Last weekend was perhaps the most beautiful couple of days I’ve ever experienced in New York. The weather was perfect, and we were actually able to get out and enjoy it. Our very full slate for the weekend included a tour of the old City Hall subway station, a show at City Center, and a game at Yankee Stadium.
This week, however, I spent most of my time inside as I had a brand new experience. Jury duty! I spent a couple of days downtown in the criminal courts building and was eventually excused without ever having my name pulled out of the bingo cage. All of that sitting around gave me plenty of time for taking leisurely strolls around the internet. Here’s a bit of what caught my eye this week.
I’ve had this recipe for Cashew Cookies with Browned Butter Frosting bookmarked for a while, and Jamie at My Baking Addiction baked them this week. Don’t they look amazing?
Audra from The Baker Chick mentioned two words that always get my attention: salted caramel. She made these Dark Chocolate Salted Caramel Cupcakes that amplified my always-present salted caramel craving. They remind me a bit of these cupcakes I made a while back.
Sticking with chocolate, Emily at Sugar Plum made a variation of one of my favorite things – monkey bread. Her German Chocolate Monkey Bread looks incredible!
I found this cake stand this week and was intrigued. The idea is that any plate can fit on top of this stand, instantly creating a cake stand. Living in New York, storage space is always at a premium, making products like this quite valuable. I’m thinking that I will need one of these soon.
I did find a little time to bake this week and finally got to use my Tovolo Easy Prep Quick Hand Mixer. It makes whipped cream in quick fashion. Very quick. I was amazed.
One last thing… If you remember, a few weeks ago, King Arthur Flour provided my lovely readers with a chance to win a fabulous giveaway. That giveaway has closed, but I find myself in possession of a spare copy of the cookbook that was a part of the giveaway package. So, I’m giving all of you a chance to win a copy of The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion, one of my favorite cookbooks.
UPDATE: Contest is now closed. Thanks for participating and congratulations to the winner!
May 18th, 2012 at 10:04 am
The Peanut Butter Mud Bars went over VERY well in my house and among my friends, plus they were a cinch to make. Delicious AND easy? This recipe’s a fave!
May 18th, 2012 at 10:05 am
My favorite recipe on Bake or Break: the raspberry pecan blondies. I love blondies.
May 18th, 2012 at 10:07 am
My favorite is Brown Sugar Cashew Blondies
Yum!
May 18th, 2012 at 10:09 am
I’m following your “From Bake or Break” board on Pinterest and I’ve repinned your yummy-looking Snickerdoodle Bars. These are on my to-do list.
May 18th, 2012 at 10:09 am
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May 18th, 2012 at 10:16 am
chocolate mascarpone brownies … mmmm
May 18th, 2012 at 10:17 am
followed you on pinterest and repinned
May 18th, 2012 at 10:22 am
Chess Squares – easy and yummy!
May 18th, 2012 at 10:22 am
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May 18th, 2012 at 10:34 am
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cake
May 18th, 2012 at 10:38 am
Love your black and white cupcakes!
May 18th, 2012 at 10:39 am
Im a fan of your on facebook
May 18th, 2012 at 10:41 am
I have made the chocolate mascarpone brownies over and over to rave reviews!
May 18th, 2012 at 10:42 am
I’ve had your Butter Pecan Shortbread on my list of things to make for ages now! I mentioned it on my very first Whilst I’m Not Cooking post!
Here:
http://saltedspoon.blogspot.com/2012/02/whilst-i-am-not-cooking.html
May 18th, 2012 at 10:44 am
I love King Arthur Flour recipes and I love cookies!!! This is a very enticing giveaway and I would be ecstatic to win! My favorite recipe on Break or Bake are the Brown Sugar Crinkles. Though, from the look of your “popular posts section”, I see I am not alone.
May 18th, 2012 at 10:51 am
I follow you on Twitter and just tweeted about the cookie post
May 18th, 2012 at 11:00 am
I follow your NYC Eats board on Pinterest and just pinned the Brown Sugar Crinkles!
May 18th, 2012 at 11:00 am
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May 18th, 2012 at 11:14 am
My favorite recipe on the site is the Chocolate Chip Muffins – I have made these and they’re really delicious!
May 18th, 2012 at 11:15 am
I liked on facebook and shared my favorite recipe on my wall.
May 18th, 2012 at 11:16 am
I followed your boards and pinned the chocolate chip muffin recipe
May 18th, 2012 at 11:17 am
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May 18th, 2012 at 11:21 am
My favourite is our salted fudge brownies!!! MY HUSBAND loves them even more ….
May 18th, 2012 at 11:29 am
My favorite is definitely the Cinnamon Cream Cheese Coffeecake. So good!
