June 2014

June on Planet Byn

June 30, 2014 Monthly Recaps
Fresh Strawberries

It was a bittersweet month here on Planet Byn as I left my department of the past two years and moved on to a new one. I’m going to miss my co-workers tremendously; they were excellent snackers and eaters of all baked goods I brought in. The first two weeks of June were my last […]

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Baked Sunday Mornings: Banana Whoopie Pies

June 29, 2014 Baked Sunday Mornings
Banana Whoopie Pies

I think I’ve made every whoopie pie recipe that the Baked boys have included in their previous cookbooks. I made the Red Velvet ones for my sister-in-law back in 2010, the Pumpkin version as part of Thanksgiving dessert in 2011, and the Chocolate Whoopie Pies in 2012. Guess 2013 was a Whoopie Pie free year, but […]

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Rhubarb Remix: Rhubarb, Lemon & Vanilla Bean Simple Syrup

June 26, 2014 Cocktails
Bourbon Rhubarb Cocktail - Copy

Summer has arrived in all it’s hot, humid, sweaty glory. After complaining all winter about the polar vortex, I have vowed to embrace this summer, and any time where I start to complain about something heat related, I flash back to every freaking layer of clothing I had to put on back in January, and […]

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Rhubarb Remix: Rhubarb Custard Pie

June 24, 2014 Pies, Tarts & Pudding
Rhubarb Custard Pie

I’ve been waiting a whole year to make this pie! This is what happens when your baking BFF lives on the West coast and her rhubarb season comes AFTER yours. By the time Danielle made this last summer and raved about it to me, rhubarb season was finished in Ontario, so onto my Pinterest board […]

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Baked Sunday Mornings: Bourbon, Vanilla & Chocolate Milkshakes

June 22, 2014 Baked Sunday Mornings
Vanilla, Bourbon & Chocolate Milkshake

I was pretty excited to make this milkshake, as I thought it would be a nice break from some of the more time-consuming recipes we’ve made over the last few weeks (i.e. Bananas Cake, Turtle Thumbprint Cookies) for Baked Sunday Mornings. What could possibly go wrong with a milkshake? Well, it turns out the milkshake […]

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Baked Sunday Mornings: Turtle Thumbprint Cookies

June 15, 2014 Baked Sunday Mornings
Turtle Thumbprint Cookies

Last week, the Baked boys announced that their new book (their 4th!) is called Baked Occasions and will be out on October 7th! So I think I can safely announce now that this is the top secret project I mentioned back in February. I recipe tested for this book!!! It was an amazing experience and […]

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Compost Cookies + Christina Tosi in Toronto

June 11, 2014 Cookies
Compost Cookies

I’ve been obsessed with Christina Tosi and Momofuku Milk Bar for years now. I was trying to think of the first time I heard about Crack Pie, and I can’t pinpoint it exactly, but lucky for us, the internet provides evidence of this obsession in the form of a comment I left on Gwendolyn’s blog […]

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Baked Sunday Mornings: Poppy Seed Pound Cake with Brown Butter Glaze

June 9, 2014 Baked Sunday Mornings
Poppy Seed Pound Cake with Brown Butter Glaze

This is hands-down the best recipe I’ve made so far from Baked Elements. It’s a simple pound cake with three* twists to keep things interesting: Cream cheese in the batter, which keeps things nice and hydrated, with a little bit of tang Aggressive poppy seed filling that uses 1/2 cup of poppy seeds Brown butter […]

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