Ingredients: For Giant Lemon Sugar Cookies: 2 cups sugar, divided Zest of 2 lemons, divided (zested 3 large lemons) 1 cup butter, softened 2 large eggs, at room...
Ingredients: 1 cup/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened 1/2 cup + 1 T sugar 1/2 cup light brown sugar 1/2 cup dark brown sugar 2 large eggs 2 t vanilla 3/4 t...
Ingredients: For the macarons: 110 gicing sugar 65 g ground almonds 13 g Dutch cocoa 60 g egg whites, at room temperature 20 g caster sugar Pinch of cream of...
Ingredients: 90 g butter 150 g soft brown sugar 2 large eggs 210 g very finely chopped hazelnut 1 Tbsp orange zest 100 g chopped dark chocolate 2 Tbsp Grand...
Ingredients: 4 large very ripe bananas 140 g soft brown sugar 50 g walnuts 50 g milk or dark chocolate 100 g unsalted butter 150 ml low fat crème fraiche 2...
Ingredients: 1 stick - 8 Tbsp. of butter Melted and cooled. 3 eggs 3/4 cups of granulated sugar 1 Tbsp. of orange zest 1 Tbsp. orange juice 1 cup of all...
If you haven t seen the Italy issue of Bon Appetit, leave now and go out and buy it. It is an issue you will want to keep for reference and it has so many great recipes. I ve already become addicted to the basic tomato sauce that is on the cover. But th
My husband thinks I complain about too much, but really folks, how much is an ordinary citizen supposed to accept without complaint? I think I tolerate quite a bit actually, but there has to be a line drawn in the sand SOMEWHERE. Remember the great Toll
Dear All, Cookies are made of butter and love. ~Norwegian Proverb Who can say no to an Oreo Cookie? I am still yet to meet someone who dislikes Oreo's. These are very popular amongst kids as well as older generations. During my vi
I missed you... I needed to take care of some things in my life that would enable me to move forward, with that done...a new life begins. Today my little Prince celebrated his 1st birthday. He had the biggest birthday party I've ever seen for a 1 y
I caught a rerun of the Sesame Street Quickfire Challenge on Top Chef All-stars last night, and stayed up later than we intended to watch it. The muppets were of course, very cute and funny, but what really enjoyed was watching the chefs' reactions to th
My daughter's 9th birthday party last Saturday was a true success! She just won't stop saying "Thanks for the party Mom" so I guess she really had so much fun! Just like what I've said last Friday, the party was just a simple one...but I made sure
Coconut polenta chocolate cookies These cookies are really quick and easy to prepare, and they can be butter-free. I used oil instead of butter. As a result the cookies were more crumbly, like a short shortbread cookie. I also tried a batch with
My daughter's 9th birthday party last Saturday was a true success! She just won't stop saying "Thanks for the party Mom" so I guess she really had so much fun! Just like what I've said last Friday, the party was just a simple one...but I made sure
Martha Stewart's cookie application for ipad, titled MS Cookies is one of my absolute favorites and inspires me each time I open it up and scroll through the parade of cookies marching across my screen. There are cookies for 'Hedonists', 'Traditionalists'
One of my weaknesses is a good, chewy chocolate chip cookie. It s like my kryptonite. I m not proud of it, but I m pretty much defenseless around them, which is why I don t make chocolate chip cookies very often. Recently, though, I was thumbing through t
It's christmas and that means baking your fool head off, no? And everybody expects something a little different from those of us who talk of nothing but food day in and day out. They want chocolate chip cookies from their grandmother but they want matcha
Before I die, I fully intend to try every imaginable chocolate chip cookie recipe available. (I?m just getting a good start... bear with me while I document one more ) National food brand companies put their top tried-and-