by Brian | Feb 19, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Cookie Jar
Sometimes even I can tire of a simple brownie. I want that chocolate high but still something different. But not too different. Oh, dear, I’m over the edge. I need my caffeine. Now. Which is why this particular recipe will supply all the caffeine you could possibly...
by Brian | Feb 8, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Recipes
I am a butter man. I bake with butter. When I see a recipe that uses oil instead of butter, my first reaction is to keep flipping the pages of that cookbook. Why? Well, probably because I like to eat the batter and I love butter but the idea of eating oil … I...
by Brian | Jan 28, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Cookie Jar, Recipes
How many times have you made chocolate chip cookies? Honestly? Yes, you have to start counting from childhood, when you tugged on Mom’s apron and got one big serious lick of cookie dough. That’s when our common addiction started. Long after Mom is gone, that...
by Brian | Dec 14, 2009 | Cookbook Reviews, Cookie Jar, Recipes
I met Suzen the day after Thanksgiving in 1985. We bonded quickly and for our fifth or sixth date she came to my house for dinner. I cooked. I believe the quickest way to a woman’s heart is to let her know she will not be the only one in the kitchen. So my...
by Suzi | Jul 9, 2008 | Recipes
There are chocolate chip cookies that have only chocolate chips and those that also include nuts, but these cookies have the whole shebang. There is just enough dough to hold the heaps, and I mean heaps, of chocolate chips, pecans, walnuts, and almonds together. Makes...