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Today’s cookies are from the LA Times Culinary SOS, a section that devotes itself to helping readers track down recipes from restaurants. In this case, a reader named Meaghan wrote SOS asking them to obtain the recipe for chocolate cookies made by Milk. SOS told her to get her napkin ready because they’d …
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Better late than never! Sorry today’s cookie is a bit late, but it’s a good one – especially around this time of year when everyone’s trying to eat healthier. This is a relatively nutritious, simple small batch recipe that requires only two bowls and a spoon. This isn’t a low fat cookie, but it’s high [...]
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Happy Labor Day! Time to put away all your white tennis shoes. Or is it all your white clothing? I forgot what the rule was, but I know it involves some sort of clothing restriction that always kind of irritated me even though I don’t wear a lot of white clothing. Labor Day’s not about [...]
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The second cookie of the day doesn’t call for a long chill time, so if you are just starting in on the New York Times cookies, you can make a batch of these in the interim. This recipe is adapted from one I clipped out of a Reiman Publications magazine. I believe it was Cooking [...]
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The second recipe of the day is adapted from Amanda Hesser’s book Cooking for Mr. Latte. It’s a big cookie, soft with crispy edges, and packed with pecans and chocolate. The original recipe is 3 x this one and uses less salt. My cook times were slightly different than Amanda’s, but that’s not a big [...]
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Classic Crunchy Chocolate Chip Cookies (adapted from KA) 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, unsalted, room temp 4 tablespoons shortening (butter flavored) 1/2 cup brown sugar, very firmly packed — mixture of light and dark 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoons vanilla extract 3/8 teaspoon salt 1/2 tablespoon apple cider or white vinegar 1 ½ tablespoons lightly [...]
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This is from Su Good Sweets. Using Jessica’s as a guide, I measured and weighed ingredients as I went along and came up with volume amounts that are slightly different than Jessica’s. They worked for me, so I’d use them again. This is a small batch version, but should double easily if you find you [...]
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The other day someone asked me if I thought 4 sticks of butter (1 pound) was too much for a recipe. Expecting to find the 4 sticks butter balanced out by 3 or 4 cups of flour and plenty of sugar, I took a look at the recipe, which happened to be this one – [...]
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