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by Brian | Nov 3, 2017 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
With the threat of frost approaching, we know it is fall and fall means spice cookies. Do you like yours big, puffy and soft? Or is thin, crisp, and intense your preference. These cookies are a bit of both. Crispy on the outside, but still with a tender core that is a...
by Brian | Sep 26, 2017 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
Sweet and Tart is a lovely “single subject” cookbook. It features 70 recipes featuring citrus. The royalty of citrus is the Meyer lemon, small in size and intense in flavor. The Meyer lemon trees are native to China but were imported to the US in 1908. They were grown...
by Brian | Jun 1, 2017 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes, TBT
I first posted this recipe two years ago. I return to them over and over. Now, like most of you, I do love Oreos. I will never give them up. But, there are riffs on the Oreo that are massively wonderful. Decadence is often considered a bad thing. Sometime yes,...
by Brian | Apr 30, 2017 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
The name “snickerdoodle” probably is German, at least according to The Joy of Cooking. I can remember walking by bakeries in the 1950s with their doors open and aromas pouring out to the sidewalk. The pungency of the cinnamon from the snickerdoodles was always a...
by Brian | Apr 25, 2017 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
I just posted a cookbook review of Butter & Chocolate by Shelia G. Mains, the founder of the Brownie Brittle company. You may have snacked from of the millions and million of bags she has distributed across the country. In her cookbook, she has many chocolate...
by Brian | Apr 1, 2017 | Cookie Jar, Recipes, Uncategorized
Yes, I think that picture above is pretty darn appealing. The cookies gleam and shine and, oh yes, they taste good, too. Very good. We are used to chocolate cookies with one chocolate element, perhaps some chocolate chips or some cocoa as in a brownie. Here...
