# Replay: Kate Strickler, Proprietress of the Symphony Brownie Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/unseriously-7170848/replay-kate-strickler-proprietress-of-the-symphony-brownie Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/unseriously-7170848/replay-kate-strickler-proprietress-of-the-symphony-brownie.md Podcast: [Unseriously](https://stenobird.com/podcast/unseriously-7170848) Published: 2026-06-29T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/e4be285c-841f-4b0b-8b0c-fc4faa599b2f.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Audio file: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/e4be285c-841f-4b0b-8b0c-fc4faa599b2f.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unseriously-7170848/episodes/replay-kate-strickler-proprietress-of-the-symphony-brownie Duration seconds: 2338 ## Resource While Unseriously's on 2-week summer break it's another replay with yet another of our favorite Kates: why would we ever believe Symphony brownies to be the brain trust of anyone other than the lovely Kate Strickler of the  Naptime Kitchen ?! Of course she created them in her basement kitchen where she also happens to mass manufacture Symphony candy bars - spread the word. Kate's new book,  I Just Wish I Had a Bigger Kitchen, And Other Lies I Think Will Make Me Happy , released in August, 2025, and is now a NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!! On this episode, Kate and Holly had such fun talking favorite sauces, favorite Instagram follows, and unfavorite family vacations. Ina and Ree will make appearances. (OKAY but only in shout-outs.) So will  @raisingcades10 ,  @the_car_mom , and  @brunchwithbabs . Recipes mentioned include: Tate's Dulce de Leche Icebox Cake Ree Drummond's Malted Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies Symphony Brownies No Churn Ice Cream Creamy Chicken Enchiladas And, of course, ICD. Recipe below! Aunt Terri's Ice Cream Dessert, also known as ICD you need: 1 family size roll Pillsbury Tollhouse chocolate chip cookie dough, baked as cookies (crunchy but not burned) 1 container Breyer's Natural Vanilla ice cream (the one with the visible vanilla beans) 1 jar Smuckers caramel topping Set the ice cream on the counter to partly melt while you bake the cookies to crispy but not burned. Once cookies are baked, crumble about 2/3 into the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish. Drizzle about 2/3 of the jar of caramel sauce over the cookies, then scoop the entire container of melty ice cream over the caramely cookies. Spread this out smooth. Top with the rest of the crumbled cookies and drizzle with the remainder of the caramel sauce. Freeze for several hours--ove… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unseriously-7170848/episodes/replay-kate-strickler-proprietress-of-the-symphony-brownie/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/unseriously-7170848/replay-kate-strickler-proprietress-of-the-symphony-brownie.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.