Baking Blogs

Flavored with cocoa, unsweetened chocolate, and loaded with chocolate chunks, this Double Chocolate Cookie Recipe is obscenely decadent! PRO-Tip: Use a wooden spoon or spatula to mix the cookie dough. If the cookies are misshapen, use a spatula to tap the cookies into rounds, holding the pan securely with a hot pad. PRO-Tip: Reserve some of the chocolate chunks to press onto the tops of the warm cookies for a more professional-looking cookie!

Ras malai is made by making paneer, shaping it into a flattened ball and soaking it in a simple syrup, and then finally, malai, or sweetened milk. Usually, this takes quite some time to do, so here is a quick and easy way to make ras malai with storebought paneer! I also add powdered sugar to the oaneer in this ras malai recipe to help the paneer hold together and add a little bit of sweetness! This ras malai recipe takes just 30 minutes or less to put together, however, I highly suggest leaving the ras malai in the fridge overnight for the best flavor and texture!

Plus, the White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting pushed these Raspberry Brownies over the top! We have had lots of successes in the Skinny Chick test kitchen, but these Raspberry Chambord Brownies with white chocolate icing were a home run. The results were rich and fudgy, with a subtle boost of flavor and moistness from the raspberry jam and Chambord, a black raspberry liqueur. A double dose of chocolate never hurts, plus it’s the perfect backdrop for plump ripe raspberries if you care to garnish these raspberry jam brownies for company.

Bolings are a sweet coconut semolina cookie that is made at Christmas time in most East Indian Catholic households! All you need to make bolings is coconut(desiccated), semolina(sojee or rava), eggs, sugar, and rose essence. You can use powdered sugar instead of granular sugar so it is easier to melt. Like You can print off the list of ingredients and instructions to follow for making this recipe via the recipe card below (for home use only).

I don’t do as much needle felting these days, but I couldn’t resist making these adorable catnip toys. I personally am a huge fan of Peeps so when I saw these made in a felting group Then I paired it with two different styles of felted Easter egg toys. If you simply leave them unstuffed, this craft makes for super cute springtime and Easter decorations.

Cross buns also have lots of warm spice added, as well as dried fruit and citrus, so they’re a little bit sweet and can be served for breakfast, brunch, or as a sweet afternoon snack. As noted above, hot cross buns are a sweet roll, enriched with butter, eggs, and brown sugar, and infused with the flavors of warm spice and citrus. Besides the add-ins, hot cross buns also include the staple ingredients of just about any other kind of enriched bread: milk/cream, butter, sugar, yeast, flour, eggs, and salt. The rest of the flour, the dried fruit and citrus zest, the spices, and the salt all get worked in until you have a smooth, elastic dough that gathers itself into a ball and pulls away cleanly from the sides of the bowl.

South African’s love their meat, so if you are ever wondering what to cook, you know it’s going to be something meaty. And a Potjiekos is a traditional South African stew that literally means ‘small-pot-food’, which is slow-cooked in a cast iron pot over an open flame. To make this Saucy Oxtail stew recipe, all you need is onions, oil, flour, salt and pepper, oxtail, white wine vinegar, brown sugar, carrots, potatoes, and oxtail soup powder. You do not need to add much oil while cooking as the tail meat pieces are quite fatty.

Strawberry Meringue Cake combines four crispy meringues, luscious strawberry slices, and sweet, decadent mascarpone cream for the ultimate spring dessert! I’m always certain of a hit when I bake up a strawberry and cream dessert recipe like this one. From crisp meringue cookies to meringue topped pies to desserts like this dreamy Strawberry Pavlova, Strawberry Vanilla Cream Pie and this Strawberry Filled Meringue Roulade. There’s no better way to usher in the spring season than a sinful strawberry and cream dessert like this strawberry meringue cake.

This Broccoli and Chicken dish is better than takeout from your favorite Chinese restaurant since it’s made with a homemade stir fry sauce, juicy, tender chicken, and perfectly cooked and vibrant broccoli. The combination of soy sauce, sesame oil, oyster sauce, garlic, ginger, etc. reminds me of my first taste of real Chinese food as a teen. Boneless, skinless chicken breasts – Pro-Tip: cut into cubes before the chicken is completely defrosted for nice cubes of chicken. Chicken Chipotle Quesadillas are a delicious Tex-Mex option, and this Sun-Dried Tomato and Sausage Pasta with Broccoli has a bit of an Italian twist and is a frequent flyer at our house!

This Easter Cookie Cake is packed full of Easter candy and chocolate chips! But seeing all the Easter candy on the store shelves in early March, I grabbed a few bags and settled on baking up a cookie cake well before Easter. My family also loves this White Chocolate Easter Bark and these Easter Cake Pops to celebrate the holiday! My family also loves this White Chocolate Easter Bark and these Easter Cake Pops to celebrate the holiday!