The Little Epicurean

cooks. bakes. travels.

Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Brownies

by Maryanne on February 25, 2012, 10 comments

I had a really difficult decision to make this morning.  Cookies or brownies?  Brownies or cookies?  And then it hit me, a cookie brownie!  I’ve seen chocolate chip cookie dough brownies at bakeries before but I’ve never seen someone use peanut butter cookie dough.

Chocolate-Oatmeal Moon Pies

by Maryanne on February 20, 2012, 17 comments

Have you heard the saying, sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of its parts? It took me a while to figure that out as a child.  Math was always my favorite subject in school.  And in math we are taught that the whole is supposed to be equal to the sum of its [...]

Rainbow Cake

by Maryanne on February 14, 2012, 59 comments

As children we are told that we could find a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.  Years later after a couple science classes, you realize that the ends of rainbows are always moving depending on where the viewer is standing.  That’s when the term “chasing rainbows” clicked in my head. It doesn’t [...]

Dog Bone Biscuits

by Maryanne on February 13, 2012, 17 comments

Have you met Charlie?   He is now 7 months old and he is turning out to be the sweetest, most loving, most adorable little thing ever.  Its no surprise that he is my Valentine.  We’re going to have a play date at the dog park Tuesday afternoon. Charlie likes long walks around the lake, [...]

Sprinkles’ Strawberry Cupcakes

by Maryanne on February 9, 2012, 12 comments

I miss elementary school and those little Valentines we were obligated to give to everyone.  No one was ever left out, everyone had a Valentine.  Lessons were cut short for the day so we could enjoy the holiday with bags of potato chips, boxes of delivered pizzas, and what seemed like an unlimited supply of [...]