The Radical Cupcake

Do you fika? Fika is a Swedish tradition and roughly translates to enjoying a coffee and sweets break with friends. Leave the work and world behind for awhile. When I was in Sweden last year, I took a tour with and we ended with fika at a beautiful cafe; I could have stayed there for hours! I’ve tried to replicate the experience on several occasions and it’s difficult this year to share any experiences in person. But here’s a little reminder to slow down, enjoy a kaffe, and eat that second cookie!

Enjoying a (finally) cloudy Southwest fall day, watching my favorite creator Christine H McConnell carve pumpkins, and baking gluten free pumpkin spice sugar cookies 🎃

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A little low carb Sunday brunch idea based on The Girl Who Ate Everything’s keto biscuit recipe (egg, almond flour, cheese) stacked with bacon, egg, sharp cheddar and a few sprigs of cilantro. Happy Sunday!

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17 Simple Food Swaps For When You Run Out Of Ingredients Has a coronavirus quarantine emptied your kitchen? These are the best substitutes for butter, eggs, milk, onions, lemon, sugar, flour, broth and more.

Need a last minute pie for tomorrow? There’s still time to make my Pumpkin Meringue Pie for your holidays! This delicious dessert delight features a non traditional pie crust made of home made graham cookie dough with curry spices, filled with a rich pumpkin custard (easily made dairy free) all topped with a toasty brown sugar meringue and sprinkled with maple candied pumpkin seeds (not pictured yet included in recipe). 🎃🍁 Recipe link in profile, via Phoenix New Times Food & Drink 🍁🎃 Happy Holidays y’all

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My kind of ornament!

Quite possibly one of the best ornaments ever. At

Yum! Makes me actually want to eat my vegetables! 🍅🍑🥕🌽🥦🍇

I can’t even handle the cuteness of our new Farmers Market menu at Jenny Cookies Bake Shop. 🍅🍑🍒🍓🥦🥕🌽🥬🥖 In store today!

I recently spent nearly a month traveling in Iceland, Belgium, Scandinavia, and London. Over the coming weeks, I’ll be sharing some of the favorite things I ate while traveling! What are some of your favorite places to travel and eat?!
📍 I loved visiting Brussels, even though I only had a few days. Bruges is a must see - a beautiful medieval city enveloped with canals and quaint shops. The hot chocolate at is some of the best I ever had. And the white wine mussels canal-side are a must. Take a canal boat tour, it is an amazing way to see the city from a different perspective. Top off an afternoon with a cappuccino and slice of homemade cake at , a mother and daughter owned cafe and bakery. Bruges is an easy hour train ride from Brussels; and if you have the energy, stop off in Ghent!
📍 Brussels reminded me of a mini Paris, with exquisite chocolate shops and amazing patisserie. The lambic is incredible, especially the framboise (raspberry)! Belgium is known for its chocolate and frites, and has much more than that to offer. The seafood is spectacular, especially right around 5pm at a standing table at Nordzee in the park off of Place Saint-Catherine with a bottle of cold Sauvignon Blanc. Walk up to the Grand-Place de Bruxelles and enjoy a lambic at one of the many cafés (and some spectacular meatballs at afterwards). And cap off any night with a chewy and crunchy liege waffle at !

Sunday sprinkles and baking with my little niece 🌈 Baking with kids is one of my favorite activities as it combines art, math, and science all in one! And this couldn’t be an easier Sprinkle Cookie recipe, no rolling or cookie cutters needed. Any sprinkle will work but I recommend rainbow jimmies for the quintessential sprinkle cookie experience. Adorable niece/baker’s helper optional, but quite useful 💗 Here’s the recipe with an easy gluten free adaptation:
Ingredients (makes 32 2” cookies)
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1/4 to 1/2 cup sprinkles of choice
Additional sprinkles, optional
*for a gluten free adaptation, use equal amount of Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods gluten free all purpose flour mix

Directions
In a small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth; add zest. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually blend in the dry ingredients; dough will be crumbly. Add in sprinkles and mix until just combined.
With your hands, bring dough together until combined. Place in a gallon size sealable plastic bag and squeeze into a 3” log (or wrap in plastic wrap). Refrigerate for an hour, or overnight.
Preheat oven to 375’F. Cut log into 8 even slices, then cut each slice into quarters. For even more color, roll each side into more sprinkles or colored sugar.
Place onto ungreased cookie sheets and bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown. Let stand on cookie sheet two minutes before removing to cool on wire racks. Happy baking!

Hands down, Frankie & Jo's Capitol Hill has the most spectacular ice cream I’ve ever had. It just so happens to be completely , , and . The flavors are so well balanced and unique, like their rotating monthly seasonal menu. I enjoyed a hefty scoop of one of the April specials - “Golden State”. Ube, a purple yam, is roasted and blended with coconut milk with gooey swirls of house-made orange marmalade, made from upcycled blood orange rinds from one of their March flavors. How - and delicious - is that?! Creating the base is a scoop of Chocolate Tahini Supercookie, my favorite of their everyday flavors. And I could easily eat one of their maple, brown sugar, vanilla and oat cones by itself, no scoops required. Seriously, go to there!! 🌱🍦

Yes! Who else feels this way about baking? Why do *you* bake?

Psychologists Explain Why It Feels So Good To Bake For Other People It's not just about giving them something sweet.