The Beet Reporter

Before the rolls are baked These cinnamon rolls are nothing short of amazing. There is double the fun of cream cheese– first it is literally folded into the dough, then slathered on top with nuts and spices and rolled all up inside. The result is far better than a stale store-bought roll or an out-of-the-package pillsbury [...]

There are days where the chocolate craving kicks in so hard that nothing can stop it. M&Ms just don’t cut it. Hershey’s chocolate is a joke. I don’t just need chocolate chips, I need a whole cookie of chocolate chips. Two of these babies and the craving is kicked. They’re chewy and moist like a [...]

I’ve made a lot of cupcakes lately, but haven’t really delved into the world of muffins. Muffins are different from cupcakes in an almost indescribable way– they’re the same shape, use basically the same ingredients, and are often also sweet. The question was raised for me during my search for a vanilla muffin, not a [...]

It’s Sunday again! It’s pretty rare these days that I’m not serving brunch at the restaurant on Sundays, considering it’s the busiest shift, but every once in a while I get to indulge myself. And this is a serious indulgence. I first got into banana pancakes freshman year of college when I tried being vegan [...]

Don’t these look cheerful? These will put a smile on your face. Mostly because they’re delicious, and fluffy and moist. And also because they’re vegan. It just goes to show that you don’t need butter and fat to get a delicious cupcake. I’ve been head-over-heels in love with peanut butter in desserts this winter (sorry, Chris). [...]

I had an exhausting day, waking up early to serve brunch at the restaurant and then hauling myself to campus to finish my readings in the dark, low-ceilinged library. It was bad enough being locked up inside all day, but the walk home was far worse. By the time I collapsed on the couch at [...]

Yesterday I made a sorry batch of cookies. I had high hopes for these cookies, planning on filling them with jam and powdered with delicious sugary goodness. Instead, they came out flat and dry and overdone. It was a little humiliating. So in order to redeem Krista The Baker, I decided to make the best [...]

I have this theory about desserts. I like to call it the chocolate rule: it’s not dessert unless it has chocolate in it. It’s just not satisfying if there isn’t chocolate. This rule is also very convenient, because I can eat other sweet things– like carrot cake– any time without feeling guilty, since it’s not [...]

Even though things didn’t go as I’d planned, I still ended up with gooey, chocolatey goodness. I wish that were true in life, right? I didn’t expect to have another plate of baked goods in my house (and be warned, these are not for the faint of calories), but it doesn’t even matter, because who [...]

Unbelievably, we’re already out of cookies in the house. During christmas season this is totally unacceptable, and with the frosty weather and flurries outside today, I wanted a hot oven and warm cookies. My step-father has been asking for oatmeal raisin cookies, his favorite during any time of the year, which are easily jazzed up [...]