Alexandra’s Kitchen: Canal House Chocolate Chip Cookies

I usually don’t bake, but when I do, I use a ton of butter. I’m the kind of person that likes thin crispy slightly chewy chocolate chip cookies over the thick soft variety. I was PINspired to bake cookies one day and found a recipe that looked amazing aka I could eat 1000 of these…

Tartine-esque Croissants

I found some recipes that adapted from the Tartine recipe, and both of them resulted in some super dense croissants. I further adapted the adaptation so the dough would look airy instead of like a medicine ball of butter. Lesson: Follow your instict…go with your gut…add more milk. Then when you’re confident the dough is…

Skinnytaste – Mini Pecan Phyllo Tarts

Skinnytaste – Mini Pecan Phyllo Tarts Gina, gina, gina. The recipes that she creates on SkinnyTaste are AMAZING. Not only are the recipes delicious, but you don’t feel bad binging…I mean eating them. I made these tarts one day because I saw the recipe and it sparked my interest, and I happened to be going to…