Along with chocolate, there is much comfort to be gleaned from reading cookbooks. This recipe combines two loves by being chocolatey to the point of madness and having revealed itself to me after a cosy, snuggled-down read of Elinor Klivans' glorious Big Fat Cookies. What I do is make up the full batch of these (hard to divide it really, since it contains only 1 egg) and form all 12 cookies, but bake only half and freeze the other half. I freeze them on a little tray and, once they're hard, I bung them in a freezer bag, seal it and stash it back in the freeze, to bake them unthawed at a later date. That way, I've got 6 chocolate cookies to keep me and my family happy without any time or effort. This is what I call an investment. And it's worth it — these are the chocolatiest cookies you will ever come across.
Old-Fashioned Small Batch Applesauce Cookies
If you are feeling nostalgic, you will enjoy these soft and moist apple applesauce cookies. Easy recipe with just the right amount of sweetness..
Cocoa Oatmeal Muffins
Tender and sweet, these Cocoa Oatmeal Muffins make a special breakfast treat or after school snack. Mini chocolate chips add to the chocolate flavor!
Best ever chocolate brownies recipe
A super easy brownie recipe for a squidgy chocolate bake. Watch our foolproof recipe video to help you get a perfect traybake every time.
Maple Cream Cookies
These delicious homemade maple cream cookies are made with a buttery shortbread dough sandwiched with smooth maple buttercream frosting.
Chewy Pumpkin Cookies
These chewy pumpkin cookies are crispy on the edges, soft and chewy in the middle, spiced with pumpkin spice, and rolled in cinnamon sugar!
The cult of the cookie clicker: When is a game not a game?
There's a growing obsession online with cookies, imaginary chocolate chip cookies.
Ginger and Walnut Carrot Cake
This is very different from the richly sweet, loftily layered and aerated American original. While it is in some senses far more reminiscent of an old-fashioned, slightly rustic English teatime treat, it is, with its ginger-spiked cream cheese icing — only on top, not running through the middle as well — just right to bring to the table, in pudding guise, at the end of dinner, too. Before you chop the amber dice of crystallised ginger, rub the cubes between your fingers to remove excess sugar. Then chop them finely, though not obsessively so: you want small nuggets, not a jammy clump. And, for what it’s worth, I find it easier to crumble up the walnuts with my fingers, rather than chopping them on a board.
Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins
These pumpkin cranberry muffins are so good that I’ll sometimes double the batch just to stretch them a little further. Bonus: They freeze beautifully!
Defending my own brain against enshittification
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Apple Cider Cookies
These apple cider cookies taste just like apple cider donuts! These are soft cookies rolled in cinnamon sugar, topped with apple cider glaze.
Half-Baked Product
A fable about ovens, founders, and the second-highest priority that never gets done.
Small Batch Banana Pancakes (Just for You!)
These banana pancakes are naturally sweet from mashed banana, super fluffy, and this recipe makes exactly 3 pancakes. No measuring cups full of leftover batter, no feeding the whole neighborhood.
Make These Baked Pumpkin Donut Holes with Cinnamon Sugar
You don't even need a donut pan.
Apple and Almond Cake
It's astonishing how buttery this cake tastes, given that there is not a gram of butter in it. The flour is replaced with ground almonds — and cooked, cooled, pureed fruit provides moistness and flavour. If you want a smaller cake, simply halve the ingredients and use a 20cm/ 8 inch tin. I don't find it takes appreciably less time to bake.
All Our Selves In One Basket
They say you shouldn't put all your eggs in one basket. Are we doing that with our communities?
More than coders · baby steps
This blog is where I post up various half-baked ideas that I have.