Tag: Cookie
Reflections on Christmas 2008
That was Christmas morning. Before Will even looked at the presents, he checked to see if Santa had drank the milk and eaten the cookies that he and I made. He had. This Christmas was different for me. I relish in Christmas shopping. Hearing carols piped through the mall and hunting for great deals on [...]
Christmas Cookies: Conquering My Fear of Meringue
When I started baking from scratch, I was a preteen. I scoured the Joy of Cooking for an easy cookie recipe that included ingredients we kept in the house. I found that in a sugar drop cookie recipe. Before long, I was adapting the recipe to make thumbprint cookies, decorated cookies and more. One year, [...]
Deconstructed Chocolate Peppermint Bark Cookies
Will pulled up a chair to the counter the other day, as he often does when I am cooking. He was waiting patiently for me to give him the go-ahead to add chocolate chips to the firm cookie dough whirling in my KitchenAid Artisan Mixer. Usually, he helps sift and add the flour mixture to [...]
