Good Bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts. -James Beard
Adapted from Nancy Fuller’s Cinnamon Sugar Madelines These are quick and easy cookies as long as you have a Madeline pan. The dough is really more like a cake batter than a cookie dough. They go so well with tea or coffee in the morning! You can certainly fancy them […]
Adapted from Cooking Classy Pineapple Coconut Thumbprints We just started planning a trip to the Big Island of Hawaii and I am so excited!! I immediately started craving tropical flavors. On a trip to the grocery store, I found this pineapple mango fruit spread and decided that I needed to […]
Adapted from out of print Joy of Cooking recipe This is the cut-out cookie recipe that my mom always made when I was growing up from her 1960s era Joy of Cooking cookbook. In it, it’s called “Rich Roll Cookies”. It makes a dough with no leavening (i.e. baking soda […]
Adapted from Ina Garten’s Palmiers Is it possible to improve on an Ina Garten recipe? I didn’t think so, until I decided to try to make her palmiers. When my husband and I were on our honeymoon in Italy, we went to a bakery everyday to try cookies and sweets. […]
Adapted from Baker’s Brigade Chewy Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies I call these Chocolate Devil cookies because of the spice and heat along with the chocolate. The espresso deepens the chocolate flavor. I also like to use red sparkling sugar on them. These would be great for Valentine’s Day, but I […]
Adapted from Land ‘O Lakes Best Ever Oatmeal Cookies Notes and Suggestions This is my favorite cookie, so I knew that this had to be my first recipe that I would post. This recipe is really quick and easy, particularly if you have a mixer. You do not need to […]
I’ve been baking since I was little. Some of my earliest and fondest memories are standing on a yellow fold-out stool in my Grandmother’s kitchen and helping to stir and shape cookie dough. My mom also loved to bake, when she had time, and the holidays were always full of wonderful treats. I grew up watching cooking shows, Julia Child, Martha Stewart, Ina Garten, Top Chef, and pretty much anything on the Food Network. Food helped me to get a glimpse into other people’s cultures and expand my view of the world. It has also given me an outlet to be creative, to experiment, and unlike many other things in my life, given me instant gratification.