by Brian | Jun 18, 2014 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
Good food is edible. Great food is edible art. Such is the story of this cookie which could double as a gem in Madison Avenue storefront. If you have a sweet tooth, if you love coconut, then this cookie is for you. Small coconut balls are given a thumbprint...
by Brian | Jun 13, 2014 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
Cookies are part of our lives. Almost from the start. You don’t eat cookies, now, at all? Ever? What about when you were teething decades ago? You got a cookie/cracker to gnaw on. There were animal crackers with milk at school. And everybody has at least one...
by Brian | May 18, 2014 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest
What if you could make an astonishing desserts in five minutes with just three ingredients? Too good to be true? No, not at all. This is an astonishingly good cookie. I tested it last night on two good friends. “What do you taste?” I asked. “Coconut? Peanut...
by Brian | Apr 30, 2014 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
If you love cookies, if you love to bake, then Krisztina Maksai’s new book, European Cookies For Every Occasion, is a must have addition to your bookshelves. It’s brilliant, eye opening, and sure to transform the meaning of “cookie” for the...
by Brian | Apr 5, 2014 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
I recently blogged Sweet by Valerie Gordon, describing the book as a “goldilocks” gift. That ideal baking book that is not too simple, not too complex, but is just right. Just right for you to succeed and create wonderful baked goods [and candy, too!]....
by Brian | Feb 4, 2014 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
Sour cream and chocolate are intimately compatible. The overlay of flavors in your mouth is rewardingly confusing. Here are two recipes from Mable Hoffman’s Chocolate Cookery, a paperback gem from 1978. The cookie is puffy, but not soft. It bakes to the point...
