Let’s get cookin’!
Holiday time is a good excuse to bake cookies …lots of cookies! Here are two of my favorites… Chewy Molasses-Spice Cookies, and Raspberry Jam Sandwich Cookies. You can find the recipe for the Chewy Molasses-Spice Cookies on a past post here. They are easy to make. I double the recipe because I love to have…
“Homemade chocolate cookies encase store-bought black cherry ice cream for the ultimate ice cream sandwiches.” When I saw this recipe in the June issue of Food and Wine magazine there was no question I had to make them! And I am so glad I did !The sandwich cookie was surprisingly easy to make. And choose…
I first made this luscious rich chocolate cake which truly is lighter than air for Valentine’s Day. For V-Day I also dipped some strawberries in chocolate. I was testing desserts to make for an upcoming class I held last week on Passover Desserts…The tag line being… Some say Passover desserts are boring and tasteless…Sheila will…
I first made this luscious rich chocolate cake which truly is lighter than air for Valentine’s Day. For V-Day I also dipped some strawberries in chocolate. I was testing desserts to make for an upcoming class I held last week on Passover Desserts…The tag line being… Some say Passover desserts are boring and tasteless…Sheila will…
Here is the recipe for the Dark Chocolate Covered Macaroons I baked for Passover recently. Make them for any occasion you like or just for yourself. They are that good! They are so simple to make you may be surprised. If you love coconut you will love this chewy, rich treat. A quick dunk in…
Homemade Chinese Almond Cookies! The perfect ending to a dinner of the Garlic Chicken Stir Fry I recently posted, Stir-Fried Shrimp with Veggies and Ginger, or how about the Chicken Stir Fry with Veggies and Cashews… or don’t wait for dinner at all and have a few with a cup of tea. This recipe is one…
This morning I listened to a live interview on facebook with Dorie Greenspan, well known cookbook author and baker extraordinaire. If you are a cookie lover/eater/baker you will enjoy the link below. In it Dorie reveals her newest peanut butter cookie featured in her most recent cookbook, Dorie’s Cookies, as well as her new project, #cookiesandkindness…
And this is why I find it difficult to discard old cooking magazines! I recently discovered the recipe for these fantastic peanut butter cookies in a 2007 issue of Gourmet that somehow survived my pre-move purge of cooking magazines 2 years ago. The cover photo of “The Perfect Cherry Pie“ is most likely why I…
Passover, the holiday commemorating the Jewish people’s Exodus from Egypt, and their transition from slavery to freedom, begins this Friday at sundown. Jewish families everywhere will participate in the ritual of the Seder, the festive meal that involves the re-telling of the Exodus through stories and song and the consumption of ritual foods. Family and friends…
With the same sugar cookie dough that I used to make my Hanukkah Cookies I made these Raspberry Jam Sandwich Cookies. All you need is some round cookie cutters or a biscuit cutter. Find something small enough to make a hole in one of the cookies. (I used the end of my pastry tube coupler). …