use real butter

Today was not a productive Big Diss Day. I think all of my anger from the week has worn me down. We set about cleaning this morning and taking care of house things while listening to Weekend Edition Saturday, Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me!, and Marketplace Money. I rarely get Saturday mornings like this because normally I’d be outside at the crack of dawn hiking or shooting or both – and while working on the Big Diss I can’t listen to radio or anything for that matter. I did manage to make some chocolate chip banana bread, once again because I failed to eat all of the bananas I bought in the hopes of well… eating more bananas.

mini chocolate chips – haroo!

crispy outside

moist, chocolaty inside

I discovered I had brioche tins today. Bought those a few years back for the purpose of making brioche, but used them today for something else.

tinny tin tins

kirsch panna cotta with cherry sauce

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I travel to Denver starting with my 5:59 am busride tomorrow morning to give a talk at 8:30. Guess who is sleeping on the bus? I know Jeremy can cook, but I also know his life is easier and perhaps a tad happier if I cook a few meals ahead for him while I’m gone. It’s even better than that when I make non-meals or what most people call sweets.

key ingredients: guittard chocolate chips and crushed cornflakes

comfort food