Little A came home from school wanting to make a cookie, so make a cookie we did. I was looking for something kind of quick, and something with chocolate, and after perusing the pictures in Martha Stewart’s Cookies, we chose: Chocolate Thumbprints from Martha Stewart’s Cookies 1 cup, plus 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter, room temperature [...]
Yesterday, Dear Husband had a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day. In the morning, he dealt with unpleasant managerial tasks. At his lunch meeting, his catered lunch box contained an oatmeal raisin cookie, a cookie so awful in his book that we don’t utter its name in this house. And, to top it all off, [...]
Gee, I guess after two weeks of posting something other than cookies on Cookie Thursday, I might have to change the title. Maybe. Not this week. Anywho, last week was my son’s half birthday at school. Oh, you must remember from when you were in school. Those children whose birthdays landed during summer vacation never [...]
One of the threads I have been following in the foodie blogosphere is a group of bakers who have fun each Tuesday, baking something from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking From My Home to Yours. Finally, with a holiday gift, I was able to purchase this wonderful cookbook. And today, I am proud to say I made [...]
It is rainy outside as I type this, and today, instead of cookies, brownies sounded like the right treat. I read a fun post yesterday on the Cutting Edge of Ordinary – Lisa had just picked up two new kitchen gadgets from Jo-Ann’s Fabrics, both useful for cutting brownies. I have been waiting to try [...]
Last weekend, all my Hachiya persimmons in the garage decided to ripen at the same time, and when I had pureed all the pulp, the first thing I did was make a batch of these persimmon cookies, a recipe I obtained from my friend Lisa. It is one of a plethora of persimmon recipes I [...]
In addition to Drop In & Decorate for the Ronald MacDonald House at Stanford, we also decorated cookies this holiday season and donated them to Little House, a resource for seniors in our community. This time, I invited some of our younger friends to participate, and along with my two kids, we decorated several dozen [...]
Cookies in basketCelebrating the holidays with cookies is one of my great joys, and even better, is sharing holiday treats with others! It is not too late to plan your own cookie exchange, here are two ways to organize yourself: 1. Sharing of the Cookies This exchange works well when you have a large group [...]
Cookies ready to be deliveredAnother one of the interesting women I met at BlogHer 08 was Lydia, from the Perfect Pantry. Lydia, a professional food writer, lives in Rhode Island (my choice for my 5th grade state report!) and has been blogging for years, which makes her a great source of information. This summer, she [...]
Finally, we had a break in our schedule this week and could tackle a more complicated cookie. Our choice, Chocolate Surprise Cookies, from the Chocolate Surprise CookieMartha Stewart’s Cookies book, was more complex, but not at all over the top. The directions were fairly simple, and even with a three-step process, we managed to get [...]
Ginger SnapsOh so snappy, these ginger snaps. The recipe is from Alice Medrich’s Cookies and Brownies. Alice is one of my favorite cookbook authors – her voice is so apparent in all her recipes. She is firm, yet helpful, and wants everyone to create masterpieces with or without chocolate. I have had much fun with [...]
Chocolate Pumpkin CookiesCupcakes? But Gudrun, it is supposed to be Cookie Thursday. Where is the cookie? Well, my loyal readers, I changed my mind today and made cupcakes, mostly because I wanted to use the cute little Martha Stewart Halloween stencils I picked up at Michael’s a couple weeks ago. I mean, look at that, [...]
