#bravetart

[freebroccoli]

There's a potluck after church this weekend, and I volunteered to bring cole slaw and pasta salad. But then when I was looking through Bravetart a few days ago (unrelated reasons), I saw a recipe for "DIY banana pudding," with only four ingredients:

8 Bananas

1 recipe vanilla mousse (page xxx)

1 recipe homemade Nilla wafers (page xxx)

1/2 recipe marshmallow meringue (page xxx)

(optional) malted barley butterscotch (page xxx)

So obviously I had to try that. I made the Nilla wafers a few days ago (easier than I expected!). Tonight I made the mousse (a two-part process: first vanilla pudding, then fold in whipped cream) and the butterscotch. That just leaves the meringue and assembly tomorrow after work, along with the cole slaw and pasta salad.

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bravetart week 3 pt 1: honey roasted peanut butter cookies

where i come from, america, the mother land, peanut butter is a staple diet. children eat it almost daily and i know outdoorsy folk who will go hiking and camping and live off a jar of peanut butter for their entire trip (although i think that says more about the calories in peanut butter). in the uk though, this is not the case. peanut butter is an incredibly divisive food so much so that i had a coworker retch when i told her what type of cookies these were. but brits have bad taste. this is nothing new nor is it somthing up for debate. another thing that isn't up for debate is that these cookies turned out fantastic. i think they're my favorite bravetart recipe so far. crisp on the outside, chewy on the inside. structurally sound and pair nicely with a glass of milk

bravetart week 3 part 2: glossy fudge brownies

brownies are a point on contention in my home. i am team cakey brownies while my girlfriend is team fudgy brownies. think of "the butter battle book" but something even unhealthier. personally, i think fudgy brownies are an awful in between of cakey brownies and brownie batter - the worst of both worlds. however, since this recipe is for fudgy brownies, i will be taking a step back and leaving the judgement to my girlfriend. here are her thoughts:

"10/10 fudgy brownies aka the superior type of brownie. lovely and moist but they still hold their structure really well. it's easy to undercook brownies in the quest for fudginess and just end up with warmed brownie batter but that didn't happen! although don't get me wrong i would also devour uncooked brownie batter"

thanks girlfriend. and now, the weather

[luthiery]

i made a muna day cake btw. one of my messiest works but it is delicious

today is muna day in my household

[sleepnoises]

funniest part of carrot cake spreadsheet is comparing bravetart 2022 (left) and 2012 (right). everything else is pretty similar she just took the spices through the roof

[geyfrog]

I made bravetart brownie recipe

[phantomato]

Ten Books to Know Me

Rules: 10 books for people to get to know you better, or that you just really like.

Tagged by @broomsticks, thank you so much! 💖 Love that you listed Battle Royale—what a good manga series!

Going a little loosey-goosey on the selections, here.

Batman Annual #2 by Tom King and Lee Weeks I’m not a well-versed capes person, but this always makes me cry.

Blankets by Craig Thompson Beautiful graphic novel about coming of age in the midwestern US.

Bravetart: Iconic American Desserts by Stella Parks It’s a damn good cookbook and a wonderful history of American desserts. Parks’ research and introductions to the foods are as worth reading as the food is worth making.

Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood Probably the reason I imprinted on narratives of middle-aged protagonists reflecting on their pasts.

The Fifth Form at St. Dominic’s by Talbot Baines Reed The platonic ideal of my interest in the public school novel.

I Love Dick by Chris Kraus Absolutely perverse recounting of a woman’s sexual obsession with an uninterested man, and I mean that as high praise. Makes the private into the public in a way that seared me.

The Little Schemer by Daniel P. Friedman A textbook written like a children’s picture book, complete with illustrations, about one of the most beautiful programming languages of all time.

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides A formative exposure to gender identity as changeable and imperfect.

Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett Quiet, mundane, wonderfully descriptive recounting of a life in rural Ireland.

The Sandman (collected series) by Neil Gaiman and various artists Nostalgia in a 10-volume series.

