pumpkin Surprise Muffins

Pumpkin Surprise Muffins

These small batch pumpkin surprise muffins make for a perfect halloween breakfast – all treat, no trick! About This Recipe This recipe is really an elaborate excuse to use up that half can of pumpkin you have in the fridge from some of your other fall baking. Has anyone else noticed the annoying tendency of … Read more

Apple Crumb Cake Recipe

Apple Crumb Cake

Want to live dangerously and bake a cake simultaneously? Well, this apple crumb cake recipe will allow you to do both. Mickey’s Cake We also call this cake “Mickey’s Cake,” after the mischevious hero of Maurice Sendak’s In the Night Kitchen. This is because the cake is best baked the night before you plan to … Read more

Pumpkin Swiss Roll

Pumpkin Swiss Roll

We’re sticking with October’s Halloween theme with a light and fluffy pumpkin swiss roll. Halloween in Southern California Halloween in Southern California is always characterized by unseasonably hot weather. This means that our carved pumpkins tend to melt (and melt is a cute word for mold), our children sweat through their costumes, and we need … Read more

Banana Cake (Zebra-Style)

Banana Cake

How can you make regular banana bread even better? Swirl it with chocolate cake batter to make an amazing banana cake, the world’s tastiest and most adorable breakfast treat! Zebra Style It’s easy to trace the history of marbled cakes — long, fascinating, seemingly German in origin — we’ll come back to this soon! Traditional … Read more

Brownie Mix Chocolate Chip Cookies

Brownie Mix Chocolate Chip Cookies

Can’t pick between a brownie and a cookie? We understand; that happens to us, too. This recipe combines them both into delicious brownie mix chocolate chip cookies. About this Brownie Mix Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe This recipe takes a homemade brownie recipe and dollops it into chocolate chip cookies. This makes a brownie more convenient … Read more

Japanese Fluffy Pancakes Recipe

Japanese Fluffy Pancakes Recipe

Looking for a light but delicious way to start the morning? We can think of nothing better than this japanese fluffy pancakes recipe! 24 Hour Pancakes (A Short History of Pancakes in Japan) Pancakes have a long and illustrious history in Japan. Japanese cooks first started frying bits of dough sweetened with red bean as … Read more