Peanut Butter Cookies {Milk Bar Monday 11/5}

peanut butter cookie

We are back!

I know it’s be a little while since I’ve posted …school tends to get in the way of blogging… but when I received an email from Audra asking us if we were ready to bring Christina Tosi back into our lives, I couldn’t resist.

As I’m sure you know by now, the Momofuku Milk Bar is one of my all time favorite cookbooks and the group we have created around it is totally awesome!

So I’m happy to say that we are back at it, and as a result you will have more wonderful Milk Bar recipes to taunt your tastebuds.

Jacqueline eased us back in with her recipe choice, Tosi’s take on a delicious Peanut Butter Cookie.

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Grapefruit Pie {Milk Bar Monday 8/6}

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Sorry I’ve been absent lately!

After moving back to Purdue from my summer job I headed down to Guatemala to help build a soccer field.

Now I have a few days at Purdue before driving around the state to celebrate mine & the bf’s birthdays.

finished Grapefruit Pie {Milk Bar Monday 8/6}

With one of my days I was able to make this grapefruit pie. [Read more...]

Chocolate Chocolate Cookies {Milk Bar Monday 7/16}

chocolate chocolate cookies

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve had a chance to post. Actually my last post was the Sweet Corn Cereal Milk Ice Cream Pie.

I’ve found I always manage to make time for our Milk Bar Mondays. This has quickly become my favorite posting group to be apart of.

Christina’s book has taught me a lot about baking and I feel I am much more confident in the kitchen because of the recipes I have learned for MBM.

Some of the most beneficial so far:

yogurt 2 Chocolate Chocolate Cookies {Milk Bar Monday 7/16}

  • Birthday Layer Cake – a true recreation of one of my favorite boxed cake mixes. Make me thing about how contrasting flavors work so well. Also, Christina’s way of building cakes is brilliant.

slice 2 Chocolate Chocolate Cookies {Milk Bar Monday 7/16}

  • Cinnamon Bun Pie – the mother dough and liquid cheesecake recipes are some of the most valuable recipes in the whole book.

sliced pie1 Chocolate Chocolate Cookies {Milk Bar Monday 7/16}

  • Compost Cookies – think outside the box! Also taught me proper mixing procedure for all her cookies.

finished cookeis Chocolate Chocolate Cookies {Milk Bar Monday 7/16}

I also love that all of us are able to talk about the recipes as we make them. For example, these chocolate cookies.

Cassie e-mailed us about her experience with the recipe. Some of the girls cut down on the butter like Cassie did, while others stuck to the recipe.

I decided to compensate a different way. Just to see how mine might turn out compared to everyone else’s. Instead of cutting down on the butter I added 3/4 of the chocolate crumbs instead of half, and I mixed the dry ingredients in for a full 40 seconds (instead of my usual 20ish). [Read more...]

Birthday Layer Cake {Milk Bar Monday 6/18}

birthday layer cake

Hello everyone! I hope you have been enjoying the guest post recipes this week. I know I have!

Today we are taking a little break… I am back at it with our next Milk Bar Monday installment! Our host for today was Audra and she chose the Birthday Layer Cake.

Christina Tosi’s goal with this recipe was to recreate the funfetti boxed cake mix flavors in her own way.

slice 2 Birthday Layer Cake {Milk Bar Monday 6/18}

The bf & I thought her recipe was spot on. We both loved the cake crumb layers in with the frosting layers. It reminded me of when I used to get the crunch layer in my DQ ice cream cake.

Compared to some of our past recipes I thought this was a relatively easy one. I was able to get it all done in one go and freeze it overnight.

You can easily make this at home (with the help of a cake ring) and impress your loved ones on their next birthday.

Want your own copy of the Momofuku Milk Bar book to bake along with us? Get it here so you don’t miss anymore Milk Bar Mondays!

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Grasshopper Pie {Milk Bar Monday 6/4}

grasshopper pie

It’s time for another Milk Bar Monday!

I am really starting to love mondays…aren’t you?

This week’s recipe was chosen by Nicole of Sweet Peony.

In the book Christina talks about how she wishes she could have made it work with the liquid cheesecake.

slice2 Grasshopper Pie {Milk Bar Monday 6/4}

But I liked the sweet and minty flavor of the filling. It wasn’t overwhelmingly cream cheesy.

The final product is a dense brownie in a graham cracker crust with a layer of creamy mint filling separating the two.

Recipe note: I had to bake my pie an additional 5 minutes. I also refrigerated the pie overnight before slicing into it. [Read more...]

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