Bittman Mondays – Chocolate Cream Pie...

I do realize that this week’s edition of Bittman Mondays is a little late…but it’s been a weekend.  You know when you have one of those weekends that fly right by you in a haze of activity?  Or one of those weekends when so many things happen, it takes way too long to wrap your brain around them?  Or one of those weekends when the thought of doing anything more culinary than boiling water seems a...

Bittman Mondays – Quick Cardamom Coffee Cake...

I am quite relieved to say this Bittman Monday went a lot better than last week’s inaugural installment.  In fact, this coffee cake was a perfect complement to a lovely Sunday morning!  No yeast issues, no weeping at the lack of dough rise.  No sir!  Just the taste of victory, which coincidentally tastes of cardamom and walnuts.  But victory required a little adjusting and a little tweaking and perhaps a...

Bittman Mondays: Cinnamon Buns...

I was really hoping to present a triumphant dish for the very first installment of Bittman Mondays.  I wanted to wax poetically about these cinnamon buns…extolling their flavor and texture.  But it was not meant to be because these cinnamon buns were, well, awful. ...