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Mexican Chocolate Cream Pie

March 28, 2012 | 26 Comments

I like to talk a lot. Had you guessed as much?

Today, I’m going to restrain myself. Just to allow you to concentrate.

Concentrate on chocolate.
Concentrate on pie.
Concentrate on a chocolate pie that will hopefully rock your world.

Are you concentrating? OK. Good.

I’ve been married for several years so I know that whispering makes interrupting OK.

I’m whispering right now when I tell you that we’re using Mexican chocolate in this particular pie. The flavor of Mexican chocolate is not to be trifled with. I’m partial to the Ibarra label.

We’re also pressing some instant espresso powder and ground ancho chile into our crust. There will be no trifling today.

Filed Under: Crisps, Crumbles & Pies Tagged With: ancho chile, butter, chocolate cream pie, custard, egg yolks, Ibarra, instant espresso powder, Mexican chocolate, milk, recipe, sweet, whipped cream

Black Bean Brownies

February 13, 2012 | 86 Comments

You’re going to be seeing a lot of hearts this week.

Probably some red garments. Quite a bit of chocolate. A fair number of roses.

Possibly a few people saying ‘He went to Jared!’ and singing ’Every kiss begins with Kay…’

Ew.

You’re also going to need to call me Hot Lips this entire week.

Double ew.

And totally just kidding.

Let’s just stick with Hot Lips Socks – significantly less awkward.

This is how we do brownies in the AZ.

Where do you live?

This is how you should do brownies in Denver.
This is how you should do brownies in Cleveland.
This is probably how you should do brownies in Okeechobee.
This is definitely how you should do brownies in Palo Alto.

Filed Under: Bars & Brownies Tagged With: Baking With Agave Nectar, black bean brownies, honey, instant espresso powder, recipe, sweet, unsweetened cocoa powder, vanilla

Momofuku Compost Cookies & A Cookie Swap

December 12, 2011 | 33 Comments

The other day at the library I overheard a tutor teaching a young boy how to identify the ‘main idea’ in an article that he was reading. Young Boy seemed smart. I think he got it.

So if Young Boy was reading SB today he would have no trouble telling you that the main idea of today’s post is cookies.

Baking cookies. Swapping cookies. Eating cookies.

Cookies. Cookies. Cookies. Cookies. Cookies.

Starting with some spectacular Momofuku Compost Cookies.

Since we have so much cookieness to discuss today, I’ll keep the talking to a minimum. But I did want to tell you about this book. Momofuku Milk Bar. I’m obsessed with it.

I just adore the unconventional, science + culinary arts approach that is Momofuku.

So when I signed up for the 1st Annual Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap, I knew that I needed to get my Momofuku on with these Compost Cookies.