Pick-me-up peppermint mocha
A quick-fix fancy coffee drink for the days when the world gets to be just the teeniest bit too much.
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Tag Archives: chocolate
Abject apology bars (with dates, chocolate chips, pecan, and coconut)
Sticky-sweet dates, rich pecans, crowd-favorite chocolate chips, and fragrant coconut come together to sweeten a co-worker’s soured disposition. Obviously, do your best not to mess up. But if you do? Abject apology bars to the rescue.
Texas sheet cake (‘chocolate sheath cake’)
This has been my birthday cake for almost a decade: it’s simple, quick, and utterly delicious. The fudgy cocoa-and-cinnamon cake combines with a thin, crackly icing studded with chopped pecans, and it takes only 20 minutes in the oven
Chocolate cheesecake with gingered rhubarb topping
Sweet-tart rhubarb and snappy fresh ginger. Crisp, buttery gingersnap crumbs. Cool, thick chocolate sandwiched between the two. Yes, it’s probably a two-day project, but the reward at the end is all the better for dreaming about it overnight.
Toasted walnut banana bread
Ever had a culinary white whale? Wait, step back: I’m showing my literature scholar roots here. For those who haven’t been exposed to Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, that’s a reference to the […]
