These brownies are moist, decadent, easy on the waistline and the wallet - no one will ever suspect the secret ingredient is black beans. Gluten-Free. Refined Sugar-Free.
I've made a lot of bagels in my time. I owned a bagel restaurant for years, and you would find me every bleary eyed morning kneading the dough and hand rolling all the fresh bagels for the day. I've since gotten out of the bagel game (Yay sleep!)...
There's something to be said for a cake that you can whip up at 9 o'clock on a Friday night, after a serious doozy of a week, when you need some baking
You prepare an easy pastry dough, pipe little balls onto your baking sheet with a pastry bag. After baking, you fill them with pastry cream, and spin caramel around the tower of puffs with a fork to create thin threads.
Buffet table, meet best in class. From the creamy, hot potato bottom layer to the crispy, crunchy cracker topper, we're talking seriously blue-ribbon material.
Be warned: According to readers, if you serve this delectable treat as a birthday cake, you'll be starting a tradition. One that's going to be tough to break.
I am embarrassed to admit that, when I first met Nick 9 years ago, I did not eat curry. Well, I ate my mom's famous chicken curry (recipe sadly missing, otherwise I would be making it by the bucket), but...
