Currently baking out of Baked by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito Every time I consider making something with peanut butter in it, I think of my step-daughter who loves the stuff. And you really can’t get much simpler than this no-bake frozen concoction. In fact, you could leave off the crust and just eat the [...]

Currently baking out of Baked by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito You might have heard of these bars under a different titles, such as Seven Layer Bars or Magic Bars. The big thing about this type of bar is that it is made up of seven different layers. 1. A graham cracker crust 2.  Nuts [...]

Currently baking out of Baked by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito This was the first recipe I made from Baked, back when. At the time, I had a bunch of generic root beer taking up refrigerator space, so root beer bundt cake it was. Except, it really wasn’t. Root beery, that is. That cake tasted [...]

Currently baking out of Baked by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito I think these brownies are the thing that started all the buzz surrounding this bakery, and by extension, this book. Oprah made them one of her “favorite things,” and America’s Test Kitchen and the Today Show awarded these brownies top honors (brownie tester – [...]

Currently baking out of Baked by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito The biscuit curse struck again! Not familiar with the biscuit curse? See this and this. One day, I may come to the realization that I was not put together in such a way as to produce a lovely biscuit (or scone, for that matter). Back [...]

What do you do when the holidays leave you with bits of nuts and fruits? Dump all those odds and ends in a bowl, stir in some melted chocolate and call them clusters. These won’t win any beauty awards, but they are great to have on hand when a craving for salty chocolate hits. There [...]

Currently baking out of Baked by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito Can one have too many pumpkin-chocolate recipes? I don’t think so, especially when there is a half of a can of pumpkin puree sitting the fridge begging to be used. There’s nothing surprising about this recipe. You mix pumpkin puree, chocolate chips, vegetable oil, [...]

Currently baking out of Baked by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito Back in 2008, when this cookbook was published, the New York bakery by the same name was garnering all sorts of accolades. Oprah had declared their brownies “one of her favorite things,” and the owners had recently appeared on the Martha Stewart Show. I [...]