A mid-week treat, and a little something to counteract the dreary April showers… Recipe makes 4 dozen cookies. Ingredients: 1/2 cup (1 stick) Butter (room temp) 1/2 cup Vegetable Shortening (room temp) 1/2 cup Sugar 1 cup Brown Sugar 2 Eggs 1 tsp Vanilla Extract a few rasps of fresh Nutmeg 2 1/2 cups Self…
Category: Cookies, Brownies, and Bars
The Salted Butter Break-Up
I could not resist the name of this buttery treat, especially, now that Valentine’s Day has passed. If only all break-ups were so sweet. This is a recipe from Dorie Greenspan’s book around my french table, and the recipe tends to have a closer resemblance to the making of a pie curst instead of your…
Red Velvet Hearts
Something sweet for my Valentines. It is the time of year to break out the heart shaped cookie cutters! Okay, so maybe I should confess to cutting things into heart shapes all year long, but the behavior seems so much more excusable when it is done in the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day. It…
Beurre Noisette Pecan Cereal Treats
I sent my sister off with a box of these to fuel her marching this weekend – a little bit of protein, no gluten (she has a slight sensitivity to it), and a whole lot of sugar. A spin off of the classic Rice Krispies Treats recipe, I decided to brown the butter to deepen the…
The Ephemeral Bee 