Tag Archives: Cookies
Fireworks Cookies
I thought these cookies, showing fireworks in patriotic colors, would be a great addition to our Independence Day celebrations. As luck would have it, I had leftover, whole wheat cookie dough in the freezer in colors that would be suitable. … Continue reading
Peanut Butter Chocolate Monogram Cookies
I learned some good lessons from the first time around, so I took another pass at composing monogrammed cookies for a friend’s birthday. This time I dug out a peanut butter chocolate pinwheel recipe. I couldn’t resist dying the dough to customize … Continue reading
Chocolate Fudge Brownie Ice Cream-Inspired Cookies
I don’t know if dare is the right word, but my friends over at Tikkido (check them out if you haven’t already) encouraged me to try this after a volley of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream-inspired cookie bars they wrote … Continue reading
3 Ways to Add More Spark to Your Memorial Day Buffet
Here are a few ideas to carry over Summer entertaining themes like cookouts and bonfires into playful additions to the buffet table. Devilled Eggs with a Twist For a savory stand-by, I modified regular devilled eggs by peeling and soaking … Continue reading
Millefiore Cookies
Poker Night Fun We’ve got a new tradition in our house where the spouse hosts a monthly poker night with some friends from work. I love it; partly because we both love entertaining (even if I’m not there so much … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Bake Sales
The Warm-up I was conscripted into contributing to a bake sale at an event at my schul. Deep in the throes of a chest cold and sinus infection, I slammed down enough caffeine to rally around the simplest of plans, … Continue reading
Roll Call!
Let me tell you, I had so much fun making these guys! This was my final round of gingerbread for the 2014 holidays. This time I bothered to use an actual royal icing recipe and I just loved the way … Continue reading
Getting to Piping – 2014 Gingerbread, 2nd Pass
I finally embraced my pastry bag and got to piping and learning how to properly flood a cookie.
Cookies, Revisited
OK, I don’t always learn the first time. Again, I winged it with the icing recipe and used only my spatula for most of it (though details were piped). These were just themed on things some of my kid’s friends … Continue reading