Heya, friends, it’s almost spring, the weather (at least here in Southern California) is warming up, and that means it’s time to start thinking about warm-weather recipes. Top of my list is anything iced, iced mochas, iced caramel macchiatos, iced white chocolate mochas, and today I have a new iced recipe for you, an iced chai tea latte. It’s actually really simple to make an iced chai latte (or hot chai latte) at home exactly the way they do at coffee shops....

Hey, it’s a Saturday. What’s a Baking Mischief recipe doing in your feed!? Welcome to Simple Saturdays! I have a ton of foundation recipes or simple tips and tricks I have been wanting to add to the blog but just haven’t been able to fit into the Monday/Wednesday/Friday schedule. I’ve simply published a couple of them backdated in the feed so I can link to them in recipes, but adding another posting day to the schedule seemed like the best compromise to make sure they are seen (and can therefore be of use), so every other Saturday, we’ll have a simple recipe, trick, or maybe a round up I’ve been dying to do....

Looking for more cupcake recipes? You might also like my Brooklyn Blackout Cupcakes, S’mores Cupcakes, and Small-batch Vanilla Cupcakes! There’s a great local brunch buffet place in my home town. A few years ago, they started serving cupcakes alongside their waffles and pancakes. Not pastries or glazed muffins, full on chocolate and vanilla buttercream cupcakes like you’d eat at a birthday party. It offended me greatly at the time for reasons still I cannot name (though it doesn’t stop me from eating a bite of one every time), so it is hilarious (and the height of hypocrisy) that today, February 29, in the year of our Lord 2016, I’m posting a recipe called “Cupcakes for Breakfast....

Hey, friend, if you’re here, I’m guessing you’re about to make a recipe that calls for pumpkin pie spice, and you realized that’s not something you keep in your cupboard. No worries, I’ve got you covered. Quick DIY Pumpkin Pie Spice Substitute If you need a quick batch of homemade pumpkin spice, here is the recipe for three different amounts you might need: For 1 tablespoon pumpkin spice 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1/8 lightly heaping teaspoon ground cloves or allspice...

Heeeeeeey, it’s October! That means 31 days of pumpkins, pumpkin spice lattes, and spooky things!! Do you have any plans for Halloween yet? I’m not totally sure what I’ll be doing on the 31st, but I do know what I’m doing to celebrate on the blog… Last month the blog theme was Quick and Easy Recipes. This month, in honor of Halloween, I thought I’d do something a little less practical and a little more fun: Creepy Recipes From Fiction!...

This Small Banana Cake recipe makes a cute little two-layer cake that’s soft and moist with just a bit of cinnamon in the batter and luscious cream cheese frosting. We’ve chatted before about what to do with a slightly sad single brown banana. You could make one banana, one bowl Banana Muffins Or Chocolate Banana Muffins Or Banana Pancakes Or maybe even a thick and frosty Banana Milkshake And today I’m adding cake to that one-banana recipe list....

Release day update: Baking for Two is officially on sale as of today! As you might know, the digital version of my cookbook, Baking for Two, comes out tomorrow (print version will ship on the 21st). It’s all very exciting and also terrifying, but mostly exciting, but mostly I want to throw up, and I probably will not sleep tonight. Guys, I’m realizing I may not be the very best at handling professional stress/excitement....

Today is a very important day. One, it’s the day after Halloween, which means we are one holiday closer to my favorite holiday, Christmas, and two, it’s the first day of National Novel Writing Month!! Are you participating? If you are, tell me about your story in the comments. I want to know everything. 🙂 For those who haven’t heard of it before, National Novel Writing Month, or as the cool kids call it, NaNoWriMo, is a 30-day novel-writing sprint, where people all across the world come together and spend November writing their own 50,000-word novel....

Hey, friend. If you’re craving some barbecue but don’t want to go outside and man a grill, this is the recipe for you. This is a super simple chicken recipe that comes together fast and easy. The thighs are started on the stove so you get extra crispy skin and then finished in the oven where the BBQ sauce caramelizes and gets sticky and beautiful. Ingredients Bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs: Thigh size varies wildly so plan on serving 2 small thighs or 1 very large thigh per person....

