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Perusing the aisles of Target and looking at the endless varieties of granola bars inspired me to try making them at home. Using my trusty King Arthur Cookie Companion, I made these. This is a slightly scaled down version of theirs. King Arthur uses a 15×18 inch pan, but these are made …
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As mentioned earlier, my goal for today was to tackle a French pastry called Galette des Rois à la Frangiapane. In France, this pastry is eaten primarily around the holidays. Clotilde does a nice job of describing the tradition surrounding its presentation, though after reading her blog, For today, I completely disregarded the …
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This recipe is one I put together after looking at quite a few different crispy chocolate chip cookie recipes. It has no eggs, does not involve any heavy beating but rather gentle mixing. The key to the crispiness is the lemon/baking soda mixture which fizzes up and makes the batter airy and light. The batter [...]
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This recipe is from an old issue of Family Circle. I followed it as stated, but as I just mentioned threw in some extra marshmallows with the crème, used broken up Hershey Bars instead of the kisses and underbaked the center by about 5 minutes. They have a big, dense graham cracker crust layer which [...]
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What we really wanted to make today was S’Mores Bars, but since I didn’t have the ingredients and neither Fuzz nor I felt like going to the grocery store, we made these simple small batch chocolate cookies. Despite the egg separating business, these come together quickly and involved very few utensils. It’s the …
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A few people have asked me about the bags pictured here , so I’m going to give you my source. The bags are from a place called Paper Mart. I’ve had very good luck with this vendor. Their prices are reasonable, they don’t mind small orders, and they have a nice selection of bags …
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Update: I posted this recipe quite a while ago and realize I should have been more clear on the fact this is an adapted version. For the real version, check Maida Heatter’s Great Book of Chocolate Desserts or try this version from The Washington Post which is almost verbatim. I typed the …
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The original version of this recipe came from a book called Desserts 1-2-3. It’s a quick three-ingredient recipe designed for people who love the flavor of Nutella chocolate hazelnut spread. The cookie shell is kind of dry and not terribly exciting, but when you split the shell and stuff it with Nutella, it’s delicious. My [...]
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