While swathed in a faux fur stole, Stefin shares a recipe that uses the leftover graham cracker crumbs listeners may have after making the New Year’s Eve dessert from Episode 9. It’s King Arthur Flour’s No-Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Squares, and they’re divine, daaahling. Ostensibly more suitably clad, Andrea recounts two recent reads — one, […]
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Episode 9: Champagne Dreams
January is National Baking Month and the hosts celebrate by kicking off their month of New Year’s Baking Resolutions. Andrea has already gotten a jump on baking for a crowd, one of her personal baking resolutions, by whipping up gingerbread for 60. And Stefin is still holding tight to one she made back in 1991: […]
Episode 8: Snack Mix Successes
Andrea starts the week with a late-breaking cookie tip: If you’re going to make the Soft and Chewy Molasses Spice cookies, plan on serving then the same day, or a day later. If you serve them a few days after baking, you might want to re-title your gift tag or recipe as a Crispy Crunchy […]
Episode 7: Holiday Cookie Challenge
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Or, at least, the most wonderful time in our kitchens. Andrea and Stefin are in the full swing of holiday baking and using their ovens to keep warm in the frigid temperatures of the Puget Sound (aka 30 degrees). First up, a short sidebar into the movie […]
Episode 6: Fudge and Special Guest Ann Lundholm
The episode kicks off with Andrea remembering the Parker House rolls she made for Thanksgiving from a Bobby Flay recipe. Stefin upped the ante when she revealed she stayed in the Parker House Hotel in Boston on her honeymoon! What better way to start married life than with a basket full of warm bread?! The […]
Episode 5: Fruitcake and Eggnog
While sipping petite portions of their homemade eggnog (which is creamy and delicious and worth every bit of effort and time spent waiting for it to cure) Stefin and Andrea recap their Thanksgiving desserts — including Stefin’s store-bought pumpkin-gingerbread pie, and Andrea’s Italian-themed pumpkin-gingerbread semifreddo. While both were delicious, they agree that sometimes the classics […]
Episode 4.5: Bonus Episode
Stefin and Andrea get together for a quick chat about the Listener’s favorite cakes, starting with Erin and Valerie’s coconut cake. Andrea raves about her latest find, a vintage Ransberg cake tin, which she loves because of the square shape. Beth Anne recommends an orange genoise cake, while Betty and Judy went with the classic […]
Episode 4: Cold Chocolate Snacking Cake
Still giddy from a rare in-person pre-production meeting, Andrea and Stefin waste no time launching into the episode with a debate about homemade vs. store-bought pumpkin pie, topical since Stefin’s husband has controversially suggested purchasing an (admittedly delicious-sounding) pumpkin pie with gingerbread crust from Seattle’s Dahlia Bakery. Andrea lets Stefin (and listeners) know the secrets […]
Episode 3: Cranberry Upside Down Cake
The show starts with Andrea reviewing her epic New Orleans food trip, where she was always either “eating, talking about what I just ate, or planning my next meal.” Here’s her birthday dessert, the amazing maple crème brûlée bread pudding. Stefin gives an update on the progress of her homemade eggnog, which is currently in […]
Episode 2: Baking with Joy
Andrea is preparing for a trip to her hometown of New Orleans (a.k.a., food-lover’s paradise), and is excited to stock up on Steen‘s, a locally produced cane syrup she’s planning to use for her signature pecan pie this Thanksgiving. Andrea also recommends a new cookbook from her “pie guru,” Kate McDermott, “The Art of the […]