If you’re looking for an easy, crowd-pleasing veggie side dish, you won’t find better than this. Even if you’re not usually a fan of zucchini, roasting it in olive oil with toasty parmesan over the top makes it feel like a treat and just might change your mind. Zucchini: You’ll want about a pound to a pound-and-a-half of zucchini, which is 3 or 4 small zucchinis or about 2 medium-to-large zucchinis....

Have you ever had a pasty before? If not, friend, let’s change that today. Unless you don’t like/eat beef, I dare you to try not to fall in love with these things. The shell is made from my favorite buttermilk pie crust, so it’s flaky and buttery and perfect. And the filling is so good you’ll want to eat it with a spoon before you can bake it into the pasties....

One of the first really popular recipes on this site was my No-Fuss Easy Oven-Baked Ribs. The recipe’s designed to use beef back ribs, but since the post went live people have been asking about using it to make country-style pork ribs. And asking. And asking. And asking. And every single time, I would have to admit that I had no idea because I’d never eaten, let alone cooked, country-style ribs....

My mom’s birthday is in March and for about three years in a row, my family would do one of two things. We would go out to dinner at Macaroni Grill, where she would order Carmela’s Chicken, or we would all get together and I’d make a copy cat version of Carmela’s Chicken for her. The recipe I have for it is a great copycat recipe. It tastes exactly like the very tasty restaurant version....

A little over a year ago, I posted these One-banana One-bowl Small-batch Banana Muffins to the blog. I sold them with the pitch: Hey, have a bowl? Have a banana? Make some Banana Muffins! And they’ve been incredibly popular. Next to my Small-batch Chocolate Chip Cookies, they’re one of the posts I get the most happy messages about. Clearly, you guys love banana muffins and hate doing dishes and having a lone piece of fruit rotting on your counter....

I’m not usually big on no-bake desserts. I love baking (I may have even written a whole book on the subject), so aside from some frozen desserts (remember last summer’s red wine popsicles?), there actually aren’t any no-bake desserts on the entire blog–until today. Guys, have you ever had a Peanut Butter Bar? Oh, these beautiful, terrible things. If you’ve never had one, that should change today. They are SO good, like giant, more substantial Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups....

If you’re craving pumpkin cheesecake but don’t feel up to a big baking project or you have a half-eaten bag of marshmallows you should really use up, you need this recipe in your life. It’s fun and simple to make and produces an adorable 6-inch cheesecake that is rich and creamy and so, so good. Ingredient Notes Pumpkin puree: Not to be confused with canned pumpkin pie filling, pumpkin puree is just pure pureed pumpkin....

A few months ago, I saw a restaurant photo on Instagram of a slice of cinnamon toast with the most gorgeous caramelized layer of cinnamon sugar over the top, and I immediately set about trying and recreate it at home. After a bit of trial and error, friend, I’d like to introduce you to the best cinnamon toast I’ve ever eaten. It’s so good, and I’m so excited for you to give it a try....

Hey, friend, happy very nearly almost fall! If you’ve been here a while, you know that every year around this time I post a new pumpkin donut recipe using my favorite baked pumpkin donut as a base. So far we’ve had: 2016: Pumpkin Donuts With Maple Glaze 2017: Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Donuts 2018: Pumpkin Donuts With Cream Cheese Glaze This year, I thought it was about time to add streusel to make Pumpkin Donuts With Streusel Topping (or as I’ve been calling them, Coffee Cake Pumpkin Donuts)....

While we were in college at opposite ends of California, my sister and I used brainstorm cheap and easy meals together and send each other recipes that we were thinking about trying. Early on, she sent me a recipe that she was considering, a creamy chicken and asparagus pasta where the asparagus was boiled right in with the pasta, and I completely talked her out of it. How weird was that?...

If you’re craving a big cozy bowl of creamy pasta, this is the recipe you’re looking for. It’s simple and incredibly easy to make, but so rich and satisfying that you definitely feel like you’re treating yourself. You really can’t go wrong with cream and parmesan, but throw some diced bell peppers and chicken in there and you’re taking your pasta game up to a whole new level. And just a side note to the parents out there....