Toasted Marshmallow Brownie Pie

May 25, 2024

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I saved some super special recipes to celebrate the start of summer and end of the school year… already another one gone by!

new on bbs

Baklava Cheesecake (No Bake)

Caveat: you will have to turn on the oven for the baklava. BUT, oh but, let me tell you this is one of the most special bakes you’ll ever make (idk maybe I’ve peaked here) because the baklava is baked, then doused in syrup like a traditional baklava, and then a no bake cheesecake is whipped up and set in the center. Unlike my original baklava cheesecake, this one has a proper baklava crust. It’s a bit of work, but it’s so worth it.

rollin’ with berries

Strawberry Rolls

Strawberries are slow roasted to intensify their sugars and flavor, they get mixed with white chocolate and slathered as a filling between the fluffiest milk bread rolls. Plus, a true strawberry glaze on top.

mark the start of summer with

Chocolate & Vanilla Ice Cream Pops

my girls LOVE these: you make them in a muffin tin, adding chocolate as a first layer, then ice cream, then chocolate on top - you set the stick in and it’s like a delicious chocolate ice cream bar but no special molding tools needed.

reader review

“Made it as written, but used a deep 8” cake pan instead and lined with parchment to be able to pull it out. Worked beautifully for those without the right size springform. Dreamy and tart and everyone loved the addition of the toasted pecans. Also, secretly super easy but looked difficult – the best kind of dessert. Make it!!!!” - Amanda on Key Lime Pie

weekly reads & notes

“The incoming farmers have razed much of the humid rainforest near the village to plant groves of citrus, avocado and coffee. That, in turn, has altered the local rain cycles, bringing extreme heat and drought to San Miguel Centro Marankiari. The result has been the desiccation of his community’s cassava and plantain crops, Samaniego explains. Food and clean water have become scarce. And tensions with the neighbouring landowners have soared. “We’ve always protected our forests,” Samaniego said. “But outsiders have come in with a mentality to destroy and produce. It’s affecting everything. The climate is changing here in the highlands.”” Nothing left’: How climate change uprooted an Indigenous village, Al Jazeera.
“…according to a new Oxfam analysis, the collective fortunes of the Ferrero and Mars families surged to $160.9bn in 2023. This is more than the combined gross domestic products (GDPs) of top cocoa producers Ivory Coast and Ghana. Ivory Coast specifically accounts for 45 percent of the global production of the “brown gold”… Back in Aboude, Akoua and his family rise faithfully every morning to farm the precious cacao, but they do not consume any chocolate. The farmer cannot fathom going to a shop to spend his hard-earned income on a chocolate bar – which sells for about 1,500 CFA francs ($2.48) each, the same amount he would earn for a full kilogramme of cocoa beans.” Ivorian cocoa farmers ‘barely survive’ while chocolate company profits soar, Al Jazeera.
I saw a gal on TikTok make jam out of some fresh berries that had gone soft and she called them ‘elderberries’ (not the ones from the sambucas tree - just, old berries) and that’s it, that’s the name we all need to adopt. Anytime you see me cooking down fruit, it’s ‘elderberries’ that I’m using. I just think ‘youngerberries’ are best eaten fresh.
If you’ve left a review recently on the site (thank you!) you may have noticed that there’s been a change you are asked to leave you name and email. I was told by a friend, who is much more connected to the food blogger scene than I am, that there has been a debate going on bts about whether this should be the case. Honestly? I do like seeing your names rather than just a rating because I get to know a bit about the person who has made and enjoyed it. Sometimes people leave informative comments and give tips that are helpful for others (and me!). But this also means that in order for mrs. google to recognize a good recipe, more people have to be willing to put in that information - especially now that we are starting to go to bat with AI generated recipes. So once again, here’s me in my broken record voice saying, please leave a review. And remember, it doesn’t at all have to be lengthy, even if you just say ‘so good’; I’m good and happy.

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