May 18th, 2012 at 11:29 am
I love your cheesecake brownies-they are my Husband’s favorite too!
May 18th, 2012 at 11:29 am
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May 18th, 2012 at 11:30 am
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May 18th, 2012 at 11:33 am
those snickerdoodle bars! my mom’s new favorite!
May 18th, 2012 at 11:36 am
I pinned your Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Bars on Pinterest.
May 18th, 2012 at 11:37 am
My favorite is the Peanut Butter Cup Blondies. Yum! I made them for my coworkers – they were a happy bunch!
May 18th, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Chocolate Caramel Brownies!
May 18th, 2012 at 12:07 pm
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May 18th, 2012 at 12:11 pm
I love the snikerdoodle bars. Anything with cinnamon!
May 18th, 2012 at 12:12 pm
I liked bake or break on facebook.
May 18th, 2012 at 12:27 pm
The trail mix bars were awesome!
May 18th, 2012 at 12:32 pm
The Coconut Blond Brownies are wonderful. It’s one of the recipes you go to again and again.!!!!!
May 18th, 2012 at 12:34 pm
The Supernatural Brownies are delicious!
May 18th, 2012 at 12:38 pm
I Love all your coffee cakes!!
May 18th, 2012 at 12:47 pm
Brown Sugar Cashew Brownies. Think I’ll make them this weekend!
May 18th, 2012 at 12:47 pm
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May 18th, 2012 at 12:50 pm
Peanut Butter Cup Blondies….
May 18th, 2012 at 12:51 pm
I’m following you on Pintrest and I’ve pinned several of your recipes to my baking board.
May 18th, 2012 at 12:53 pm
I follow your blog by email!
May 18th, 2012 at 12:53 pm
I liked bake or break on facebook….
May 18th, 2012 at 12:53 pm
I’ve made several of your recipes. I think the delicious salted caramel cheesecake recipe I’ve made a couple of times came from you. I’d have to look at my recipe book to see. I also site the source when I copy a recipe into my book.
May 18th, 2012 at 12:59 pm
Oatmeal chocolate chip cake is outstanding!
May 18th, 2012 at 12:59 pm
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May 18th, 2012 at 1:03 pm
One of the first posts I remember when I started reading your blog is the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bars. That was the first time I’d seen them. Not long after that I started seeing them everywhere and made them once. De-lish! http://www.bakeorbreak.com/2008/04/chocolate-chip-cookie-dough-cheesecake-bars/
May 18th, 2012 at 1:07 pm
I liked BoB on Facebook and am already subscribed by email.
Love this Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cake, too!
http://www.bakeorbreak.com/2012/02/peanut-butter-chocolate-chip-cake/
May 18th, 2012 at 1:10 pm
I love the cinnamon cream cheese coffeecake, and the marscapone brownies, but all the recipes I have saved are wonderful.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:10 pm
I follow this blog by email and love all the posts. Thanks for the chance to win this book.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:12 pm
Cinnamon cream cheese coffee cake. I am a softie for that kind of cake. It reminds me of my childhood on Long Island, when there were tons of bakeries.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:12 pm
I just began following you on Pinterest (My pin is bakingandboys). I pinned those new dulce de leche sandwich cookies you just posted. Love everything about them!
May 18th, 2012 at 1:33 pm
I receive your emails and love your recipes!
May 18th, 2012 at 1:35 pm
Okay, I signed up for your emails – this was just the impetus to get me to do it!
May 18th, 2012 at 1:37 pm
And I think your new recipe for shortbread/pecan cookies with dulce de leche looks fabulous. That’ll be next for me.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:49 pm
Ah, my favorite recipe of all time has to be your pecan pie cupcakes. Having made countless batches for all occasions and including them in the Christmas cookie tins I confess to turning many into addicts.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:53 pm
Favorite recipe thus far, or one that comes to mind, is the pear and chocolate crumble. I love pear and chocolate together and I love a good crumble. It was the best of all worlds.
May 18th, 2012 at 1:58 pm
The kids and I loved this recipe… Peanut Butter Candy Bar Squares
http://www.bakeorbreak.com/2008/10/peanut-butter-candy-bar-squares/
We make them all the time changing up what we add in them. Love ‘em.
M
May 18th, 2012 at 2:26 pm
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May 18th, 2012 at 2:27 pm
We loved the lemon bars!
May 18th, 2012 at 2:31 pm
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May 18th, 2012 at 2:46 pm
My favorite is Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cake.
May 18th, 2012 at 2:47 pm
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May 18th, 2012 at 3:14 pm
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May 18th, 2012 at 3:15 pm
My favorite recipe is the brown sugar cashew blondies.
May 18th, 2012 at 3:54 pm
One of my favourite recipes would have to be your Brown Sugar Cashew Blondies – so good!