Tagging, if you’re interested! @yletylyf @sproutwings @mademoiselle-red @ralphlanyon @kellychambliss @liesmyth @golden-biro

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🍥 Coffee w/ Bravetart’s brownies churned + swirled in

🍔YouTube || 🍟Reddit

[deedala]

Tag Game Tuesday: The MySpace Survey ⭐️

thanks for tagging me @michellemisfit im so stoked 🥰

what’s your name? Deanna

your sun sign: Scorpio ♏︎

the last song you listened to:

what are you wearing right now? black sweatpants, blue sweatshirt, fuzzy pink socks

how tall are you? 5'2

piercings? just my earlobes

tattoos? i wish, one day hopefully!!

glasses? contacts? one contact (right eye, i am extremely nearsighted). left eyeball had cataract surgery so nothing to correct on that side. This makes wearing glasses impossible and i sorely miss them.

last drink? water 💧

last thing you ate? the burned waffle fries my kids didn't want to eat

favourite colour? mint green

any pets? nope

do you have a crush on anyone? everyone on my imdb favorite people list

favourite fictional character? uuuhhh this is hard but i guess Dana Scully? She has seniority at least.

a movie you think everyone should watch: The Fall (2006)

a book you think everyone should read: Bravetart: Iconic American Desserts 🍩✨😆

the last place you traveled: South Carolina

something you’re looking forward to: being passed this whole neck surgery saga and being healed up and moving on with my life

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i really think @maizzycakes needs to play with us. and @canticle-of-apotheosis too but i know she is very weary so i understand if she doesnt want to 😋

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the bravetart brownie fandom is not what it used to be

[freebroccoli]

Trail Mix cookies from Bravetart.

Recipe:

Dry mix:

3 oz AP flour, sifted

2 1/2 oz oat flour (I measured out an equal weight of rolled oats and ground them in my spice grinder)

6 oz rolled oats (not instant)

1 1/2 oz steel-cut oats

5 oz pecan pieces, toasted

6 oz dried cherries or cranberries

6 oz M&Ms

Combine all dry ingredients and set aside.

Wet mix:

6 oz butter, softened (1 ½ sticks)

2 oz peanut butter

5 oz light brown sugar

3 ½ oz white sugar

1 ½ tsp kosher salt (recipe calls for Diamond Crystal, but I use Morton's without changing the amount)

1 ¼ tsp baking soda

½ tsp ground cinnamon

1 tbsp vanilla extract

1 egg, straight from the fridge

Add all of the wet mix ingredients except the egg to the bowl of a stand mixers. Mix on low to moisten, then turn it up to medium and beat for 30 seconds. With the mixer running, add the egg and beat until incorporated, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl if necessary. Reduce the speed to low and add the dry mix, and mix until a stiff dough is formed.

Arrange 32 1-ounce (2 tbsp) portions onto two baking sheets lined with parchment paper, leaving 2 inched between portions. Flatten them into ½-inch thick disks. Finish by sprinkling on coarse salt or pretzel pieces. Bake at 350°F until the edges are just golden and the middles are pale and steamy. Remove from oven and cool on the baking sheets for 10 minutes.

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bravetart week 2 pt 1: triple oatmeal cookies

a bold choice to go with a bland choice but i made the oatmeal cookies and they actually turned out pretty good. they toe the line between "pretty good for an oatmeal cookie" and "an actually pretty good cookie". the original recipe used cranberries and pecans but i substituted those for apricots and pistachios and theres not a doubt in my mind that that was the right choice. this is just very unhealthy granola at its core. if you do make these though please be aware that the dough does looks like shit from a butt

bravetart week 2 pt 2: snickerdoodles

now since i am bringing these into the office, im not dumb enough to only bring oatmeal cookies. what a buzzkill thatd be. although these snickerdoodles spread out and were thinner than most are, i was still impressed by them. my boss, this grown women, actually asked me what a snickerdoodle was though. "now what did you call these?" it was just very bizarre to me that they werent more known, but it could be an american vs scottish thing. but i would use some variation of this recipe in the future (like a cream or tartar one according my gf, the all-knowing praise be) because this recipe is heavy on the coconut oil and you can taste it.

anyway, ive been watching a lot of what we do in the shadows (tv series) and playing a lot of dead cells lately. theyre not bad

[52cookies]

The Rankings

All the new cookie recipes I tried in 2024, grouped by how much I liked them.

