So our annual cookie party was last week! I baked and I baked and then I baked some more. I think I made more than 30 dozen cookies in total. And then I decorated. And thankfully my sister-in-law had mercy on me and came and helped me decorate. The key to keeping yourself sane when […]
Let’s be honest. It is a little exhausting to make a dozen different kinds of cookies/candies for one big event. My best friend reminded me that I said the same thing last year in the days leading up to our cookie party…but apparently I forgot. At least it’s a delicious way to wear myself out! […]
So. Thanksgiving is over. Leftovers abound. Including—if you followed my advice to make your own pie crust—many little scraps of unused pie dough. What are you going to do with those scraps, you wonder? (Don’t worry, if you were a bit delinquent and ate them already, or worse yet if you didn’t make your own […]
My best friend and I have an ongoing argument about which is a greater travesty: box cake mix or store-bought pie crust. Guess which camp I fell in… Have you ever heard the phrase “as easy as pie”? Because it exists for a reason: pie is incredibly simple. It’s easier than cookies. I mean, you […]
“Don’t you just love New York in the Fall? … It makes me want to buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if only I knew your name and address. On the other hand, this not knowing has its charms.” One of my favorite movies of all time is […]
When I was little, I hated pumpkin (gasp!). So the first time my mom made this bread, I absolutely refused to eat it under pain of death, which was pretty ridiculous, given that it tastes just like chocolate cake. How silly we can be as kids, cycling through our untested fears and strengthening them without […]
Oh my gosh. When I found this recipe on Annie’s Eats, I almost died of excitement. And boy, were these cookies good. I’m not sure I would actually call this cookie a snickerdoodle, now that I have tasted them. To me, snickerdoodles are light crunchy and oh-so-buttery disks covered in cinnamon. Their pumpkin friends are […]
I don’t know about you, but I never understood the distaste most of my childhood friends had for oatmeal cookies. The oatmeal cookies that came out of my mom’s kitchen were always chewy and delicious! Yet somehow my friends preferred those rock-hard Chips-Ahoy cookies to anything baked from scratch. Silly friends. I love oatmeal cookies. […]
