Happy Friday, my baking friends! It’s been a mostly beautiful week here in NYC. Last weekend, we made our way to Smorgasburg for the first time and soon wished that we’d been regular visitors. We ate far too much but loved every minute. If you’re in the New York area, it’s a great way to try out some great food from local folks.
In baking news this week, the Cookie Dough-lympics kicked off in celebration of the new cookbook The Cookie Dough Lover’s Cookbook. Every recipe in this book incorporates an unbaked, eggless cookie dough for those of us who love to sample the dough as much as the cookie. Several food bloggers were asked to make their own recipe using that cookie dough, and those recipes will be showing up all month. My contribution made its debut this week in the form of this Chocolate Cookie Dough No-Bake Cheesecake.
One of my favorite Dough-lympics entries this week comes from Jana of Cherry Tea Cakes. Wouldn’t you love a scoop or three of this Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and Cinnamon Ice Cream?
Have you tried cookie butter yet? We love it, thanks to the Wafel Truck. Sugar Plum uses Trader Joe’s version in this drool-worthy Cashew Caramel Cookie Butter Cake.
Here’s this week’s trip down baking memory lane with a look at some BoB favorites from this week in past years. Click on the photos to see the original posts.
I must thank you for the huge response to last week’s giveaway. With over 300 entries, I was certainly thrilled. Congratulations to Melissa C., who has that set of great baking tools on its way to her.
For week two of Birthday Celebration Month here on Bake or Break, I’m giving away two of my most-used baking items. First is a half sheet baking pan. This is what I use for baking cookies and some bars. The other must-have is a Silpat liner for a half sheet pan. Seriously, I don’t bake cookies without this. It keeps cookies from sticking to the pan and also helps them bake more evenly. You can see them both at work here with these Chocolate Espresso Cookies.
This giveaway is for all of you who love Pinterest as much as I do. Here are the rules:
UPDATE: Contest has closed. Congratulations, Amy!
June 8th, 2012 at 1:35 pm
followed your pinterest boards and pinned the picture w/ the message
June 8th, 2012 at 1:40 pm
Thought I WAS already following you, but I wasn’t. This was a great reminder and I’m not following! Pinned the photo, too.
June 8th, 2012 at 1:42 pm
*now following
June 8th, 2012 at 1:49 pm
I follow you on Pinterest and I pinned the image and message! EatRunRead
June 8th, 2012 at 2:37 pm
Great giveaway!
Followed and pinned! 
June 8th, 2012 at 2:39 pm
Followed you and Pinterest and pinned the image! thanks
June 8th, 2012 at 3:10 pm
I already follow you on Pinterest & pinned the picture here:
https://pinterest.com/pin/38632509274068935/
June 8th, 2012 at 3:17 pm
The link in your description(I copied/pasted it) wouldn’t work, so I used the direct link url to this post.
June 8th, 2012 at 4:35 pm
Followed you on pinterest and pinned the pic!
June 8th, 2012 at 4:39 pm
I follow you on Pinterest and pinned the picture!
http://pinterest.com/pin/239676011389610061/
June 8th, 2012 at 5:01 pm
Thanks, Amy. I’ve taken out the link. Guess Pinterest didn’t like that link!
June 8th, 2012 at 6:35 pm
I would LOVE to win a Silpat! I pinned it here: https://pinterest.com/pin/187180928233136025/
June 8th, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Pinned! Pick me!
June 8th, 2012 at 7:31 pm
I am a loyal follower on Pintrest! Happy 6th Birthday!
June 8th, 2012 at 8:14 pm
I’ve pinned the recipe and am following you on Pinterest (and i’m making those espresso cookies this weekend). Yayyy!
June 8th, 2012 at 10:08 pm
following on pinterest and pin’d it
June 8th, 2012 at 11:34 pm
http://pinterest.com/pin/241646336226570420/
June 9th, 2012 at 7:32 am
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June 9th, 2012 at 8:27 am
I followed and pinned. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway
http://pinterest.com/pin/155796468329818168/
Renee
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June 9th, 2012 at 8:51 am
I followed you on Pinterest and pinned your picture here: http://pinterest.com/pin/191051209162815924/
June 9th, 2012 at 12:31 pm
I follow Bake or Break’s board on Pinterest, and pinned. http://pinterest.com/Cinbat03/mrs-cookie-monster/
June 9th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
Following you on Pinterest!
June 9th, 2012 at 3:06 pm
I am following you on Pinterest.
http://pinterest.com/pin/85427724152297924/
June 9th, 2012 at 5:46 pm
but i don’t have a pinterest account. can’t i get an entry because i subscribe to the blog>???? please, please, pretty please …
June 9th, 2012 at 6:11 pm
Did it. You are the cover of my “to bake” board!
June 10th, 2012 at 10:39 am
Done! <3 all your goodies. Yum!
June 10th, 2012 at 11:52 am
Following you on Pinterest and re-pinned photo with link.
PICK ME!!
June 10th, 2012 at 4:51 pm
I’m not in Pinterest, but just wanted to say Happy Birthday and I love your blog — it’s so interesting and useful! Keep it up!
June 10th, 2012 at 5:24 pm
I already follow your boards and put the pin on mine! Happy Birthday Bake or Break!
June 10th, 2012 at 7:42 pm
I am loving this giveaway!! I follow you on Pinterest and re-pinned
June 11th, 2012 at 6:51 am
i pinned!
http://pinterest.com/pin/135671007494995876/
June 11th, 2012 at 7:00 am
I am following you on Pinterest and re-pinned!
June 11th, 2012 at 8:53 am
What a great giveaway! I’m following you on pinterest and repinned. Thanks!
June 11th, 2012 at 6:55 pm
Okay, followed the Pinterest boards and repinned to win!
June 11th, 2012 at 8:18 pm
following and pinned!
June 12th, 2012 at 8:57 pm
Happy to have repinned you and now following you on Pinterest!
June 13th, 2012 at 9:24 am
Followed, pinned and tweeted
awesome giveaway!