When I was a little girl, my mom would occasionally make Butterscotch Brownies (Blondies) out of her old red and white Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook. (This is the original recipe.) They were magnificent. This recipe differs slightly in that it has more flour so they are more like chewy cookies instead of candy. Mom’s […]
Oat and Irish Butter Shortbread Cookies Recipe for St. Patrick’s Day
These tasty, melt-in-your-mouth butter shortbread cookies are based on my grandmother’s shortbread cookies recipe. I’ve used grass-fed butter from Ireland and oat flour to give these cookies a little Irish flair. My daughter came home from school yesterday asking me if leprechauns were real and “what do snakes have to do with St. Patrick’s Day […]
Gluten-Free Vegan Linzer Cookies
Linzer cookies are a holiday favorite. These Gluten-Free Vegan Linzer Cookies are as good as the original. Fill them with your favorite jam or chocolate hazelnut spread. I had so much fun making these Gluten-Free Vegan Linzer Cookies! Three years ago when I was baking with the Tuesdays With Dorie group, I made Dorie’s lovely […]
Pfeffernusse Cookies
Pfeffernusse cookies are a family favorite recipe lightly adapted from my very favorite cookbook, Joy of Cooking. The pfeffernusse are lightly sweet, spicy, chewy, and utterly delicious. Christmas cookies are wonderful, aren’t they? Baking favorite recipes together is one of my very favorite parts of the holidays. My husband is the first one who introduced […]
Vegan, Gluten-Free Chewy Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies
My favorite Christmas cookies are Chewy Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies from Martha Stewart. I played around to make them gluten-free and vegan. Some of you, I’m sure, don’t think it’s possible to make delicious vegan, GF cookies. These are the cookies that will shatter that. I’ll admit I haven’t adapted some recipes successfully. But this one […]
Gluten-Free Vegan Coconut-Almond Chocolate Chip Cookies.
C is for coconut, chocolate chip and crack. All of which these cookies have in them. Purely addictive. I saw Jenny and Brooke post their recipes for coconut oil chocolate chippers. I know I can trust their cookie judgement. I saw Helene’s take on David Leite’s chocolate chip cookie recipe. She used some coconut oil […]
Gluten-Free Lemon Almond Cornmeal Cookies
These cookies aren’t cheap to make. I have to throw that out there before I tell you anything else. Why? Because of the almond paste. The gloriousness and expensiveness that is almond paste. No one besides real chefs have as much almond paste in the cupboard as I do. I cleaned out the store shelves […]
Peanut Butter Brownies with Milk Chocolate Ganache
It must be said, my kids would not eat these. I know, right? Chocolate and peanut butter. They wouldn’t eat them? Are they crazy? I’m blaming it on the post-holiday sweet overload. My husband and I greatly enjoyed this yummy little bars. (This is pre-detox, of course.) I cut them into bars and put […]
Eggnog Creme Cookie Sandwiches with Eggnog Buttercream
This time of year brings memories of my Grandma Maxie and her Christmas cookies. She was a fabulous cook and baker. I still remember her hands, speckled with age spots and knuckles swollen with the beginnings of arthritis, spooning out dough onto a baking sheet. My grandmother and my mother would make spritz cookies when […]
Malted Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies
Malt. Let’s talk about malt. I love it. It’s so….malty. And it’s one thing that was definitely meant to be paired with milk chocolate. (Another point goes to malt!) There’s something comforting about the slightly sweet flavor of malt. When paired with whole wheat in these cookies, it’s even better. My husband said these cookies […]
