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Snickerdoodle Cookies
One of my favorite movie quotes comes from (I shudder to admit) “27 Dresses.” The main character, a cynical wedding reporter, said: “Love is patient, love is kind, love is slowly losing your mind.” That got a big laugh out … Continue reading
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Tagged baker, baking, cinnamon, cookie, cream of tartar, delicious, dessert, home baker, home baking, snickerdoodle, snickerdoodle cookies, snickerdoodles, sugar
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Double Chocolate Cookies
A word about these cookies: …… Sorry that was me trying to find words. It’s difficult when something is as delicious as these cookies are. I made these for my boyfriend because he said that I never make anything for … Continue reading
My Go-To Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
This has been my go-to chocolate chip cookie recipe since pretty much forever. It all started seven years ago. I’d just moved back from France and I was missing the pastries there. However, I realized the one advantage America has … Continue reading
Pistachio Rose Water Semolina Cake from Ottolenghi
This pistachio rose water semolina cake is one of the best desserts I’ve ever made. I found the recipe a month or two ago on the New York Times Food page. If you haven’t been there already, you should check … Continue reading
Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes, Power Ranked
After I posted a recipe for the softest chocolate chip cookies yesterday, I started thinking about all the chocolate chip cookies I’ve made over the years. I’ve tried a bunch of recipes but a few have stood out from the … Continue reading
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Tagged baker, baking, Chocolate, chocolate chip, chocolate chip cookie, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate chips, cookie, cookies, dessert, desserts, home baker, home baking, Maldon, salt, sea salt
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The Softest Chocolate Chip Cookies with Sea Salt
The other day my friend Anna sent me a recipe for chocolate chip cookies. I filed it under “Things I Want to Make Soon, but First I Have to Make Everything Else I Have Planned.” Then I saw her Saturday … Continue reading
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Tagged baker, baking, chocolate chip, chocolate chip cookie, chocolate chip cookies, cookie, cookies, delicious, dessert, home baker, home baking, instant vanilla pudding, Maldon, salted chocolate chip cookie, salted chocolate chip cookies, sea salt, soft chocolate chip cookies
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Anti-V Day Grapefruit Thyme Shortbread Cookies
I hate Valentine’s Day. It’s a phony holiday. I sound like Holden Caulfield writing a short story about Valentine’s Day, but that’s okay. I stand by my opinion. No one gets off work. Everyone scrambles to get a dinner reservation … Continue reading
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Tagged anti Valentine's Day, baker, baking, butter, cookie, cookies, dessert, grapefruit, grapefruit thyme shortbread cookies, holiday, home baker, home baking, shortbread, thyme, valentine's day
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Lemon Poppyseed Cake with Mandarins
I was craving lemon poppyseed cake last week, partly because I miss California/Los Angeles. When I was there last fall, I went to Sqirl and got lemon poppyseed cake that blew. my. mind. I still think about it often, especially … Continue reading
Posted in Cake, Dessert, Gluten-Free, Uncategorized
Tagged apple, cake, delicious, dessert, flourless cake, Gluten-Free, gluten-free dessert, gluten-free recipes, grated apple, lemon poppyseed, lemon poppyseed cake, mandarin, mandarin oranges, mandarins, poppy seeds, poppyseed, sweet, treat yoself, vegetarian, vegetarian recipes
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Alison Roman’s Salted Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookies
Whenever something starts becoming “trendy,” I get a sick feeling in my stomach. Call me a contrarian, or just someone who doesn’t like trends, but a bunch of people doing the same thing makes me very uncomfortable. A few weeks … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison Roman salted chocolate chip shortbread cookies, baker, baking, bittersweet chocolate, butter, chocolate chip cookies, cookie, cookies, delicious, dessert, home baker, home baking, salt, salted butter, salted chocolate chip, salted chocolate chip shortbread cookies, salted shortbread cookies, sea salt, sea salt dark chocolate, shortbread, shortbread cookies
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Ginger Molasses Cookies
My favorite kind of cookie is sea salt chocolate chip, but at this time of year, it falls in the power rankings and takes second place behind ginger molasses cookies. There’s something so reassuring about ginger molasses cookies. Maybe it’s … Continue reading