Pumpkin Tahini Cookies
I was curious to see how tahini and pumpkin puree would taste together in a cookie spiced with cinnamon and dotted with bittersweet chocolate chips, and I'm here to tell you, it tastes great!
Nutella Thumbprint Cookies
I'm a huge fan of toasted hazelnuts. And an even bigger fan of toasted hazelnuts and chocolate combined. Try these cookies with a big glass of milk.
Honey Almond Shortbread
If I had to focus on only one cookie as my obsession it would be shortbread.
Send a Cookie to a Friend: Lemon Coconut Almond Shortbread
Treats Coming! That's what I text Claire once I send a package in the mail to her. I've been sending her homemade surprises since she started college. It's a silly old fashioned thing to do, but it's a mom thing, and being a mom who loves to bake, it's the kind of mom thing I do.
Steel Cut Oats 2 Ways
I think a lot of people don’t enjoy steel cut oats as often as they like because of how long they take to cook, about 20 minutes with frequent stirring. There are lots of ways to make this easier, and I’ve tried most of them.
Tuesday Night Supper
I took this week off from work. Didn't go anywhere, just hung around the house, puttered, tried new recipes, sat in the big soft brown chair and read. It was perfect. I managed to rouse myself to invite some friends over for dinner. I love midweek dinner parties because it's such a luxury to [...]
Sour Cream Softies
This is an old family favorite. I'm sure the original recipe came from the Pillsbury Bake-Off cookbook series. They were my mothers constant companion when it came to baking. Mom was a great baker and she taught me how to read a recipe so that I choose the best ones. One of her tips [...]
More Fun with Coconut Sugar
Since we are such fans of the Vanilla Coconut Sugar Shortbread it was an easy leap to this recipe. I wanted to try coconut sugar’s caramel-like flavor in a chocolate cookie. Using a standard shortbread formula I added cocoa as part of the dry ingredients and flaked coconut to give the cookies some texture, [...]
Ah Sugar….
The cooking class that I’m teaching at Mills College started today. I devoted the first class to tasting different salts, sugars, vanilla’s, and butters. I wanted everyone to get an overview of the variation of flavors in these products so they can see how these differences can enhance their end product and hopefully [...]
Almost Paleo Almost Vegan Definitely Gluten Free Coconut Shortbread
I decided to reconstruct a coconut. There was a trend a few years back about creating deconstructed desserts. German Chocolate Cake would come as a wedge of chocolate cake with a pitcher of ganache and a wall of candied pecans or some such stuff! With this recipe I decided to take all the components [...]