Korena in the Kitchen

Chocolate, Cookies & Squares, Recipes

The Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie

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May 5, 2015

I’ve been looking for the “perfect” chocolate chip cookie for about as long as I’ve been baking cookies. What I wanted was a fairly straight-forward method that didn’t involve a complete re-design of the chocolate chip cookie or an overnight rest in the fridge (because when I want chocolate chip…
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Bread, Daring Bakers Challenges, Recipes

Daring Bakers: Sweet or Savoury Sourdough Focaccia

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April 27, 2015

For the month of April Rachael of pizzarossa and Sawsan of Chef in Disguise took us on a trip to Italy. They challenged us to try our hands at making focaccia from scratch. As soon as I saw this month’s Daring Bakers challenge, I knew exactly what I wanted to…
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Chocolate, Cookies & Squares, Recipes

Chocolate-Dipped Vanilla-Almond Sourdough Biscotti

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April 20, 2015

After making a chocolate-hazelnut sourdough biscotti a few years ago, I concluded that sourdough biscotti was just a novelty and not actually a practical way to make biscotti or use sourdough. So I’m not sure what it says about me when I decided to participate in this month’s Sourdough Surprises…
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Bread, Breakfast & Brunch, Recipes

Honeyed Hot Cross Buns

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April 14, 2015

I know, I know, Easter was so two weeks ago. But seeing as I’ve posted about hot cross buns every year since I started this blog, I couldn’t NOT post about this year’s version. Just bookmark this recipe for next year and call it advance preparation. ; )
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Breakfast & Brunch, Chocolate, Recipes

Cocoa Cardamom Crunch

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April 4, 2015

My daily breakfast is Greek yogurt with fruit and homemade granola, and I look forward to it every morning. However, my last few batches of granola have been a little lackluster, so I was pretty excited to discover a new kind of yogurt-appropriate topping called “nutmeg crunch“, a combination of…
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Cakes & Pies, Daring Bakers Challenges, Fruit, Recipes

Daring Bakers: Tarte Tatin

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March 27, 2015

For the March Daring Bakers’ Challenge, Korena from Korena in the Kitchen taught us that some treats are best enjoyed upside down. She challenged us to make a tarte Tatin from scratch. This month I was excited to host another Daring Bakers’ challenge, for which I chose the tarte Tatin.…
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Breakfast & Brunch, Recipes

Brunch for Forty

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March 14, 2015

Last weekend I had the opportunity to cater a day-after-the-wedding brunch for a friend’s family. I love this kind of thing because not only do I get to bake and cook to my heart’s content, but I also get to do a lot of figuring out: coming up with a…
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Bread, Daring Bakers Challenges, Recipes

Daring Bakers: Asian Coconut Custard Buns

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February 27, 2015

The February Daring Bakers’ challenge is hosted by Julie of One-Wall Kitchen. She challenged us to an easy, simple filled bun using no-knead dough. This month’s Daring Bakers’ Challenge recipe is known by many names – bao, mantou, nikuman, siopao and others – but the common denominator is that is…
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Cakes & Pies, Chocolate, Recipes

Melissa Clark’s Devil’s Food Cake with Black Pepper Buttercream

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February 14, 2015

I’ve been trying to write this post about this Devil’s Food Cake with Black Pepper Buttercream for three days now but seem to be experiencing writer’s block, so in an attempt to get something down on the page so that I can share it with you in time for Valentine’s…
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Daring Bakers: Esterhazy Torte

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January 27, 2015

For the month of January Jelena from A Kingdom for a Cake invited us to start this year with a dreamy celebration cake. She challenged us to make the Esterhazy cake a.k.a the Hungarian dream. What better way to start the year than with a sweet dream? A sweet dream?…
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