5/5 - No notes

Potato chip chocolate chip (Baking Yesteryear)

Parmesan galettes (Dorie's Cookies)

4.5/5 - Just short of my platonic cookie ideal

Soft grapefruit (Snacking Bakes)

Classic Jammers (Dorie's Cookies)

4/5 - Would make again, no question

The Food Lab's Chocolate Chip Cookies (Serious Eats)

Double Coconut Meltaways (Smitten Kitchen Every Day)

3.5/5 - Good cookies, would probably make again someday!

Brown butter oatmeal chocolate chip (Half Baked Harvest)

Micro chip cookies (Dorie's Cookies)

Coconut brown butter cookies (Smitten Kitchen)

The best chewy chocolate chip cookie (Sally's Baking Addiction)

Cowgirl cookies (Baking Yesterday)

Supersized, Super-Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies (King Arthur Flour's 2024 Recipe of the Year)

Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (NYT Cooking)

Guava Pinwheels (King Arthur Baking)

New Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie (Dorie's Cookies)

Churro Cookies (Sugar Spun Run)

Macarons (Dorie's Cookies)

3/5 - They're fine!

Chocolate peanut butter chip (Snacking Bakes)

Marshmallow-Surprise Hot Cocoa Cookies (Sally's Baking Addiction)

Homemade Nilla wafers (Smitten Kitchen)

Blueberry and Cream Cookies (Momofuko Milk Bar via Serious Eats)

The best soft chocolate chip cookie (Sally's Baking Addiction)

Piloncillo Chocolate Chip Cookies (NYT Cooking]

Strawberry Lemon Cornmeal Cookies - (Snacking Bakes)

two thick, chewy oatmeal raisin chocolate chip mega-cookies (Smitten Kitchen Everyday)

Chocolate chunk cookies (Dominique Ansel 

Buttered popcorn cookies (Smitten Kitchen)

Peanut butter chocolate chip breakfast cookies (Sally's Baking Addiction)

Double Chocolate Chip Cookies (King Arthur Flour)

Whole Wheat Oat Chocolate Cookies (Smitten Kitchen)

Quick and Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies (Serious Eats | BraveTart)

Snack Attacks (Snacking Bakes)

Strawberry Coconut Macaroons (Sally's Baking Addition)

Levain Bakery-Style Super-Thick Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe (Serious Eats)

Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies (King Arthur Baking)

Giant Crinkled Chocolate Chip Cookies (NYT Cooking)

Rye Chocolate Chip Cookies (King Arthur Baking)

Double Lemon Thumbprints (King Arthur Baking)

Marshall Fields Chocolate Iced Cookies (Chicago Tribune)

Mint Chocolate Sables (Dorie's Cookies)

Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies (NYT Cooking)

2.75/5 - Hmm, not quite

Oatmeal raisin (Snacking Bakes)

New Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies (Snacking Bakes)

Microwave chocolate chip cookies for two (Jane's Patisserie)

Breakfast cookies (Sally's Baking Addiction)

Our Favorite Chip Cookies (King Arthur Baking)

Bake Club Gooey Butter Cookies (Christina Tosi/Milk Bar)

One Chocolate Chip Cookie (Dessert for Two)

Lavender White Chocolate Sables (Dorie's Cookies)

2.5/5 - Meh

Salted peanut butter cookies (Smitten Kitchen)

Funfetti Cookies (Pillsbury)

1.5/5 - Yeah, it was bad

Lemon Almond Cookies (lost the link)

[geyfrog]

If my posts ever start giving off a “grocery store” vibe, please remind me to pick up the ingredients for bravetart brownie recipe

[meditationxi]

Brownie Mix [BraveTart]

https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2018/05/homemade-brownie-mix.html

De-luxe. And so easy. Clair que j’ai toujours ça sous la main à partir de maintenant! Vive le blender.

Peut-être un tantinet trop cuit?