Category Archives: Sweets

“Did you leave room for dessert?” Of course we did. We don’t always eat sweets, but when we do we go for the best.

Recipe: Christina Tosi’s Corn Cookies

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Burnt My Fingers

Second of my 3 holiday bakes. The lively Christina Tosi, pastry chef at Momofuku Milk Bar, has generously shared the recipe for her should-be-illegal corn cookies. (I suspect she actually uses even more butter than this, however.) Freeze dried corn … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Easy Caramel Flan

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Burnt My Fingers

Everybody’s favorite Mexican-style flan is the same recipe found on the Eagle Brand Condensed Milk website. Just be sure to have everything ready before you start with the sugar because that’s the tricky part. 8 servings. Ingredients: 3/4 c sugar 4 … Continue reading →

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Recipe: Sarah Willis Chocolate Cake

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Burnt My Fingers

Sarah Willis is a Niman Ranch pig farmer in Thornton, IA. She contributed this recipe for a farmers’ cookbook we were working on that hopefully will be published one day soon. Her grandmother first got it from the radio and … Continue reading →

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