May 18th, 2012 at 4:08 pm
Blueberry Jamboree recipe brings me so many good memories of years long past.
May 18th, 2012 at 4:09 pm
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May 18th, 2012 at 4:13 pm
DOUBLE DARK CHOCOLATE CHERRY COOKIES!
May 18th, 2012 at 4:14 pm
The Chocolate layer cake with cream cheese frosting.
May 18th, 2012 at 4:42 pm
The Peanut Butter Candy Bar Squares were da Bomb!
May 18th, 2012 at 4:44 pm
My favorite recipe is Cherry Oatmeal Bars, scrumptious!
May 18th, 2012 at 4:45 pm
I am a happy subscriber of your blog!
May 18th, 2012 at 4:47 pm
I like Bake or Break on Facebook and shared my favorite Bake or Break post on Facebook.
May 18th, 2012 at 4:51 pm
I follow you on Twitter and shared my favorite Bake or Break post on Twitter.
May 18th, 2012 at 4:58 pm
I follow some of your boards on Pinterest and pin my favorite Bake or Break post on Pinterest.
May 18th, 2012 at 4:59 pm
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May 18th, 2012 at 5:13 pm
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May 18th, 2012 at 5:19 pm
It is a tie between the Cherry Oatmeal Bars and the vanilla bean cheesecake bars.
May 18th, 2012 at 5:20 pm
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May 18th, 2012 at 5:21 pm
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May 18th, 2012 at 5:26 pm
i love the salted cashew crunch cookies!
May 18th, 2012 at 5:28 pm
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May 18th, 2012 at 5:40 pm
I absolutely loooove your cinnamon sugar cookie squares. Amazing! Thanks for all the great recipes you have posted!
May 18th, 2012 at 6:35 pm
The chocolate chip cookie dough cheesecake bars…what could possibly be better? No really, tell me!
May 18th, 2012 at 9:20 pm
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May 18th, 2012 at 11:28 pm
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May 19th, 2012 at 6:32 am
I love your Chocolate Monkey Bread ! So different but still delicious !
May 19th, 2012 at 7:16 am
I just found your site so don’t have a favorite recipe yet but after skimming through a few of the recipes the Jalapeno Focaccia sounds delightful.
May 19th, 2012 at 7:27 am
Mexican chocolate cupcakes with dulce de leche frosting. I’ve tried many of your recipes and this one takes the, er, cake.
The frosting is kind of stupid good and dead easy. Very dangerous!
May 19th, 2012 at 7:27 am
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May 19th, 2012 at 8:35 am
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May 19th, 2012 at 8:35 am
I folllow you on Pinterest
May 19th, 2012 at 8:36 am
I liked you on Facebook and I would like to try the cream cheese banana nut bread
May 19th, 2012 at 9:22 am
Love the salted fudge brownies
May 19th, 2012 at 12:31 pm
The Snickerdoodle Bars make my mouth water. I’d love to try them.
May 19th, 2012 at 1:22 pm
I don’t have a favorite post yet because I haven’t been following you for that long
May 19th, 2012 at 1:23 pm
I followed a board on pinterest and repinned the snickerdoodle bars
May 19th, 2012 at 1:23 pm
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May 19th, 2012 at 2:28 pm
The Raspberry Cream Cheese Buns are my favorite!!!
May 19th, 2012 at 2:31 pm
I followed your “from bake or break” board and pinned the raspberry cream cheese bun post!
May 19th, 2012 at 3:15 pm
Yummy!! My favorite recipe is the Caramel Coconut Pecan Brownies. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway
Renee
fattybumpkins at yahoo dot com
May 19th, 2012 at 9:15 pm
My fave is the Italian Cream Cake. Yum. Love the site.
May 20th, 2012 at 12:14 am
I love the banana cake with cream cheese frosting!! My family always requests it when I come home from college. I pinned it on pinterest and I’ve gotten over 6,000 repins!
May 20th, 2012 at 7:00 am
I made the Blueberry Jamboree Bars last week and they were a hit! I have several of your cashew recipes bookmarked!
May 20th, 2012 at 7:01 am
I subscribe to Bake or Break’s feed or email updates
May 20th, 2012 at 7:03 am
I like you on FB and shared your post about Hummingbird cupcakes.
May 20th, 2012 at 7:06 am
Haha…couldn’t pick on board so I followed all on Pinterest. (Looks like I’m not getting much done today!!) Thanks for all of the chances. I once took his book out from the library and almost got my card confiscated because I was so late with the return!
May 20th, 2012 at 10:52 am
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May 20th, 2012 at 1:13 pm
Peanut Butter Cup Blondies!
May 20th, 2012 at 1:17 pm
I followed you on Pinterest too, and I already like your page on Facebook and follow you on Twitter. I hope those still count as entries.
