Lemon Cornmeal Cookies

I have been experimenting with combining lemon and cornmeal. I have an excellent lemon cornmeal cake recipe, that has yet to make an appearance on this blog, but since then, I’ve been looking for a cookie matchup for this combination. In my latest attempt, I’ve crafted a lemon and cornmeal spin off of a snickerdoodle….

White Chocolate and Macadamia Nut Cookies

A soft chewy cookie filled with buttery macadamia nuts and creamy white chocolate – What’s not to love? Recipe makes ~2 dozen large 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 2 1/4 cups Self…

Brown Butter & Fig Shortbread

Indulgently rich browned butter, sweet, luscious figs, and a spicy hit of Cognac wrapped into a flaky shortbread – What more could you ask for in a cookie? Recipe makes about a dozen cookies. Ingredients: 1/2 cup Browned Butter make Browned Butter melt butter in a sauce pan give it an occasional stir, so that…

Chocolate Dipped Einkorn Biscotti

These Chocolate Dipped Einkorn Biscotti mark my first foray into baking with einkorn flour. Einkorn is an”ancient” variant of wheat that’s milled into a light, nutritious whole grain flour that’s high in protein and low in gluten. I’ve been wanting to try it out for years, but have just recently come across it at the…