Butter Off Dead

Howdy, y’all. Back with another episode, and what better way to kick off summer than with strawberry shortcake? If you’re an American child of the 80’s/‘90s, you’ll no doubt be familiar with the Cool Whip and store-bought sponge cake cup version of this dessert, but for this episode, we wanted to venture out of our comfort zone and try a slightly more biscuity, possibly more traditional version, s...

This episode was quite a journey. For this week’s recipe⁠ , we baked the New York Times' honey miso banana bread. Steph chats about how the recipe got the better of her, somehow, whereas Liz had an easier go of it, but was a little disappointed overall. A good recipe, but it under-delivered in the miso department, even with the help of a little cheating. We did have some audio issues, for whic...

Well, hey there, kiddos. Back again so soon. This past weekend was the Kentucky Derby, which means absolutely nothing to either one of us. but we used it as an excuse to delve into one of America’s lesser-known culinary classics: definitely not derby pie. You’ll have to tune in to find out why we definitely didn’t make derby pie for this episode, and instead stuck to the much more hilariously name...

Welcome back, kiddos. This week’s episode is a long one, but that’s because it’s an important one. For this episode, we tackled brioche. Armed with a recipe from Tartine’s cookbook and this extremely helpful article by Nicola Lamb, we braced ourselves for lots of setting of timers and hopping of mixers and got to work. You can find photos of our bakes, as well as the recipe and a bunch of useful l...

Welcome back, y’all. We were nervous about this week’s episode, because, being very American bakers at heart, we are a little intimidated by French techniques, but this recipe turned out to be the biggest surprise so far, and by the end of the episode, we realized we had ranked it among our favorite makes to date. Overall, a very pleasant, low-drama experience. Maybe we are making the French stuff...

Happy Easter! This Ostara, we went all out making one of the weirdest things we’ve ever heard of: A chocolate and cake-based recreation of  scotch eggs , using Cadbury eggs as the base. Like most of the good things we’ve ever done, it started out as a joke, and then we took it way too far. You can find photos of our bakes, as well as the recipe and a bunch of useful links to all of the things we d...

Happy sorta, kinda spring! In this week’s episode, we embraced the early days of spring by having a go at Norwegian sun buns , which are baked in later winter/early spring when the sun reappears in sky. It's a definite chaos-sode, so grab some wine and snacks, and join us for a good tongue wag. You can find photos of our bakes, as well as the recipe and a bunch of useful links to all of the th...

Hey, y’all! We’re back with another episode, and this one is a good one. When Eric Kim’s recipe for  gochujang caramel cookies  dropped a little over a year ago, it instantly went on our baking wish list. Now, we’ve finally followed through, and we are here to tell you all about it. You can find photos of our bakes, as well as the recipe and a bunch of useful links to all of the things we discusse...

Happy Mardi Gras, y'all! Since this episode just happened to drop on Fat Tuesday, we decided to pay a little homage to our hometown neighbors over yonder in NOLA and try our hands at baking king cake, the longstanding traditional dessert of New Orleans Mardi Gras. You can find photos of our cakes, as well as the recipe and a bunch of useful links to all of the things we discussed in this episo...

Hey, y’all! Welcome back to another episode of Butter Off Dead. This week, we took our cues from Mother Nature, and she seems to be telling all of us across the Northern Hemisphere to just stay inside and keep warm. The holidays are over, and spring still seems ages away, so we thought it would be good to brighten up this in-between time with some hot chocolate and marshmallows.  Follow us on Subs...

In which we test bake and discuss the recipe that broke the internet earlier this month: King Arthur Flour's recipe of the year for 2024, supersized, super-soft chocolate chip cookies. If you take on a classic, people are gonna bring the smoke, and that has certainly been the case for this recipe. We give our opinions and get into the nitty-gritty of what makes the perfect classic cookie. We a...