You can call these Tahini Cookies, too, if you want. It’s all the same. And with the extra tahini, you can make some hummus… Instead of a glass of milk, I like eating these cookies with an iced dirty chai. RECIPE makes 12 cookies 1/2 c butter, room temp 1/2 c sugar 1/2 c brown …
As kids, one of our favorite treats was cinnamon-sugar toast, which was simply a buttered piece of toast sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon. My sister and I’d usually get to have a slice right before bedtime if our older brother was watching us. It was like getting a Cinnabon at the mall. There’s something magical …
This recipe is from the early 1900s. It’s from my mom’s mom’s dad’s mom if that makes sense, or my Great-Great Grandma Streater. Her name was Florence. She had snow white hair, a lively personality, and a great talent for baking. My favorite picture of her is a black and white photo from her 50th …
When you’re driving west on 89A through the ponderosa, and the road splits at Jacob Lake one way towards the North Rim and the other way towards Utah, you run into this old style American bakery that sells the best molasses cookies. It’s part of the Jacob Lake Inn. I think the Inn is the …
RECIPE 1 stick (1/2 c) butter, room temp 1/4 c brown sugar 1/4 c sugar 1/2 c molasses 1 egg 2 1/3 c flour 1 T ground cinnamon 1 T ground ginger 1/8 tsp ground pepper 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg 1 pinch cloves 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp baking soda 1. With a paddle attachment, …
I thought about posting my own rendition of the Cronut, you know the croissant + doughnut thing that has people lined up outside of Dominique Ansel’s bakery hours before it opens and has other bakers making knockoffs and calling them things like “Cro-nots” or “Fauxnuts.” If you’ve ever made croissants, you know (*spoiler alert*) there’s …
Pumpkin has infiltrated about every food product. You walk into a Trader Joe’s this time of year, and you’ll see what I mean…from oatmeal to coffee to yogurt to cookies… I think the next frontier for pumpkin is beauty products. I’m waiting for Old Spice to come out with a “fresh pumpkin” deodorant, maybe Dial …
It’s a pain to pit cherries, but not as bad as peeling grapes, which I had to do one day in culinary school. I thought the chef was joking at first. Who peels grapes? I knew this friend of a friend, who did a stage at Noma, the best restaurant in the world at the …
S’mores bruschetta and milk stout is like a grown-up version of cookies and milk. Mmmm… 6 oz bittersweet chocolate (bar) handful of mini marshmallows 2 graham crackers, crumbled sea salt (optional) toasted bread 1. Chop the chocolate and melt over a double boiler or in the microwave for about 30-60 seconds, stirring every 15 seconds. …
In French, they’re called “Dame Blanche,” which translates to “White Lady.” There’s an old French opera by Boieldieu, “La Dame Blanche,” which some people speculate to be the namesake, although it could be completely unrelated. I like to call them “Lady in White Cookies,” which might make you think of a bride, innocence… Because if …
