Oh this is a good cookie for those days that you plan ahead to make a good cookie. I suppose it could also be an off the cuff “I need a cookie now" recipe as well. If you have the ingredients handy really any recipe could be an "I need a cookie now" recipe - made, [...]
Special day for me today, I get to make anything I want for the person whose birthday it is! And this is our first quarantine birthday cake together – hopefully we will be able to celebrate “when things get back to normal” with family and friends soon. My wife loves desserts – okay I know [...]
Oh my goodness where is the time flying?! We are almost at the end of February! There are 24 days to calendar spring and although the one good thing to come out of this lockdown is that I learned that it is possible to go for a walk on a cold day and enjoy it! [...]
I love cleaning out my pantry, but only when I uncover ingredients which force me to use them and turn them into something delicious (as opposed to tossing it out because it expired in 2019 – yikes!). These bars were inspired by two cans of condensed milk sitting in my cupboard which were dangerously close [...]
I think I have said this before, but I am truly grateful that my wife was never a fan of Valentine's Day! She is much to practical and smart to follow trends and others such things. Her thinking has always been that there shouldn't be a day that is dictated as to when you show [...]
In my morning scan of recipes (a while back), I came across this super interesting technique for making these delicious cookies. The flavoring for the cookies caught my eye, three of my favorite flavors - coffee, maple syrup and chocolate. But what really got me interested was the technique used to make the cookies. There [...]
Who would have thought that those tiny seeds would have so much flavor in them. I’m talking about sesame seeds of course, and in this recipe – tahini, specifically. I love the earthy taste that can be made both savory and sweet. This is a maple brownie with a tahini infused cookie base. Not your [...]
Well this is the last recipe in the 2020 Christmas Treat series. An unusual year no doubt and I really hope I have given you recipes that made you hungry and blogs that made you smile. This is an old standby, thousands of recipes out there, I put my twist on the spice mix (well [...]
This is one of the most delicious flourless cookies I have ever tried. It’s from the master Pastry Chef Francois Payard. There are a ton of variations out there and this is another one – more meat on the best bones – so to speak, this is Christmas Treat #11 – Flourless Chocolate Walnut Cookies. [...]
I can’t believe in all the years I’ve been baking, that I have never before baked a Thumbprint Cookie. In my quest to always find interesting recipes, this one comes from my daughter’s good friend Elena – on her own, a professional Food Scientist with a passion for baking and cooking. She made them using [...]
