Notes about Recipes in this book

• Featherweight blueberry scones

  • snoozermoose on December 10, 2021

    These scones bake up beautifully! Light, flaky, and with just the right amount of blueberries.

  • Frogcake on January 31, 2025

    Great scones, featherlight as promoted!

• Yogurt biscuits

  • alirov on October 13, 2016

    I made the cheese and green onion version in which you use less salt and add 1/2 cup cheddar cheese and 1/4 cup finely chopped green onions. While the biscuits came out fine, I thought they were fairly bland and flavorless.

• Cranberry, oatmeal, and flaxseed muffins

  • Lepa on July 31, 2016

    I found these utterly disgusting. I made a huge batch for a school bake sale and was happy to make something healthy. Unfortunately, nobody was willing to eat them. I felt really angry about wasting so many lovely ingredients and so much time to make something that was completely inedible.

• Whole wheat molasses yogurt bread with figs and walnuts [Nik Sharma]

  • Lepa on July 31, 2016

    I baked this for an hour and it came out dry and unappealing. Nobody in my family liked it. I was so disappointed after reading the rave reviews on Food52. Two days later I was hungry and decided to have a slice and suddenly, it was good! Lessons learned: 1) do not over bake. I think 50 minutes is probably sufficient for this bread; 2) It tastes better a day or two after it is made; and 3) It is excellent with butter and orange marmalade. Even after the revised opinion, I'm not sure if I'll rush to make this again. I think I wanted something slightly lighter- more like a cake.

• Bestest banana bread

  • Lepa on July 31, 2016

    This is a lovely banana bread. I added a handful of chocolate chips and chopped pecans and then it really was the "bestest."

  • hbakke on April 15, 2021

    This was a disaster for me. Despite following the recipe, the batter barely fit in my loaf pan and overflowed in the oven. This recipe uses twice as many bananas as other similar banana bread recipes which I think factored into it taking 30 minutes longer in the oven and still having a gummy texture. Not my favorite banana bread by far.

  • okmosa on January 04, 2023

    This was also a disaster for me and now that I’ve read the other note, I don’t think it was because I substituted a combination of sour cream/heavy cream/whole milk for the yogurt. The top center of my loaf never fully cooked and overall the loaf was too moist / dense.

  • vegwithtastebuds on January 02, 2024

    I subbed sour cream for the yogurt and added 3/4 cups white chocolate chips & 1/2 cup pecans. Need to use a 10” loaf pan next time, but worked nicely this time when I took 1/2 cup of batter out before baking. Took 80 minutes and ended up moist and delicious!

• Buttermilk Dutch baby with caramelized pears

  • trudys_person on January 14, 2016

    This is a really nice variation the Dutch Baby theme. The spices are a nice addition, and combine well with a fruit topping. Yummy!

  • gamulholland on November 21, 2017

    This was simple and delicious. We put ice cream on it and served it for dessert.

  • snoozermoose on December 10, 2021

    I make Dutch babies not infrequently and thought it would be fun to try a new recipe. This recipe was not it. It looked fine in the oven, but as soon as it came out of the oven, it shrank to 2/3 of its original diameter and was oddly chewy and tough. I've never had that happen with a Dutch baby before. The pears were nice.

• Overnight orange refrigerator rolls

  • snoozermoose on December 10, 2021

    Do yourself a favor and make these!! They are to die for--so soft, buttery, and bursting with orange flavor. One time I added a teaspoon of ground cardamom to the filling, and now we can't make them any other way. I usually make a half recipe and bake them individually in one muffin pan. I've also used the dough to make cinnamon rolls and chocolate tahini rolls (something I whipped up out of odds and ends), and it is so reliable.

• Cream cheese cookies

  • snoozermoose on December 10, 2021

    I thought there was no way these could fail but fail they did. They spread out like crazy on the pan, flattened completely, and had the weirdest stick-to-your-teeth texture to them. My husband wouldn't even take a second bite.

• Cardamom currant snickerdoodles

  • snoozermoose on December 10, 2021

    What a stellar cookie! If you're the kind of person who thinks snickerdoodles are good but a bit boring, these are for you! Everyone loves these, and they've become a part of my Christmas cookie boxes every year.

  • hbakke on April 03, 2022

    These spread more than the pictured cookies, so much so that some of them blobbed together so I might leave them in the fridge longer next time to chill. Overall the texture was perfect and the flavor was nice from the cardamom, a change from the traditional snickerdoodle. I would make these again.

• Grape-Nut and chocolate chip kitchen sink oatmeal cookies

  • Frogcake on February 28, 2016

    I really liked this kitchen sink cookie recipe; however, my kids found them to be too plain. Next time, I will increase the brown sugar and cinnamon. Might try sweetened coconut flakes too in place of unsweetened. Maybe this is more of a grown-up cookie recipe? They are so healthy and so delicious with a cup of fruity herbal tea!

• Oatmeal streusel bars with rhubarb filling

  • Ordinaryblogger on June 19, 2022

    Didn’t care for this recipe - actually had to toss it because no one would eat it! It was mushy and soft, not pleasant at all. Might have been because I served it the next day, though I did follow the instructions in the recipe for how to store it overnight. Will not be making this again.

  • Kmatazz on May 14, 2026

    Add about another 1/2 cup fruit - it was delicious! The bars are soft; but still bar-like. Will definitely make again - good to know it will be good with other fruit, also. A keeper.

