De Baking Psychopath

Today was a funny day. Michael and I had an early dentist appointment, and by the time we got back to the apartment, we were starving. At 10 am, we decided it was more efficient to skip breakfast and to just proceed to lunch. Michael prepared generous portions of spaghetti and sauce with some chicken tenders. Yum. However, the meal threw me off for the rest of the day--I was in continual surprise that it wasn't early evening already. At 12pm, I was fully in the state of mind of 4 or 5pm. The upside was that my one baking recipe of the day became three since I kept thinking, "Wow, so much time left in the day...what else can I make?" First recipe of the day was Hummus Bread . I had acquired a gigantic Costco tub of hummus for an event, and had severely overestimated the demand for pureed chickpeas, I guess. So I've eaten some of it, but I wanted to recycle it in a more creative way. Upon Googling how to use up leftover hummus, I found a link to this recipe fo...

I gotta say, that Dorie Greenspan knows a thing or two about brownies. I recently discovered her Tribute to Katherine Hepburn Brownies , and the Tuesdays with Dorie group lately baked en masse what can only be described as two of Michael's favorite desserts in one: espresso cheesecake and homemade brownies!! I think the decision making process to make these brownies went something like this: "Michael, Michael!! Look at these!" "Oohhh..." "Do you want me to make them?" "Okay!" Espresso Cheesecake Brownies (adapted from Baking: From my home to yours , by Dorie Greenspan) Preheat oven to 350 degrees and set the oven rack to the center position. Grease and line with parchment paper a 9 inch square pan. Ingredients for brownies: 1/2 cup all purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon baking powder pinch of salt 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into cubes 4 ounces of bittersweet chocolate, chopped 1/3 cup sugar 2 large eggs 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract Instruct...