Recent Posts Tagged With cookies

• Chocolate Kahlua Shortbread

  Posted on Sunday December 13th, 2009 at 03:13 pm in desserts cookies christmas

  The first step in making shortbread, and many baked goods for that matter, is creaming the butter and sugar. I thought it was funny when someone next to me in the kitchen at Le Cordon Bleu asked me where the cream was when she heard that we had to "c...

• Tuesdays with Dorie—Coconut Butter Thins

  Posted on Tuesday March 31st, 2009 at 10:24 am in desserts cookies tuesdays with dorie (twd)

  Coconut, butter, and nuts make up this delicious shortbread-like cookie. And they're so easy to make. Whisk dry ingredients. Cream butter and sugar (and zest). Add wet ingredients. Stir in dry ingredients. Add remaining ingredients.I made half the ba...

• Tuesdays with Dorie—World Peace Cookies

  Posted on Tuesday February 3rd, 2009 at 01:35 pm in desserts cookies tuesdays with dorie (twd)

  I have decided to award my own personal nobel peace prize for 2009 to Dorie Greenspan and Pierre Hermé for their important efforts to bring World Peace Cookies to kitchens on several continents!And we have chestnuts to thank for this union of writer...

• Daring Bakers—Tuile Fortune Cookies and Coffee Ice Cream

  Posted on Friday January 30th, 2009 at 05:20 pm in desserts cookies frozen desserts daring bakers

  This month's challenge is brought to us by Karen of Bake My Day and Zorra of 1x umruehren bitte aka Kochtopf. They have chosen Tuiles from The Chocolate Book by Angélique Schmeink and Nougatine and Chocolate Tuiles from Michel Roux.Fortune cookies ...

• Gingerbread Cookie Cups

  Posted on Sunday December 21st, 2008 at 10:14 pm in cookies christmas

  Every year starting December 1st, I prepare daily Advent boxes for the kids. I bought a little box from the dollar store for each of them and glued a small piece of chalkboard paper to the top to countdown the days. I fill their boxes each day with a...

• Tuesdays with Dorie—Buttery Jam Cookies

  Posted on Tuesday December 16th, 2008 at 09:52 am in cookies christmas tuesdays with dorie (twd)

  These cookies are a cross between a biscuit and a cookie. The jam part of the equation is from the jam that's in the batter. But by adding a bit of extra homemade cinnamon crabapple jelly after baking, they transformed from cookie to breakfast treat ...

• Tuesdays with Dorie—Grandma’s All-Occasion Sugar Cookies

  Posted on Tuesday December 9th, 2008 at 09:32 am in cookies christmas tuesdays with dorie (twd)

  More cutout cookies this week. This time we're making sugar cookies. I find the hardest part about sugar cookies is decorating them!A videoHere's a video that gives lots of ideas for decorating sugar cookies:Or, just sprinkle some colored sugar on to...

• Tuesdays with Dorie—Linzer Sablés

  Posted on Tuesday December 2nd, 2008 at 10:30 am in cookies christmas tuesdays with dorie (twd)

  Unlike the pumpkin-pecan pie from last week that was next to impossible to make look pretty, Linzer Sablé cookies are off-the-baking-rack pretty. Marye from Baking Delights listed Dorie's Linzer Sablés as one of the 50 best recipes for Christmas on...

• Tuesdays with Dorie—Rugelach

  Posted on Tuesday November 4th, 2008 at 08:15 am in desserts cookies tuesdays with dorie (twd)

  rugalach, rugalah, rugelach, rugelah, ruggalach, ruggelach, rugulah or ruggiesOh rustic rugelach. It's fun to say (rug-a-la), delicious to eat, but mine weren't so pretty. Look at these dainty pinwheels from Deb at Smitten Kitchen. Or these pretties...

• Tuesdays with Dorie—Lenox Almond Biscotti

  Posted on Tuesday October 14th, 2008 at 07:00 am in desserts cookies tuesdays with dorie (twd)

  I didn't know biscotti were baked twice even though I've purchased my fair share of biscotti to go along with a cappuccino or latte over the years. Now, I can stroke biscotti off my list of things to try making at home, and I may never buy one again....

• Tuesdays with Dorie—Chocolate Chunkers

  Posted on Tuesday September 16th, 2008 at 07:00 am in desserts cookies kid-friendly tuesdays with dorie (twd)

  Three types of chocolate chunks (bitter, semi, white), salted peanuts, raisins, {with a bit of batter thrown in to keep all the chunks together}. This is really a brownie disguised as a cookie.In the introduction to the cookie, Dorie says these cooki...