Double Chocolate Cookies

I finally got around to making those double chocolate cookies from Baking With Julia, and they were good. Mine came out very light, soft, and intensely chocolate-flavored. I made a few slight adjustments to the original recipe. First off, instead of melting the chocolate in the hot butter, I melted the chocolate [...]

Art Park Brownies

The recipe is from Tender at the Bone, which is my favorite of all Ruth Reichl’s books. I’m not sure why I didn’t make the recipe back when I read the book, but it might have been due to the fact I did not own a stand mixer. The brownies can be made [...]

Emeril, Al Roker, Blondies, Miscellaneous Rambling

I didn’t understand the “essence of Emeril” until I ate at one of his restaurants. The man is a genius in the kitchen and the fact that these blondies are stellar is no surprise. Still, you have to be careful because there are a few things in the original recipe that are questionable and I [...]

One Bowl, No-Mixer, Mocha Truffle Cookies

Here’s the second no-brainer cookie of the day. It’s a small batch version of an old favorite called Mocha Truffle Cookies – one of the easiest recipes in the world. Okay, maybe not that, but still easy and very good.

Small Batch One Bowl Mocha Truffle Cookies

4 tablespoons (56 grams) unsalted butter
1 1/2 oz [...]

Pumpkin Harvest Bread

Today’s recipe comes from BHG’s 1989 Best Recipes Yearbook. I don’t know how I obtained my copy in the first place, but I dug it out of a box of books I’d intended to give away. I’m not sure why, because it’s a gem. The styles are a little dated, but [...]