Recipes

Chocolate and Cinnamon Pasteis De Nata | The Sugar Hit

Chocolate Cinnamon & Orange Pasteis De Nata

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  Disclaimer alert! These aren’t ~real~ pasteis de nata. Those heavenly little Portuguese custard tarts, with their blistered tops that you dust with cinnamon and sugar. I’m pretty sure those require a special tin, and a very complicated pastry technique,…

Super Swirly Cinnamon Buns | The Sugar Hit

Super Swirly Cinnamon Buns

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  Hey everyone! It’s such a relief to talk to you guys. The rest of the world can be a drag sometimes, you know? Not everyone understands the importance of cinnamon buns.   I could talk cinnamon buns endlessly. Do…

Apple Fritters with Salted Caramel | The Sugar Hit

Apple Fritters with Salted Caramel

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  Inspiration strikes in crazy and unexpected ways. Because get this: I had literally never even thought about apple fritters a week ago.   A week ago, if you had said to me, ‘Hey Sarah, you bodacious babe, why no…

Giant Blueberry Pancake Cake | The Sugar Hit

Giant Blueberry Pancake Cake

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  If there’s one thing I could never be accused of, it’s not properly celebrating Pancake Day.   I take great joy in pancake day. I feel like it’s a time when, no matter what your background or creed, we…

Alpine Grilled Cheese | The Sugar Hit

Alpine Grilled Cheese

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  Grilled cheese? Is that the right title? Toasted cheese, cheese on toast? Call it whatever you want. Don’t call it anything, even. But get it into your life. Because this is the best damn grilled cheese I’ve ever had….

Monkey Bread with Orange and Smoke | The Sugar Hit

Monkey Bread with Orange & Smoke

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  Cool recipe title, right? Of course, that’s not the point. The point is that brown sugar, yeasty bread, cinnamon, and orange have a new best friend. And that best friend is a hint of smoke.   It’s subtle, not…

Caramel Apple Pancake | The Sugar Hit

Caramel Apple Pancake

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  Summer’s coming to a close here in Australia, you guys! And I have to say, I am not personally going to miss it that much.   I don’t do so great in the heat. When it’s so hot that…