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Shortbread Cookies For Valentine’s Day

Shortbread Cookies for Valentine's Day are a delicious and simple way to share your heart with friends and family. Get the basic recipe, then try some of the recipes from my book Shortbread: My Favorite Cookie.

By |2021-02-02T16:54:43-08:00February 2nd, 2021|Cookies, Desserts, Holidays, Home Page, Low/No Gluten|Comments Off on Shortbread Cookies For Valentine’s Day

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.

By |2018-07-31T17:36:57-08:00August 7th, 2018|Desserts, Home Page, Snacks|0 Comments

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.

By |2018-05-08T15:07:38-08:00June 5th, 2018|Desserts, Home Page|2 Comments

Baking Madness!

Apparently I was in the mood to bake on Sunday! I didn't mean to crank out so much stuff, but that's what happens when you cook professionally for years. You start cooking and before you know it, you have enough food to open a cafe. It all started [...]

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 [...]

By |2017-01-03T09:43:20-08:00September 2nd, 2012|Desserts, The cooking class|2 Comments

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 [...]

By |2017-01-03T09:43:20-08:00August 16th, 2012|Desserts, Low/No Gluten|2 Comments
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