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Blackberry Pear Upside-Down Cake
Apparently, there is a second blackberry season that nobody ever told me about, because they are practically giving away blackberries for free at the grocery stores around here. This is good news for...
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Grapefruit Creamsicle
abundance of winter citrus + hankering to eat a pint of vanilla ice cream = grapefruit creamsicle I know, I know. Just the other day I was sad about the lack of winter, but you have to embrace the...
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Raspberry Crumb Bars and Taliesin West
My parents came to the big AZ this past weekend for a visit! My mom had one request: "Could you make those raspberry bars?" Done and done.The raspberry bars were busy. They went to the pool, spring...
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Owl Cupcakes and Death Valley
It would be a gross understatement to say that my friends Cecilia and Michelle like owls -- they love owls. They sport owl t-shirts and owl jewelry. Cecilia even has owl measuring cups. I can't really...
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Chocolate Malbec Cake
This was the birthday cake for my friend Kristen here in Tucson. Kristen is a great cook (the woman makes homemade pasta and a mean meatball), a wine lover, and, as any lady, a whore for chocolate. I...
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Strawberry Banana Muffins
Today, in sunny Tucson, it hailed and snowed in mid-March. The apocalypse is near, my friends...So instead of biking into work early, I decided to ride out the storm by making simple yet satisfying...
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Mini Key Lime Pies
For Christmas, my mom got me this adorable mini cheesecake pan. The bottoms pop out! Genius. It's been three months, but I finally took this guy for a test drive. I knew what I wanted my first recipe...
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Chocolate Raspberry Crêpe Cake
I... I can't even... I don't know where to begin, really. I almost didn't share this with you. Chocolate, cream, crêpes, more chocolate, more cream, ganache, raspberry jam, truffles, diabetes,...
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Spring Foodventures
Hello Friends. It's been a while (grad school happens). It's finals week, so what better way to procrastinate papers, projects, and studying than to share pictures of my spring food adventures, or...
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Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
I never, ever have to take another planetary science class. ever. Celebration Pie. Strawberry Rhubarb Pieyields one 9" pie with top and bottom crusts.Ingredients:Crust12 tablespoons unsalted...
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Unicorn Rainbow Cupcakes
These rainbow cupcakes (click HERE for recipe or see below) with glitter unicorn cupcake toppers celebrated my friend Ingrid's birthday. Thanks for being wonderful and fierce, Ingrid! Remember, a...
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Jalapeño Beer Cornbread
I have returned from Mexico! Some friends and I headed south of Tucson until we hit the Pacific to get SCUBA open water certified. It was a great trip, and much needed after this semester. We camped on...
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Carrot Cake and a Red Balloon
Last week, my good friend Cecilia asked me to paint a mural on her staircase wall. Ever since, I've had five legitimate paid offers to paint people's rooms/nurseries/furniture. I'm FUNemployed as of 10...
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Sweet Potato Ice Cream
Instead of complaining about another Tucson summer, I've decided to be proactive. I'm going to make new flavors of ice cream to get me through these trying times. Let's be real - I'll probably still...
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Beet Ice Cream with Orange Zest and Poppy Seeds
Eating beets has never been an attractive choice for me until now. I'll be honest: I made this ice cream for the color. That's all natural fuschia, my friends. Earthy and tart, beet ice cream is not...
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Blueberry Pie
How did you celebrate Memorial Day Weekend? My weekend was a croquet-playing, bloody-mary-drinking, poolside-reading, floppy-hat-wearing, guacamole-dipping, bbq-grilling, blueberry-pie-eating...
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Blackberry Limeade Bars
My friend KC emailed me the other day, saying that she had made the strawberry lemonade bars. It always makes me happy when people make the recipes that I post. She was asking about other flavor...
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Venus Transit Sugar Cookies
I try to hide my extreme nerdiness from you as much as possible here at CosmoCookie, but sometimes there is just no denying it. On Tuesday, Venus transited across the Sun, a phenomenon that will not be...
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Homemade Apple Pie: It's been a while.
Hi. It's me, Meghan. It's been a while.I'm sheepishly peering around the room, like a kid who ate the last cookie in the jar while no one was watching. I feel guilty for not having posted in so long....
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Pumpkin Muffins & The Waterford Fair
Last weekend I went to the Waterford Fair in Waterford, Virginia. This quintessential colonial town turns into an artisanal crafts market for three days every year. Tents and barns filled with pottery,...
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