Baked Goods Archives - Evan Kleiman

Sticky Buns for Easter

Evan Kleiman — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 20:10:24 +0000

I love sticky buns. They’re in my DNA. Both my parents grew up in Philadelphia, a hotbed of sticky bun appreciation. So my preferences were imprinted early and involve a sticky topping embedded with pecans riding atop a buttery, soft, close crumbed dough enriched...

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Gingersnap Cookie Pie Crust

Evan Kleiman — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 20:09:06 +0000

This is a fast cookie crumb crust to make that really packs a lot of flavor. It pairs well with a surprising number of fillings. And I never bother to bake it. I just pat it in really well using a dry cup measure as...

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Super Easy Chocolate Gingerbread

Evan Kleiman — Sat, 17 Dec 2016 21:21:21 +0000

Several years ago, 2004 in fact, I became obsessed with Nigella Lawson’s Chocolate Gingerbread from her cookbook Feast. I made it once then another thirty times. Why? It’s a perfect foolproof cake with holiday flavor that is dead simple, not just to make but to...

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Flourless Mexican Chocolate Cookies

Evan Kleiman — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:39:43 +0000

Variations on these intense chocolate no flour cookies pop up all over the internet around Passover, but they deserve some attention all year round as a Gluten Free option. They are deeply chocolaty and take well to experimentation with additional flavors. I like to add...

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Babka Monkey Bread

Evan Kleiman — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 20:10:30 +0000

This is a mashup of a Chocolate Cinnamon Babka and a Monkey Bread. It is good. I know that a lot of people are obsessed with cooking big pieces of meat or making cookies over the holidays, but I want breakfast or tea time treats....

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Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever

Evan Kleiman — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 17:15:00 +0000

This weekend I made the best cookies I’ve ever made in my life. For someone who made cookies to sell in a restaurant for years that’s a pretty big statement. For years my “go to” chocolate chip cookie has been Kim Boyce‘s Chocolate Chip Cookies...

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Chili and Cornbread

Evan Kleiman — Mon, 12 May 2014 20:33:44 +0000

How a dinner of rabbit and polenta and the local grain movement evolved into a dinner of chili and cornbread. I promised some friends a dinner of rabbit cooked in the Lombardy style and the polenta to go with it. Browsing the aisles at Surfas in...

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Gluten Free Cookies: Brown Butter Shortbread

Evan Kleiman — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 22:10:05 +0000

I’ve been intrigued by the gluten free mix Cup 4 Cup for awhile. It’s a collaboration between famed Chef Thomas Keller and Chef Lena Kwak. Chef Kwak created the mix when she worked as the Research & Development Chef for the French Laundry in Yountville, CA. It’s...

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Bread Lounge

Evan Kleiman — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 20:37:23 +0000

Bread. I love it, especially when it’s well made. But I freely admit that I try to avoid it. I’m of a certain age and weight when the dangers of too much free carb styling can take a toll. But how hard is that to...

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