Category: my story
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Sparkle Through
After running some test bakes and sharing them with a select group of friends and family (soft launch?) I was ready to TAKE A REST! I needed some time to recharge, think, plan, organize and reset. For a long time I wouldn’t honor the need to rest, thinking that I had to keep grinding—immediately—or else…
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The Love Mix Diaries
If you’re thinking, pshhhh The Love Mix Diaries sounds melodramatic, you are so right. I’ve been spiraling, worrying about what to put in my Valentine’s Day cookie boxes. I am not a huge Valentine’s Day person. I don’t go crazy, I don’t dream of bubbling-with-champagne luxury dinners and boxes of long-stemmed roses paired with giant…
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Disco Balls
Followed a new recipe for a take on a super thick chocolate chip + surprises cookie, and it took everything in me to trust the process and forge ahead. These Smash cookies were so different from any other chocolate chip cookie I’ve ever made in terms of dough consistency, and the way they held their…
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The Crinkles I Crumpled
For The Disco Bakery’s very first Holiday Mix Cookie Box I was dead set that a crinkle cookie must be included. It’s like having a cookie-shaped brownie cookie that was a little crispy, a little gooey, and a totally different taste than a sweet sugar cookie. It would literally bring balance to the box. I…
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The Beginning
The Disco Bakery was dreamt up on a cozy day baking with two badass babes I am lucky to have in my life. I married into an amazing family where I was blessed with an incredible sister-in-law and totally awesome cousins. For purposes of this story I will call them Ta and Tash. If you…