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How have I never made chocolate espresso snowcap cookies? These cookies are dark, dense and rich. Oh and you try to stop at just one! They are so pretty with the powdered sugar and the dark chocolate cracks in the cookies. I tried a Martha Stewart recipe and I would not change a thing….
The holidays are here – Cyber Monday craziness has started. I wanted to kick off our holiday cooking with a easy recipe using Pillsbury’s new Peppermint Sugar Cookie Dough. I like to make most of cookies from scratch but this cookie dough is really good and I have already thought of many ways to cook…
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Are you ready for Christmas? I just returned from a last minute shopping trip and it was crazy. Cars were angling for spaces and it was a bit ugly. I am done with my shopping and just need to wrap up my gifts. One gift I have not given out is the Tate’s Giveaway. How…
Today I am sharing a new favorite Christmas Cookie. One of the cookies in our family recipe rotation is a shortbread cookie topped with chocolate and nuts. Feeling inspired I tried a new version with crushed peppermints and drizzled with white chocolate. It was dangerously good. It might even be what I make for the…
I have been reading about these Compost Cookies for months. I am hoping to go to Momofuku Milk Bar when I go to New York on a business trip the end of this month. One of my favorite cookies is the Special K cookies I used to make with my grandmother. So this cookie intrigued…
I have been on a bit of a cookie roll lately. Peanut butter and chocolate are such a tasty combination. I loved Reese’s Peanut Butter cups as a kids. I saw a recipe for flowerless Peanut Butter Cookies and decided to give them a try. I made more than a few adaptations but these were…
Today was the day of firsts. I made my first batch of Chocolate Macarons and I conquered Caramel. It was a good day. A few months back I was supposed to go to Tartlette’s Macarons class up in LA. My dog was recovering from surgery and I wasn’t able to go. I look at the…
Looking for new cookie recipes I discovered these Espresso Chocolate Shortbread cookies over at Smitten Kitchen. How can you go wrong with espresso and chocolate and shortbread. I was sold at the recipe but then I took a bite.They melt in your mouth. These are from Dorie Greenspan’s “Baking From My Home to Yours”. It…
[donotprint] I decided it was time to serve up some Christmas cookies here at Adventures In The Kitchen. Like every family we have our family favorites. Our Pecan Tootsies are at our family gatherings every year. Last year I discovered Orange Madeleines and Ginger Creme Sandwiches. This year I tried the Chocolate Hazelnut BIscotti’s in…
We had our annual fundraiser a week ago which explains my lack of posting for a few weeks. Leading up to it I had volunteers coming in every day to help on special projects. I had goodies on hand each day for them. One of the days I served these cookies from Back to the…
One night I was wanting to bake and had all of the ingredients for these cookies. I love the combination of oatmeal and butterscotch. They cook up crispy and sweet. Perfect with a cup of coffee.