This is a beloved family recipe; no matter what, if I only have time for one cookie, it’s my Grandma’s Biscotti. Most of you think of biscotti as this hard, twice-baked cookie that needs to be dunked in coffee or tea to make it edible. But, my friends that is not always so. Biscotti Means […]
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Fancy Finnish Shortbread Cookies
If I had to rank cookies these Fancy Finnish Shortbread Cookies would be at the top of my list. They are the perfect cookie for any occasion and can be modified in many ways. These Fancy Finnish Shortbread Cookies, are a classic dough made festive with a little bedazzling from edible glitter. Why I Love […]
Fancy Finnish Shortbread Cookies
If I had to rank cookies these Fancy Finnish Shortbread Cookies would be at the top of my list. They are the perfect cookie for any occasion and can be modified in many ways. These Fancy Finnish Shortbread Cookies, are a classic dough made festive with a little bedazzling from edible glitter. Why I Love […]
Lakritssnittar: Black Licorice Strips
I have a long love affair with black licorice, it’s one of the first candies I remember eating as a child. It is in my blood…a flavor profile I was gifted from my dad’s side of the family, and I feel blessed to love the deep, dark, earthy, and polarizing taste. You either love it […]
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies, My Ultimate
This is not just any cookie, but the ultimate oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, that are so rich and decadent you can only eat one per sitting…ok, maybe two! Not only is this cookie the best version I’ve ever made, and it comes with a wicked story. Good food is all about the stories, and this […]
A Really Good Pumpkin Pie
There is no need to invent the wheel here when others have done such a good job already! Thank you Dorie Greenspan for this deliciously perfect pumpkin pie recipe. Whenever I use someone else’s recipe I always take a little liberty with the ingredient list and so should you! In baking though, some ingredients should […]
My Flakiest, Butteriest Biscuit Yet
If you read THE Pie Crust recipe, the start to My Flakiest, Butteriest Biscuit Yet will look very familiar. You would be right. I have made some form of all-butter biscuits a million different ways over the years, but ever since I came across this method of leaving the butter in big shingles my biscuits […]
Blackberry Mascarpone Pie
This is the pie I dream about, and you will too, long after blackberries are out of season. When I was a kid we had a ridiculous hedge of blackberry brambles that ran all along one side of the house and edged around the field that was behind us. I would go out before they […]
THE Pie Crust
There are few words to say about this pie crust except that it is amazing! It’s flaky and buttery and everything you want in a crust. THE Pie Crust recipe is more about the technique than the recipe itself. The ingredient list isn’t unusual or very different from what you generally see in a crust […]