Category: cookies

  • Christmas crack

    Christmas crack

      This year, I delegated most of my Christmas traditions and responsibilities in advance, knowing that when Baby 2.0 was born in November, the holidays would be hectic. Thank goodness for family… My sister knocked off all the presents on my list, she helped me decorate the house, and we hired someone to put up…

  • Florentiners a la Mama

    Florentiners a la Mama

      When I first opened the pages of Gesine Bullock-Prado’s cookbook “Sugar Baby” I’ll admit the first thought that crossed my mind was, “Oh she’s used her famous sister Sandra Bullock’s name to get a book deal.” But not long after I realized this was the passion project of someone without any formal training who…

  • White-Chocolate Cherry Shortbread

    White-Chocolate Cherry Shortbread

      This recipe caught my eye on Pinterest with the simple caption: “Apparently, the best Christmas cookie ever.” “Best” piqued my interest, and “ever” drove it home.  How could I possibly ignore the recipe for the best Christmas cookie ever? So I decide to make it on a whim and take it to my friend’s…

  • Hershey’s Candy Cane Blossoms

    Hershey’s Candy Cane Blossoms

      You know that saying: Don’t judge a book by it’s cover? Well, I’d like to meet the puritan who came up with that one to have a word or two. Because we’re going to judge a book by it cover even if we don’t want to! As a book publishing graduate, I study the…

  • My son’s airplane-themed second birthday

    My son’s airplane-themed second birthday

      I get nervous whenever I am hosting more than two people at my house. It’s not that I don’t like to entertain. I just want it to be perfect, and expectations are always high – especially when it comes to the dessert. People always ask me, where do you find the time? I start planning…

  • Poilane’s Punitions or Punishment Cookies

    Poilane’s Punitions or Punishment Cookies

      Punitions means “punishments” in English. I’m in a sour mood today, it’s raining and it’s grey. And I had the day off from work but sure enough my son woke up sick and lethargic. Now that he’s asleep, I decided it’s time to blog about my experience making these small buttery French cookies a…

  • Espresso chip meringues

    Espresso chip meringues

      My past attempts at making meringues have fallen flat. So I was amazed, and thrilled when I came home from work one Friday and whipped up a batch of these meringues in no time at all. Maybe it’s because this time I properly let the egg whites reach room temperature. Maybe the air was…

  • Nigella’s Christmas Cornflake Wreaths

    Nigella’s Christmas Cornflake Wreaths

      Growing up, Rice Krispie squares were an exotic treat. Celebratory desserts, at our house, were more likely to be baklava, or kenefe (a sweet cheese pastry made with kadaif), or perhaps melomakarona (Greek honey cookies). So, I will admit that I have never ever made Rice Krispie treats and the prospect of making these Christmas…

  • Chocolate & Zucchini’s Canelés

    Chocolate & Zucchini’s Canelés

      It was love at first bite. Sorry I can’t resist a cheesy play on words. Back to the batter at hand (tee hee). I first made canelés, if you might remember, at Bonnie Gordon’s School of Confectionary Arts. I signed up for the two-day course mainly to learn how to make macarons. And I…

  • Cookbook Review: The Gourmet Cookie Book

    Cookbook Review: The Gourmet Cookie Book

        I’ll cut to the chase. This is hands down, the best baking cookbook for 2010. And I’ve been through at least a couple of dozen of the latest and greatest just in the past year. Despite all the cookie collections that have recently hit bookshelves, “The Gourmet Cookie Book”   (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) is not…