Lemon Verbena Shortbread and a few thoughts on the #ifbc2013
I welcomed myself home with a batch of fresh baked cookies after a weekend trip to Seattle and the #IFBC2013. First off I want to say that meeting Dorie Greenspan along with the Doristas (participants...
View ArticleIced Spelt Persimmon Cookies
With a few adaptions, such as using spelt flour, these are the same cookies we made every year when our neighbors gave us a bag of ripe persimmons from their tree. So, last Saturday at the farmer’s...
View ArticleTarragon Lime Cookies with White Chocolate Lime Frosting
I like cookies that are easy to make, fun to serve and pack a lot of flavor, especially the flavors of tarragon, lime and white chocolate. December is the month for home baked cookies, for the most...
View ArticleSpiced Whole Grain Ginger Cookies ~it’s a #GrainHoliday with Hodgson Mill~
The nice people at Hodgson Mill sent me a box with an assortment of their products including a bag of white whole wheat flour that they asked me to use in a recipe of my choice. I admit it-I’m not as...
View ArticleDouble Coconut Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
Double Coconut Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies…coming right up…I have a batch in my oven right now as we speak- I don’t know what got into me this past month but I have baked variations of these...
View ArticleThe Rugelach that won over France from Baking Chez Moi
My latest Tuesdays with Dorie Baking project is a delicious rugelach filled with shredded coconut, toasted pecans, bittersweet chocolate chips and plump dried cherries sprinkled over cinnamon sugar and...
View Articlegrapefruit crémeux and palmiers ~ tuesdays with dorie
This week’s baking assignment for my Tuesdays with Dorie group is the Pink Grapefruit Tart from Baking Chez Moi by Dorie Greenspan but this week I struggled with the assignment and didn’t progress...
View Articleirish breakfast cookies
Cookies for breakfast on Saint Paddy’s Day? Why not? I’m sure you will love this oatmeal cookie recipe as much as we did. This is the first recipe that I’ve made from my copy of at home in the whole...
View ArticleRhubarb Brown Butter Bars
l love rhubarb. My favorite way to eat it is either oven roasted or stewed with sugar and spices. I love to eat stewed rhubarb in a little bowl with a small scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. I also...
View Articlesalted peanut shortbread from flavor flours
Alice Medrich’s latest award winning baking cookbook, Flavor Flours, has done more than capture my attention in the kitchen these past few months. I have also been introduced to a whole new idea-...
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