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Looking for Valentine’s Day ideas, how about chocolate in the form of a gigantic cookie? Like the other Levain copy cats, these are big, fat, and have fudgy soft centers. The ones I tried in New York were very dark and had peanut butter chips and I’ve found this recipe to be very similar — [...]
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For Teacher Appreciation week, I wanted an oatmeal cookie to go along with the giant Levain bakery chocolate chip copycat. Pin It This was the result. Like the chocolate chip variety, they baked up very tall and fat and have a kind of a doughy and soft center. That type center plays well in chocolate [...]
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If you’re a Food Network Magazine fan, be on the lookout for the March issue. Mine arrived in the mail yesterday, and while I was not surprised to see that the focus for February was chocolate, my expectations were exceeded given the choice of recipes. They included a lot of very doable chocolate …
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UPDATE I was really sad to read the first review of my Levain clone — the one by Kelly, who said hers were too flat. I’ve made the non-baking powder version three times and have had high rising cookies, but given Kelly’s failed batch, I feel like I should just revert back to the baking [...]
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Hey, I’ve already accomplished a goal for the New Year! Hold your applause, but I’ve finally put a dent a big box of Raisin Bran that’s about to go stale. I bought it a few months ago to make that old recipe “Six Weeks Muffins”. Unfortunately, nobody around here thought the muffins were anything …
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Fuzz and her friends love cake mix based confetti cookies, so I was really happy to see a scratch version in my newly acquired Momofuku Milk Bar cookbook. If you don’t have the book, you can grab the Confetti Cookie recipe off Serious Eats. And if you’re still on the fence about getting the book, [...]
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The post-holiday blahs have zapped my motivation to try anything new, but here’s a fairly old chocolate chip cookie you might have missed or just forgotten about. I baked some this morning and figured they were worth posting, especially since some of you love chocolate chip cookies with crispy edges and soft chewy centers. This [...]
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If you’re trying to find the perfect cookie for Santa – something sweet, yet nourishing enough to keep his energy level up, here’s a really good oatmeal cookie. It’s adapted from a City Bakery recipe, but as usual, I made a few changes to suit Santa’s taste. I really hope he likes Vietnamese cinnamon My [...]
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