  • Kmatazz on May 15, 2026

    added note - I put in the fridge last night and they were firm and super yummy today

• Magic espresso brownies

  • snoozermoose on December 10, 2021

    I left out the cognac and halved the recipe. These did not work for me. The texture was off, and my husband agreed that box brownies are preferable to this.

• Blueberry schlumpf

  • snoozermoose on December 10, 2021

    Delicious and dead easy to make. Like blueberry pie without streusel instead of a crust. It was fantastic with vanilla ice cream (and actually would have felt incomplete without it).

• Nectarine slump

  • Lepa on May 23, 2016

    Very bland, greasy and disappointing.

• "Cuppa cuppa sticka" peach and blueberry cobbler

  • bching on August 25, 2021

    Meh. Too sweet and doughy.

• Pudding chômeur

  • Frogcake on February 28, 2016

    I really like this version, a dessert which is commonly found on restaurant menus here in Quebec. Amazing what you can put together with cheap, on-hand ingredients!

  • Yildiz100 on December 28, 2019

    I found the biscuit part to be a bit dry. Next time I will try a recipe that uses more of a cake batter.

• Lemon sponge cups

  • bwhip on March 13, 2020

    These were pretty good, but I'm used to making the ones from the original Tartine book, which I find to be significantly better. The recipes are similar, but the Tartine version uses buttermilk, and one more egg, and the resulting flavor is much better to my palate.

• Strawberry-yogurt snack cake

  • Lepa on October 11, 2016

    This makes a lot of cake! It's delicious and not too sweet, so perfect for breakfast.

  • Lepa on May 04, 2017

    I subbed in one cup of white whole wheat to make this a bit healthier and it turned out well. This is a great breakfast cake.

  • Astrid5555 on May 19, 2019

    Delicious and quick summer cake, big hit with the family. Made in a 9 inch (23cm) round springform pan.

• Easy-as-pie apple cake

  • Kinhawaii on November 16, 2024

    Delicious- maybe on the sweet side, very easy to make & full of apples. Ate it the next day & it had softened so I suspect I would prefer the crunchier edge & top on the day it was made. The inside was very moist & pie like. I used walnuts instead of pecans.

• Honey pecan cake

  • Lepa on July 15, 2017

    This is a simple cake, and quite lovely. I took it to a party and received many compliments. I was confused because the pecans all migrated to the perimeter and thought I had done something wrong but the picture here shows that also happened to Food 52, so I don't feel bad.

• Chocolate dump-it cake

  • Frogcake on February 28, 2016

    This recipe also appears in the New York Times cookbook. Very yummy recipe, a real keeper!

  • Lepa on May 08, 2017

    Alas, I do not feel like I have found my chocolate cake recipe. This was fine but not great so I will continue my quest for a fantastic chocolate cake. Everybody in my family liked the cake more than the icing. I liked the fact that the icing wasn't too sweet but I'm not sure I appreciated the tang provided by sour cream. I think I like a whipped cream-type icing- if I have to ice a cake at all.

• Brown butter cupcake brownies

  • edybwad on February 07, 2020

    This recipe is amazing and may become my go-to for brownies!

  • Delfina69 on June 03, 2023

    What a mess. Even after baking an additional 5 minutes the cupcakes would not set. They ended up being a tasty sauce for ice cream.

• Maple persimmon upside-down cake with maple cream

  • Lepa on July 31, 2016

    This was beautiful and dramatic but the flavor was just okay.

• Cherry almond crumb cake

  • Lepa on March 11, 2018

    From the description, I had high hopes for this cake but was ultimately disappointed. It was okay but nothing special. I won't make it again.

• Olive oil ricotta cake with plums

  • Astrid5555 on September 26, 2015

    As promised super quick and delicious with a very moist and tender crumb. Batter was very lumpy after folding in the flour, but this did not effect the finished cake in any way. Would maybe add more plums next time.

  • Lepa on July 31, 2016

    I've made many plum cakes and this is a stand out. The lemon is such a nice addition; it adds a lovely layer of complexity to the cake. This cake is stunning!

  • ozfoodie on January 21, 2024

    A delightful cake! Hubby and I both loved it. Will make again for sure. Definitely one that was best on the day it was made though. (It was okay on day 2, but starting to dry out.)

• Gluten-free lemon blackberry corn cake

  • DebCooks on January 27, 2026

    Good breakfast cake. My blackberries were large so there weren't many spread throughout the cake. Next time I'll either cut them in half and use blueberries. I used confectioners sugar for a dusting to make it look more attractive.

• Heavenly molasses oatmeal rolls

  • snoozermoose on December 10, 2021

    Be careful with the proofing step. I wasn't watching my rolls and when I checked on them, they were over-proofed which ruined my finished rolls. I don't think this is the fault of the recipe. They otherwise had a nice flavor, and the dough was really easy to work with. I'm going to try to make them again and report back.

• Black pepper popovers with chives and Parmesan

  • takemori on January 02, 2025

    Great even if you don't have chives, greasing with butter rather than baking spray means the grease is less likely to burn during preheat

• Basil onion cornbread

  • snoozermoose on December 10, 2021

    We didn't like this. Found the flavor surprisingly bland considering all the delicious ingredients, and we could barely taste the basil. The texture wasn't our favorite either.