Peanut Butter Whoopie Pies Pregnant and jonesing for a treat? Or maybe the idea of banana, cocoa and peanut butter all rolled into a whoopie pie just speak to you, but you want them to offer some nutrition? Tara Mataraza Desmond has written a book, Full Belly, aimed at eating healthily through pregnancy and beyond. These whoopie […]
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Chocolate Chip Cookies Baked on a Salt Block
What makes a chocolate chip cookie new? A little of this and a little of that usually. Milk chocolate or white instead of semisweet. Different kinds of flour might come into play or the addition of an egg yolk. One day I was musing on technique as opposed to ingredients and thought about baking them […]
Sugar Cookies from Eat More Dessert
Sugar Cookies for a Pirate Theme Party Jenny Keller is a baker to the stars and you can see her work at jennyscookies.com. She excels at developing themes, just like her shipwrecked/pirate theme baked goods shown here. Her book, Eat More Dessert, is packed with party ideas like a Princess Tea Party, Ice Cream Shop, Down on […]
Chocolate Sandwich Cookie “Oreos”
Vegan and GF Version of Your Fave Sandwich Cookie Following a vegan or GF diet and jonesing for a chocolate sandwich cookie? Blogger Cara Reed has figured it out – we owe her (check out our interview with her,too)! You might know her from her blog Forkandbeans.com but you should also check out her book, Decadent Gluten-Free […]
Marbleized Chocolate Peanut Butter Shortbread
Easy, Impressive Decorative Shortbread Looking for an easy but impressive dessert or maybe a homemade host/hostess gift? Then check out these Marbleized Chocolate Peanut Butter Shortbread cookies. Kids love helping with the “marbleization” process. The topping, which is a combo or melted milk chocolate combined with peanut butter swirled together with other chocolates to create […]
Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookies
Ruth Wakefield’s Original Chocolate Chip Cookie This recipe is from the 24th printing of Ruth Wakefield’s Toll House, Tried and True Recipes (M. Barrows & Company, Inc. NY 1947). Ruth Wakefield was the inventor of the classic Toll House chocolate chip cookie but the title above was what she called them and the recipe presented here is as she published […]
Chocolate Bourbon Balls
An Easy Boozy Chocolate Candy This no-bake confection is particularly easy to make; it is a dump and mix sort of recipe. Versions of chocolate bourbon balls abound, some going back to the 1930’s. They all include cookie crumbs with alcohol to moisten. Older versions often use cocoa as the “chocolate” component. This recipe, with melted […]
Midnight Cookies
Let’s Keep it Real. And Delicious Erin Power came to my attention with her blog www.fatgirlinskinnyjeans.com where she writes about her love of food and her approach to bringing balance into her life through baking with real ingredients – natural ingredients. She grew up in a family with both French and Italian backgrounds and food was a focus – […]
Snowflake Sugar Cookies
Winning Cookies from The Chicago Tribune Thousands of cookies are entered every year into the Chicago Tribune’s annual holiday cookie contest. The Tribune is one of the few papers with an actual test kitchen where the entries are put through their paces. Guest judges sometimes weigh in, such as Julia Child, who apparently was very […]
Mrs. Levy’s Giant Chocolate Chip Cookies
Award Winning Chocolate Chip Cookies In 1986 the Good Eating section of the Chicago Tribune debuted what would become an annual holiday cookie contest. Thousands of entries pour in every year and in fact, the one-year the paper decided not to run the contest, they heard an outcry from their readers! These chocolate chip cookies, which […]
Chocolate Chip Cinnamon Cookies (paleo, GF)
These paleo and gluten-free cookies from Bakepedia community member Dominique fit the bill for healthier and alternative baking. Note that she gives us two ways to incorporate the chips or other add-ins. Nice use of olive oil in a cookie!
Iced Gingerbread Cookies
Easy to Roll Gingerbread Cookies Jane Hornby’s What to Bake & How to Bake Itpresents every recipe over several pages with numerous step-by-step photos from raw ingredients, through preparation techniques to finished product. It is a “look and cook” style book and really fun to leaf through. These cookies roll out easily, are rich with […]
Gingerbread Caramelized Apple Ice Cream Sandwiches
Easy-to-Use Pre-Rolled Gingerbread Cookie Sheets from Nestlé Nestlé has come out with ready-to-use gingerbread cookie dough – Nestlé Toll House Rolled and Ready Gingerbread Cookie Dough Sheets. No rolling! Just get your creativity in high gear. The sheets come two to a package and I made 16, 3-inch cookies, which gave me 8 luscious ice cream sandwiches. […]
Buckwheat Linzer Cookies
Buckwheat Featured in Classic Linzer Cookies Alice Medrich has turned her expert eye to flours. Teff, sorghum, coconut and corn, buckwheat, chestnut and others – not only because they are gluten-free, but most importantly because they have flavor. Indeed her new book is called Flavor Floursand this recipe for a classic Linzer cookie features buckwheat […]
Raisin Nut Cups
Raisin Nut Cups Are Super Easy to Make These raisin nut cups are tiny pastry-like cookies are baked in mini muffin tins. Rich cream-cheese dough is formed into a small cup, which is filled with a buttery-sugary mixture of pecans and raisins. They appear fancy, but are relatively easy to make. The pastry is very buttery […]
Vanilla Meringues with Gold
Gilded Low-Fat Meringue Cookies I was inspired by the arrival of the Heilala vanilla and as luck would have it, a friend’s daughter’s wedding was the next day. I thought what would be a pretty, delicious treat suitable for a romantic day? I came up with the idea of incorporating the Heilala vanilla extract with […]
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