I usually shy away from cookies studded with walnuts or pecans. Besides the fact that I’m allergic to walnuts, chunky nuts, in my opinion, interfere with the chocolate-to-dough balance in a perfect bite of cookie.
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Ripe cherries, awash in thick lemony syrup top brown sugar-almond shortbread. A sprinkling of almond-streusel topping adds extra sweetness to these Cherry Almond Bars.
This summer, just like last summer, I bought too many cherries. My children, who gobbled them madly for weeks, now refuse to eat them….
These peanut butter chocolate chip cookies burst with super-peanutty flavor, smooth chocolate-richness, and an amazingly crunchy texture.
As I grabbed the jar of peanut butter from the grocery store shelf, Eliza asked if we could get the chunky kind instead….
The addition of spice and vanilla give these Cardamom-Spiced Fortune Cookies a distinctive personality that transcends the standard variety.
While I got in the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day this year, I did not spend my St. Patrick’s evening at the local pub drinking Guinness (this turns out to have been a good thing since I heard the Guinness ran short). …
