Summer=Strawberries! For this recipe, we wanted to bring back the OG Baking with Friends crew! We have been baking with Stephanie and Magaly for many years now and we wanted to bake together. We all had fresh strawberries and the other ingredients so we thought this would be the perfect summer baking we could doContinue reading “Fresh Strawberry Cake”
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Baking During a Pandemic
Typically during December of every year, as we get closer to the new year, we start to think things like “how will I improve next year? How will I become a better version of myself in the new year? What goals will I try to accomplish?” And prior to such an epic year as 2020??Continue reading “Baking During a Pandemic”
Butterless Snickerdoodles
Ah, another. missing ingredient during a pandemic: butter! This recipe to be pretty straightforward (plus it’s super fun to roll around the balls of dough in the cinnamon sugar mix!). But really do follow the instruction at the end to not overcook, or they will be hard! Also, my mom got creative this time andContinue reading “Butterless Snickerdoodles”
Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies
We have been eating A LOT of eggs during quarantine so when we looked at what ingredients we had in our kitchens this week, we all had chocolate chips but we didn’t have eggs so we looked for a recipe for an eggless chocolate chip cookie. This recipe was really easy to make and itContinue reading “Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies”
Thumbprint Cookies
This Thumbprint Cookie recipe has been the most popular recipe of the quarantine by far! I’ve done this recipe twice already: the first time was for a virtual tea party we had planned to do in the spring in person but instead transitioned to Zoom due to the pandemic and the second time was withContinue reading “Thumbprint Cookies”
Nutella Cookies
My sister, Laura, and I wanted to do cookies again since they’re really easy to make, don’t take much time in the oven, and are perfect quarantine anxiety relievers (for the few seconds that they take to chew). Laura had some Trader Joe’s Cookie Butter that she was trying to figure out how to useContinue reading “Nutella Cookies”
M&M Cookies for Easter
Easter 2020, the first holiday of the quarantine that I could not spend with my family *sigh*. Even though I moved to NYC from my hometown a couple of years ago, I always find a way to be together with my family for birthdays and holidays. But given the stay-at-home orders in place to preventContinue reading “M&M Cookies for Easter”
Nutella Donut Sandwiches
So I purchased a container of Nutella a while back and I was super excited about it. But the days kept passing by and I kept putting off doing something with it. TBH the first thing that comes to mind when I think of Nutella is a crepe with Nutella, strawberries, and bananas and there’sContinue reading “Nutella Donut Sandwiches”
Lemon Bars
Lemons are my favorite! So baking lemons bars was naturally the best way to kick off the quarantine baking extravaganza. This recipe was very easy and super delicious. They also stayed nice and fresh in my fridge for a whole week! My good friend Mari also did the recipe from her home in California andContinue reading “Lemon Bars”
4th of July Fireworks Cookies
On our day off, my sister and I decided to make 4th of July Cookies and came across this GENIUS idea to sprinkle sugar cookies with blue sprinkles and red Pop Rocks! Sticks to the 4th of July theme and adds a kick of fireworks in your mouth! The cookies themselves are star-shaped sugar cookiesContinue reading “4th of July Fireworks Cookies”