May 20th, 2012 at 1:50 pm
I made your recent recipe for the chocolate peanut butter cup cookies and they were a huge hit with my husband. He required 2 glasses of milk with his cookies
They were great. Thanks for all the wonderful recipes!
May 20th, 2012 at 8:15 pm
Sweet and salty cake! It’s a perfect combination.
May 21st, 2012 at 6:04 am
Butterscotch Cream Cheese Swirl Bars!
May 21st, 2012 at 6:52 am
y favorite recipe would def have to be the caramel coconut pecan brownies.
May 21st, 2012 at 6:53 am
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May 21st, 2012 at 6:54 am
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May 21st, 2012 at 6:55 am
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May 21st, 2012 at 7:00 am
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May 21st, 2012 at 7:05 am
Pear and chocolate crumble would have to be my fav.
May 21st, 2012 at 8:57 am
I love the Oatmeal Cream Pies! And I’d love to win the Cookie Companion!
May 21st, 2012 at 9:37 am
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May 21st, 2012 at 10:34 am
My favorite that I come back to repeatedly is your Pecan Pie Cheesecake!
May 21st, 2012 at 10:35 am
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May 21st, 2012 at 10:35 am
I’m now following you on Twitter (@monee2000)
May 21st, 2012 at 10:35 am
I’m following you on Pinterest!
May 21st, 2012 at 10:36 am
and… I subscribe to your RSS feed via Google Reader! (can you tell I’m a fan?) Ha ha!
May 21st, 2012 at 10:44 am
I love the peanut butter and jelly bars!
May 21st, 2012 at 11:00 am
My favorite BoB recipe (so far) are your oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. My coworkers were huge fans as well!!
May 21st, 2012 at 11:00 am
I liked BoB on facebook!
May 21st, 2012 at 11:01 am
I started following a few of your boards on pinterest!
May 21st, 2012 at 12:05 pm
I LOVE the Peanut Butter Brownies!!! They are to die for!!
May 21st, 2012 at 12:06 pm
I’m following you on Pinterest…isn’t that site just GREAT!?!?! And I already pinned my fave receipe of yours the Peanut Butter Brownies…
May 21st, 2012 at 12:09 pm
Liked you on FB and posted my fave recipe link
May 21st, 2012 at 1:55 pm
chocolate and caramel pecan bars. we have a forever kind of love affair.
May 22nd, 2012 at 7:25 am
Right now it’s Caramel oatmeal bars!
May 22nd, 2012 at 7:30 am
Follow you on Pinterest. It’s like an awesome little bakery. I need a box please!
May 22nd, 2012 at 6:05 pm
Tweeted about the PB brownies. I like to make things for people so I believe those will be my next bring to the office item!
https://twitter.com/DMelissaG/status/205100892054237184
May 22nd, 2012 at 6:18 pm
Yummy recipes in my inbox! Subscribed! Woot!
May 22nd, 2012 at 6:23 pm
Pinterest follower and pinned chocolate chip bundt cake. I couldn’t resist after reading someone’s comment that it’s better than chocolate chip cookies!
May 22nd, 2012 at 6:47 pm
Shared Snickerdoodle bars on Fb. <3!!! It's hard to go wrong with cinnamon and sugar… right?
May 22nd, 2012 at 7:23 pm
There are so many recipes here! How have I not found this place before? I think I’ll also be trying the chocolate monkey bread.
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:18 am
Macadamia Shortbread! =)
May 23rd, 2012 at 7:31 am
I love cinnamon so its the Snickerdoodle Bars for me any time!
May 23rd, 2012 at 5:18 pm
My favorite recipe is chocolate sprinkles cookies
May 23rd, 2012 at 5:20 pm
like you on facebook and shared a post: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=315641198516583&id=630847307
May 23rd, 2012 at 5:22 pm
follow on twitter and tweeted: https://twitter.com/lbandj/status/205453562581499904
May 23rd, 2012 at 5:24 pm
follow on pintrest and repinned: http://pinterest.com/pin/114841859218374729/
May 23rd, 2012 at 5:25 pm
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May 23rd, 2012 at 7:35 pm
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May 24th, 2012 at 9:54 am
My Favorite Bake or Break Recipe: Nutella Swirl Cheesecake bars! yuMmmm!!
May 24th, 2012 at 12:35 pm
My favorite recipe of yours is the brownie peanut butter cups
May 24th, 2012 at 12:35 pm
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May 24th, 2012 at 12:36 pm
I follow you on Twitter and tweeted about my favorite recipe of yours
May 24th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
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May 24th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
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May 24th, 2012 at 4:45 pm
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May 24th, 2012 at 8:13 pm
I love the baby pound cakes! Any kind of miniature desserts!