by Brian | Dec 24, 2018 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
It is Christmas Eve. You still have time to leave cookies for Santa. This one is simple. And there is no egg. Santa has to watch his cholesterol, too. This recipe comes from The Joy of Chocolate, which I did a TBT review for last week. It’s lovely recipe, one ideal...
by Brian | Dec 15, 2018 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
For this coming week or so, this is high cookie season. We bake and bake. Oh, we eat, too. I’ve posted this recipe before. It is our go-to spice cookie. Superb. Yes, there are cookies beyond brownies and chocolate chip. Not many, but this one to stir...
by Brian | Jan 12, 2018 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest
The wonderful new cookie book, The Perfect Cookie from America’s Test Kitchen, you will encounter one perfected recipe after another. We all grew up with Oreos and the idea of a sandwich cookie as something “special” is now almost genetically ingrained in us. Ah, but...
by Brian | Dec 14, 2017 | Christmas, Cookie Jar, Holidays, Recipes, Uncategorized
I first posted this recipe three years ago. It is a brilliant cookie concept, warm and rich and very, very coffee. It’s just the kind of pretty cookie you want to enjoy during the holidays. A simple shortbread is converted into a sandwich using a coffee...
by Brian | Nov 19, 2017 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
This Sunday marks the start of an important week: Thanksgiving week. For many people, it’s not just Thursday that we take off or prepare food. The entire week seems to be spent traveling, shopping, and cooking. Oh, and eating, too. At some point during this week, some...