I am a person who speaks to kitchen appliances. I talk to my dog like she’s my second human child, and the voices I bestow upon inanimate objects are louder than I should probably admit. But last week, a cookie called to me. And when a cookie calls, you answer. Through a rumbling tummy and…
Sweet reflections and hopeful cookies
Life has a funny way of dealing us its highs and lows simultaneously. It’s probably for good reason. Without the lows, we might not appreciate how good we have it. And without the baby smiles and sweet husband’s birthdays, getting through the tough times would feel infinitely more difficult. Seasons come and go, and as…
The happiest cookies you’ll ever make
The older I get (it’s all relative, I know), the more I realize how much some of the best things in life are also the simplest. Life gets crazy, plans have to change, but I think there’s comfort in knowing that lifting your spirits or finding your happy place isn’t nearly as overwhelming or unattainable…
Cup of Joe — à la mode, please
Last Saturday, I received an email from my mother-in-law notifying me that Sunday, July 17 was National Ice Cream Day. Yep, a whole day dedicated to the consumption of my all-time favorite dessert. Sounds pretty great, right? She wanted to know what kind of ice cream I was planning to make for the occasion, but…
Time for a little chocolate fix
Well, here we are at Friday already. It’s the end of the workweek, the end of ice cream week (and it’s my friend Michelle’s birthday. Woo hoo!). No, the end of the week doesn’t mean I’m quitting the ice-cream-making gig; I’m still quite smitten with that little freeze machine. But I figure it’s probably time…
Project NYT: Peanut butter cupcakes
True confession: I am not a cake person. Or an icing person. In fact, for most of my life, pretty much any cake + icing combo won an automatic spot on my eat-it-just-to-be-polite list. I’ve never been one for typical birthday cakes either (neither is my sister, so two out of four sibling birthdays regularly…
A belated celebration: Chocolate chip pancakes
So yesterday was National Chocolate Cake Day, and somehow I missed the memo until mid-afternoon when it was too late and I was too busy to partake in the sugar-filled euphoria. Sad, I know. And I do so love a good holiday. Anyway, I spent the better half of yesterday thinking about cake (which is…
Project NYT: Nostalgia and the 67-year-old brownie
My quest for the perfect homemade brownie continued last night, and I dare say I might have found a winner. Hidden nearly 700 pages deep, in the “Cookies and Candy” section of my NYT Cookbook, there lies an incredibly simple, back-to-basics type of recipe that sounded like just the kind of the thing I was…
Let’s talk about truffles
Yesterday, Jared brought home lunch from Hoss’s Market & Rotisserrie, one of our fave little sandwich joints in town (they really sell a lot more than sandwiches, but I discovered a mega-delicious BLT there a few years ago and have yet to order anything else). Along with our regular order, which almost always consists of…
Another day, another cookie (salted double chocolate peanut butter)
I know, I know. Enough with the cookies already. It’s no secret to any of you that I’ve been a regular cookie-baking machine since Halloween rolled around (as evidenced here and here). But seriously, these are A-mazing (yes that capital A is intentional. Holla!) and so worth a trip to the store for a gallon…