Category: Recipes

Brownie Cookies

Inspired by Sarah Kieffer’s book 100 Cookies, but I made a few tweaks in ingredients and instructions after making them....

My Go-To Sourdough

Once your starter is well established, this may also be your go-to. Some of your own interpretation may be necessary because you know how long it’ll take your starter to be bubbly after being fed....

Alfajores

At first glance these South American cookies look like macarons — someone introduced them to me after seeing my photos of macarons. But nope: these are very, very different. The shredded coconut around the outside edge makes them look like they have the “feet” macaron shells have. Photos soon....

Egg Bites

With both of us working breakfast is sometimes a challenge. Trying to come up with things we can make in advance and then take out of the freezer and nuke and be done. So….this. Some coffee place evidently makes something like this. Choose your ingredients of choice. Please feel...

Basic Macarons

Okay, this uses a French Meringue not the traditional Italian Meringue you’re supposed to use for Macarons. (Why a French cookie should be made with an Italian, rather than French, meringue is beyond my level of comprehension.) A pretty easy recipe, although every Macaron recipe I’ve read uses the...