Peanut Butter Cookies are a classic. There's just something about the cross-hatch fork marks that let you know you're in for something good. Well, most of the time. The perfect texture of peanut butter cookies can be a bit elusive, in my opinion. Too dry, too crunchy, too crumbly, too thin, etc... No longer a...
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White Chocolate Chip Toffee Bars & The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap 2013
This year I had the opportunity to participate in the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap 2013. Basically, it is a giant cookie swap to raise money to support children's cancer research. Is there any better combination than cookies and curing cancer? I think not. It was great fun waiting for my 3 packages of cookies...
Cookbook of the Week: Cook's Illustrated Baking Book by America's Test Kitchen
Well, I must admit: Hubby is out of the country for work all week (which is why I will hold off on my last few Jerusalem cookbook recipes until he returns), and I've got the irresistible urge to bake as if I were entertaining the Cookie Monster (the only time that truly happened was at...
White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies with Brown Butter
I would like for you to meet my new favorite cookie. Vanilla bean, brown butter, white chocolate, macadamia nuts, shall I keep going? If you're feeling fancy, or festive for the holidays, they're delicious with dried cranberries as well. I used to get a white chocolate macadamia cookie every day before my driver's training lessons...
Chocolate Hazelnut Biscotti
Happy October! It's my favorite month, which also means that it's beginning to be hot drink weather again. Looking forward to lots of cool days sipping lattes, chai, coffee, cider, or whatever. I make these biscotti around the holidays usually, but they were the perfect way to use up the rest of my leftover hazelnuts from the...
Verdure al Forno (Baked Zucchini)
This dish, whose name translates to "vegetables in the oven" is made with zucchini in this case. I can't wait to try it with another vegetable- I'm sure that cauliflower or potatoes would be spectacular as well, or a combination of a few different vegetables would be fun to try too. Since it is assembled...
Pumpkin Cookies with Brown Butter Icing
I'm not sure what is a better description of these cookies... cookies, or cupcake tops (which reminds me of the Seinfeld episode about the Muffin Tops- it's a classic, you should watch it). These are soft, cakey circles of delicious pumpkiny goodness, and the brown butter icing tops them off perfectly. One batch makes a...
Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
What has been keeping me from posting new recipes you ask? Cookies. I've been baking like crazy over the last several weeks. There have been lots of fun occasions for my friends and family lately that have had me busy decorating treats for their special days. I have used this recipe countless times, and everyone...
"When Harry Met Sally" Cookies (Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies)
The Dahlia Bakery named these Peanut Butter Sandwich cookies the "Nora Ephron" cookie because these cookies were her favorite and she had asked Tom Douglas for the recipe after she tried them at their bakery. I choose call them "When Harry Met Sally" cookies because it is my favorite movie (Nora Ephron or otherwise, although...