I disappear for a month, and then return with yet another rift on the chocolate chip cookie!? Granted, this post puts the past two posts to shame – and this one’s definitely a keeper – but I still feel like I should be slightly chastened. In my defense, which is really just another lame excuse,…
Tag: Baking
Peppermint Bark Chocolate Drop Cookies
So Andes Mints wasn’t the only discovery I made in the Holiday candy aisle, I also happened upon some white chocolate peppermint bark, and as a counterpoint to my Creme de Menthe Chocolate Chip Cookies I decided to pioneer a chocolate drop cookie with chunks of peppermint bark tossed in. They’re not the prettiest of…
Crème de Menthe Chocolate Chip Cookies
I came into the Holiday baking season craving chocolate chip cookies, which had me scanning the candy aisle for a Holiday inspired alternative, red and green M&Ms? boring. Candy canes? no chocolate. Truffles? melty mess. And so it went, until I happened upon the Andes Mints… Chocolate? Crème de menthe? I can work with that….
Red Velvet Cake
My instinct when asked to bake a red velvet cake is to immediately head for the boxed cake mix. Just the thought of balancing vinegar, the “right” type of cocoa powder, and copious amounts of red food coloring into a single cake made my head spin. Also the overall concept of a red velvet cake…
The Ephemeral Bee 