A salted butterscotch oatmeal cookie that I created for a dear friend’s bridal shower. Into its creation went a splash of bourbon and a sprinkle of pecans to harken back to Ashley’s southern roots, oatmeal since medical school has injected (pun intended) Ashley with the importance of good nutrition, and plenty of sugar and butter…
Tag: Cookies
Honey Almond Biscotti
Honey Almond Biscotti – a delicately flavored, crunchy Italian cookie that is perfect proportioned for dunking into your coffee. In my experience store-bought biscotti has always been hit or miss with a tendency to be cloyingly sweet and hard enough to break your teeth. In direct contrast homemade biscotti can be crisp, crunchy, come in…
Chocolate Chip Cookies
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…
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…
The Ephemeral Bee 