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...
Buttercream
I needed a buttercream recipe for macarons and found that most of the recipes I found (a) made way too much for what I needed and (b) were on sites with way too much bullshit. Say no to the sites with way too much bullshit....
A Pair Of Loaves
This makes a nice pair of French-style loaves. Be sure to see my bread-flour post for making your own bread flour, which is crucial to this recipe....