A sugared, crisped muffin top studded with sweet and crunchy nuts sits on a fluffy coffee cake base. Take a bite and be surprised by a warm burst of berries and melted cinnamon sugar. As the days get shorter and the mornings get that chilly snap, it’s hot beverage weather every day. I love starting …
You have a pile of rapidly ripening bananas and a fruit fly infestation waiting to happen. What to do? Make banana bread muffins of course! I’m a big fan of banana bread, but my absolute favorite part of the bread is that crunchy, fragrant top. And if you make banana bread muffins, you maximize the …
Moist, rich, with melting pools of chocolate chips – chocolate muffins are a favorite treat. But what if they’re made with meal powder instead of flour? Today we’re testing Huel muffins vs. regular muffins. After living in Silicon Valley for most of my adult life, I’ve gotten used to the quirks. One of thing I’ve …
Learn how to make mini apple pies using a muffin tin. Sweet, slightly tart apples are perfectly caramelized and encased in a soft, flaky crust. These mini apple pies have just the perfect crust to filling ratio! When I was growing up, I actually hated apple pies. I detested the mushy filling and would pick …
Every bite of this cookie is full of sweet pools of melted chocolate that perfectly balance out crunchy toffee chunks. The homemade toffee brings caramel undertones to wonderfully soft and satisfying cookies. This recipe was the result of an unfortunate accident. I’d brought back Alyonka chocolate bars from my trip to Moscow, stacks of them …
Of all the months (all 12 of them), September is my favorite month. The heat from summer is just dying down, and the air gets that slight snap that tells you Fall is here but Winter is still far away. I was hoping I would get more time in the Bay Area this September, but …
These Chai-infused shortbread cookies have all the earthy spices of Chai tea and buttery richness of shortbread cookies. Tea-infused butter and a sprinkle of cinnamon and all spice create a smooth Chai flavor in every bite. Fall is just around the corner. Not that San Francisco really has seasons, but you can feel it in …
August was a month full of sunshine and travels all over the United States. Lately it seems that time passes too fast – I blink and half a year is gone, I’ve flown over 100,000 miles, and I’m left not knowing where all that time went. I am just sitting here GROWING OLD (just kidding… …
A rich, moist muffin with a tender crumb, bursting with fresh blueberries and topped with a cinnamon sugar crumble – these coffee cake blueberry muffins are the perfect bites of sweet happiness. I love coffee cake because it’s always so deliciously moist and has that wonderful sweet layer of melty brown sugar and cinnamon in …
I’ve been on a bit of a lemon spree lately, with my Double sunshine lemon shortbread cookies and Sunny lemon curd and scones. It started with a simple discovery. I’d just come home from New York, tired and grumpy… and I saw that the garbage needed to be taken out. So I dragged the garbage down my apartment …