Yesterday, I did something that did not please Husband. I mailed books. Last week, I joined a couple of book swapping websites. This is a very good thing. You see, we are moving soon, and I hate, hate, hate packing. The fewer boxes, the better. Therefore, I joined Swaptree and Book Mooch (international!!), where you…
Dulce de Leche Sandwich Cookies
Husband attended an uninteresting invigorating boy’s night of Wii last Friday, while I stayed at home watching Gilmore Girls season 1 with my face slathered in a green clarifying mud mask, eating caramelized banana crepes. In hopes that in shipping dessert out with Husband would win reviews about the cookies and shrink Husband’s portion of…
One Cookie, Two Cookies
Holidays are fantastic. Christmas is a wonderful time of the year, and I love getting into the holiday spirit with traditional and jazzy tunes, festive towels (one of my only Christmas decorations to date), adorable fuzzy snowman socks, and of course, the quintessential Christmas cookie! While I’d check most of these items off the list…
Better than Fruitcake Cookies
What’s the most universally dreaded item gifted on a holiday sweets platter? The fruitcake, of course! Now, I’m not one for fruitcake but last night Food Network ran a holiday special with a woman determined to convince us that fruitcake can be tasty. After watching her cream butter and mix in REAL dried fruits (cherries,…
Biscotti Bakeoff with Mrs. Kringle!
Back by popular demand: Chocolate Chip Espresso Biscotti! This weekend Husband and I are attending one of our favorite events of the year, a cookie open-house. Imagine hours of relaxing surrounded by plates and plates, platters, and pots full of every type of cookie imaginable…and then some, shooting the breeze with good friends, filling up…
Cheesecake Thumbprints
What’s the easiest way to use up cream cheese icing? Make it into the creamy cheesecake filling for these delicious cheesecake thumbprints, of course! I had loads of leftover cream cheese frosting from the red velvet loaf, and refused to see it go to waste. Husband, of course, had “better” ideas of how to use…
Brownie Chip Muffin Bites
Rush to your pantry, now! Scan the root vegetables lying in the dark bins pleading to leave their shadowy resting places. Carrots? Squash? Zucchini? Any of those catch your eye? Great! Snatch up a large carrot, and a small squash or zucchini, and follow me into the kitchen to make the most rich, chocolatey brownies…
Potbelly Chocolate Chip Cookies
With Christmas only 11 weeks away, holiday baking is just around the corner. Why not add another recipe to your repertoire? In search of a thick chip cookie, I scoured blogs, cookbooks, and cookie “tips” until I settled upon the following recipe. It is a hybrid of Levain Bakery Copycat recipes, Allrecipes cookie baking guidelines,…
Rainbows in la Tormenta
It’s pouring outside. As soon as the sky began to darken, I rushed to alistarme para correr. I didn’t quite make it in time, so here I am sitting at the computer, my running shoes giving me nasty side glances when I’m not looking. Jogging will have to wait until tomorrow, or this afternoon, if…
Sugar Cookies: revisited
Update: Yesterday I baked up a batch of Elle’s White Sugar Cookies recipe. The cookies, in comparison to my current favorites are crisper and thinner. They have a well-developed almond flavor and a melt-in-your-mouth sweetness. For a crisp cookie, they’re fantastic (this coming from a soft-cookie girl). The stiff texture and crisp crust make these…
