From the category archives:

Cookies

Creamy Lemon-Lime Bars

January 4, 2012

From now on whenever I think of lemon bars I’ll be reminded of the time that I first met a group of cousins I never knew I had. We all convened at my parents’ house (it turns out they don’t live that far away) for dinner the day after Christmas, just ten days ago. Their [...]

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Double Chocolate Cookies

October 17, 2011

I officially have a sweet tooth…or so the new diet and exercise app I recently downloaded to my iPhone tells me. Day after day for the past week, as I’ve logged everything I’ve been eating and drinking, MyFitnessPal has been telling me that I’ve consumed more than double my daily recommended volume of sugar. It gets [...]

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White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies

October 5, 2011

I have happy childhood memories of trips to the cookie shop that opened up in our mall at some point in the ’80s called Blue Chip Cookies. Does anyone remember them? Their storefront was set up just like Mrs. Fields, with a case of fresh baked cookies, but they claim to be the first to innovate [...]

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Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies

August 22, 2011

I recognized that first time that I brought homemade cookies with me to the hair salon that I would be setting a precedent. None of the stylists ever come out and ask when I arrive for my appointment. They greet me with smiles and hugs as always. But I try to put their curiosity to [...]

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Peanut Butter Crunch Shortbread

July 18, 2011

These little five-ingredient Peanut Butter Crunch Shortbread elephants marched their way into my kitchen the other day. Even though they’re made with peanut butter (get it – elephants? peanuts? ha ha), the crunch doesn’t actually come from peanuts. Even better: it’s turbinado sugar. Until now, I’d only ever used turbinado sugar – the kind with the large [...]

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Anatomy of a Chocolate Chip Cookie

July 11, 2011

What makes a chocolate chip cookie chewy? How can I make thicker cookies? Or thin and crisp cookies? I’m afraid I’ve gone and geeked out again (remember the last time?) and did a little chocolate chip cookie recipe analysis to get to the bottom of these questions. Most chocolate chip cookie recipes call for exactly [...]

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Brownie-Swirled Chocolate Chip Cookies + Baking Giveaway!

March 31, 2011

Last week’s visit to the Nestlé test kitchens definitely put me in the mood to bake cookies. I have been looking forward all week to share these with you, I was so pleased with how they came out. For these Brownie-Swirled Chocolate Chip Cookies, I combined two on-the-package Nestlé recipes – Mini Morsels Cookies and [...]

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Cherry Cordial Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies

February 10, 2011

After the Snoopy valentines and conversation hearts, what my sisters and I used to look forward to most about Valentine’s Day as kids was the big heart-shaped box of chocolates my dad would bring home for us my mom. It was a fun game to guess what was inside each piece (through extensive sampling, of [...]

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Snickerdoodles

October 19, 2010

It’s a fuller house than normal at my local café this morning. The patio is empty, everyone has set up shop inside. Sixty-six degree overcast weather tends to send San Diegans to shelter. A mixed bag of flip flop- and Ugg-wearing patrons with their laptops open (or, in my case, iPad) tune out the whir [...]