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Amaretti are some of my favorite cookies for a reason: they are ridiculously simple to make, with only 3 main ingredients—plus the black sesame in this case—and always a crowd pleaser. Even better, they’re naturally gluten-free AND dairy-free (but you won’t miss a thing, I promise!) These eye-catching black sesame amaretti cookies might look colorless, […] The post Black Sesame Amaretti Cookies first appeared on Love and Olive Oil.
Luscious, gooey-in-the-middle brown butter chocolate chip cookies with a banana twist, making them taste like a combination of your favorite chocolate chip cookie and a slice of freshly baked, still-warm banana bread. It’s the perfect recipe to use up that sad single banana languishing on the countertop (you only need a single egg yolk too!) […] The post Brown Butter Banana Bread Chocolate Chip Cookies first appeared on Love and Olive Oil.
I’ve been baking all my life, and developing my own recipes for the last 15 years, and during that time have learned and developed a few tricks and secret ingredients to level-up homemade treats, taking them from good to downright extraordinary. I’m not one for keeping secrets, so I’m here to spill the beans on […] The post 10 Pantry Ingredients to Level-Up Your Baking first appeared on Love and Olive Oil.
Everything you love about a chewy, fudgy brownie in cookie form! With a double dose of chocolate in the form of melted semisweet chocolate and Dutch-process cocoa powder, and a hint of espresso powder to deepen the chocolate flavor even more, these (no chill!) chewy chocolate brownie cookies come out of the oven with paper-thin, […] The post Chewy Crinkle-Top Brownie Cookies first appeared on Love and Olive Oil.
This sweet and salty twist on a classic Italian focaccia features hidden pockets of white chocolate infused into the tender crumb and a bubbly, golden brown crust topped with flaky sea salt and crunchy turbinado sugar. It’s made over the course of 3 days/48 hours for a full flavor and extra bubbly crust, but with […] The post White Chocolate Focaccia Bread first appeared on Love and Olive Oil.
Strawberries, particularly perfectly ripe, just picked berries, often have subtle floral undertones. By adding flower-infused syrup to the strawberry juice base, we play up that floral characteristic, giving this flower-infused jelly a unique and complex flavor that tastes just like spring feels. Made with fresh elderflowers, ripe strawberries and classic pectin for a ruby red, […] The post Strawberry Elderflower Jelly (with Strawberry Rose variation) first appeared on Love and Olive Oil.
These cookies are just… extra. Extra large, extra gooey-in-the-middle, with an extra toasty, extra brown buttery flavor and a texture I can only describe as lush. Tollhouse could never. This small batch recipe makes 6 obscenely large cookies (equivalent to 12 normal sized ones), but feel free to double or triple the recipe (they freeze […] The post Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (Extra Large, Bakery Style) first appeared on Love and Olive Oil.
This ultra creamy, vibrant green pistachio ganache is made with white chocolate and naturally flavored with real pistachio butter for a sweet, nutty, and earthy pistachio flavor that’s perfect for a wide variety of fillings and frostings for cakes, cookies, and pastries. With only three main ingredients and a mere 20 minutes of active time […] The post Pistachio Ganache (with White Chocolate and Pistachio Butter) first appeared on Love and Olive Oil.
With a golden, buttery crumb cake—made extra rich and tender with sour cream—topped with a swirl of bright fruit jam and a crisp, shortbread cookie-like crumb for crunchy contrast, this is a cake that’s as suitable for breakfast as it is for dessert (or even afternoon tea). Sometimes simple cakes hit just as hard as […] The post Jammy Sour Cream Crumb Cake first appeared on Love and Olive Oil.
Talk about a showstopper: this stunning tart features layers of fragrant pistachio frangipane and raspberry jam in a crisp pistachio shortcrust, studded with fresh raspberries and topped with swirls of luscious whipped pistachio and white chocolate ganache. This colorful and impressive dessert might look fancy and complicated, but it’s actually easier to make than it […] The post Raspberry & Pistachio Frangipane Tart with Whipped Pistachio Ganache first appeared on Love and Olive Oil.
Your new favorite weekend brunch is here: made with sourdough discard for a unique yeasty flavor and buttermilk for tang. Slathered with salted butter, you almost don’t need any syrup (though I’ll admit that the combination of sweet syrup and salty butter on a crisp, yeasty waffle is nothing short of perfection). The overnight method […] The post Overnight Sourdough Discard Waffles first appeared on Love and Olive Oil.
See ya, 2025. Don’t let the screen door hit you on the way out! (Seriously though, what a year!) The biggest milestone of 2025—for us at least—was the launch of Fresh Baked Puns, finally putting some of my favorite food puns on tshirts, tea towels, stickers and more (psst! If you missed it, I just […] The post The Best of 2025 first appeared on Love and Olive Oil.