Today is the first day of the New Orleans Carnival Season, which ends on Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday. This year, Mardi Gras is on February 13. Carnival is a time to eat, drink, and be merry before the rigorous fasting and sacrifice during Lent. During this time, I thought that I would challenge myself…
Cookies
Chocolate Dipped Potato Chip Cookies
Chocolate Dipped Potato Chip Cookies are loaded with crunchy and buttery goodness. With a perfect blend of sweet and salty, these cookies take the traditional pecan sandie to a new level with their light and flaky texture. One bite and you’ll be hooked on these addictive treats!
Traditional Austrian Linzer Cookies
Traditional Austrian Linzer Cookies are perfect for your holiday cookie collection. Popular throughout Austria and Germany, these Linzer Cookies are made from a rich buttery dough with ground almonds, filled with a tart raspberry jam, and finished with a sprinkling of confectioners’ sugar. The almonds give an otherwise plain butter cookie an awesome texture and taste.
Lemon Madeleines
When Susan and I were recently in Paris, we tried a lot of different pastries. We wanted to try to replicate them on our return. This included Lemon Madeleines from Galeries Lafayette on Boulevard Haussmann.
Classic Pizzelles
Classic Pizzelles are a light and crispy Italian waffle cookie. These are flavored with only vanilla to let their buttery goodness shine through. However, they can be dressed up with a sprinkling of confectioners’ sugar or melted chocolate, or flavored with lemon zest or the more traditional anise. However served, these classic pizzelles are perfect…
Meyer Lemon Sablés
Meyer Lemon Sablés, with their characteristic “sandy” texture, are buttery rich with a delicate hint of lemon from lemon zest.
33 Utterly Bewitching Halloween Recipes
From ghoulies and ghosties, and long-leggedy beasties, and things that go bump in the night, young and old alike will be delighted with these 33 Utterly Bewitching Halloween Recipes.
Skinny Peanut Cookies from Maida Heatter
If you like peanuts, you’ll absolutely love these incredible Skinny Peanut Cookies adapted from Maida Heatter’s Book of Great Cookies. They’re called skinny because they spread to a thin wafer when they’re baking. These cookies are filled and topped with peanutty goodness. It’s hard to eat just one with their crispy edges, chewy interior, and…
Chewy No-Bake Granola Bars
Chewy No-Bake Granola Bars are chock-full of healthy oats, almonds, dried cranberries, and chocolate chips. Unlike a lot of homemade granola bars, these delicious treats hold together when cut. They’re simple to make, and stay soft for up to a week in an airtight container. Granola bars, borrowed from InspiredTaste.net, are the perfect snack to…
Red White and Blue Backpack Cookies
Red White and Blue Backpack Cookies aren’t quite an oatmeal cookie, nor are they quite a chocolate chip cookie. Rather, they’re bursting with an array of flavors and textures sure to please the Cookie Monster in your house. In addition, their chewy center and crispy edges make them the perfect addition to your holiday picnic basket or hiking backpack.