Though I’m aware that you wouldn’t know it by this site, The Sister ™ and I were quite prolific bakers during the holiday season. Below is a good sampling of our goodies.

If you look in the middle of the bowl and to the right you’ll see my dark chocolate and white chcolate truffles. […]

One throughout the years buys chocolate, sometimes indiscriminately, other times with dark chocolate precision. Nearly always the chocolate chip cookies or brownies or ganache or truffles turn out very close to layperson’s perfection. One begins to think that this chocolate thing isn’t that hard.
Then the chocolate reminds the baker that she is but […]

I really don’t know the name of them, but they are fantastic and simple. Two Ritz crackers with a layer of peanut butter in between and covered with chocolate. It makes for a super combination of salty and sweet. I used milk chocolate Ghirardelli chips melted in a double boiler to cover […]

I know it’s been quiet around here. But, really, it’s the calm before the holiday baking storm. On my short list are cinnamon rolls and candy including truffles. Truffles are a surprisingly easy candy to make relative to the oohs and aahs they generate. However, the one part I […]