Every year around Easter time, hot cross buns seem like one of those things you have to eat. Same thing with candy corn around Halloween, conversation hearts on Valentine’s Day, those neon green Shamrock Shakes around St. Patrick’s Day, etc. etc. To be honest, hot cross buns either seemed like a sickly sweet, fruitcake of a…
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Brown Butter Oatmeal Cookies with Cranberries, Pistachios, and White Chocolate
True life: I’m in love with brown butter, or if you want to be fancy, beurre noisette. For those of you who have ever browned butter before, you already know the wonderful nutty, caramel magic that happens when you take regular ‘ol butter and cook it until the milk solids begin to brown. For those of…
Grand Marnier Gingerbread Biscotti
Goodbye November, hellooo December, aka the start of the holiday season. I don’t know about you, but the first of December signals the start of: SNOW (or skiing, which is the only good thing about snow), peppermint mochas or gingerbread lattes (so many lattes), scarves, curling up next to the wood stove and watching Rudolph…
The Briarwood Baker 