Linzer cookies are a lovely sandwich cookies that let the filling shine through. Cherry preserves, strawberry jam or lemon curd all make perfect fillings. Linzer Cookies are a treat most often shared around Christmas but there is nothing holding you back from making these cookies any time of year. Think heart-shaped cut-outs for Valentine’s Day, strawberry or blueberry …
Cookie recipes
It’s cookie-baking time again! I’m enjoying the group, Creative Cookie Exchange, where we bake cookies each month based on an ingredient or theme. The theme this month is White Chocolate! White chocolate often takes a back seat to other ingredients but it can shine on its own when given the chance. If you want to …
Amaretti biscuits are a gluten free Italian cookie (or biscuit) that are perfect on their own or even better sandwiched with a chocolate filling. These little meringues could be cousins with the better known macaron. Baking with amaretto I turned to an liqueur that I had in the back of the pantry, one that my …
A reliable sugar cookie recipe is a must in this season of baking! This recipe produces a dough that is easy to roll out and cookies that don’t spread while baking. These cut out cookies are made with a Whole Foods recipe provided by Chef Elyse at the newly opened Bradburn Whole Foods. She gave …
Chocolate caramel thumbprints are in my top ten list of cookies that I could eat for the rest of my life. A chocolate dough coated with pecans and then filled with caramel after baking is really all you could ask for in a cookie! Oh these chocolate caramel thumbprint cookies are something! The good kind …
Pepparkakor is a Swedish ginger cookie like a ginger snap often made for Christmas cookies. A flavorful, thin cookie will become a favorite this holiday season! This cookie is featured in the book, Pippi Longstocking. You can also skip the recipe and buy a store-bought batch at Ikea! What is a pepparkakor? This Swedish ginger …
Pumpkin Macarons are a seasonal twist on standard macarons and well worth your time. Pumpkin pie spice adds flavor to the shells and pumpkin butter elevates the filling. I made pumpkin treats which take basic macarons to silly-holiday-fun when you add a jack-o-lantern face. Let the kids get involved and decorate their own! Or keep it simple …
Here’s a recipe for peach drop cookies from Martha Stewart which I baked on my new baking mats from Kitchen Executive Chef. Any stone fruit would work well; I used nectarines. The dough is a somewhat sticky consistency– diced nectarines combined with jam along with the usual cookie ingredients of flour, salt, butter, eggs and …