cacao nib macarons with ganache
cacao nibs = chocolate in its (almost) purest form Nibs are cacao beans that have been hulled and roasted and hacked up into little bits. The nibs can then be ground up further and processed ...
pecan sandies
Wha? Two posts in one day? This is me trying to make up for my recent absences. This is me trying to bring as much cookie goodness to your face as I can before Christmas ...
peppermint sandwich cookies
You slather silky pink peppermint buttercream between two soft, shortbread-y chocolate wafers. You press the two sides together ever so gently to urge the buttercream to the edges, just enough to ...
gingerbread men
Make a gazillion Christmas cookies with sister? Check. Just 47 more things to do and then I'll be ready for Christmas. Maybe. No big deal. Decorated gingerbread didn't make the cut this ...
vegan banana oatmeal chocolate chip cookies
I need to add an Aggression category. There's a recipe in Eli's great-aunt's cookbook for Aggression Cookies that I've mentally bookmarked. The opportunity to try them hasn't yet arisen, though. ...
fig bars, part deux
Do you know or maybe even love someone who has celiac disease? Perhaps you should give them a hug. Or, you could present them with these fig bars. And, yeah, maybe give them a hug, too. ...
fresh fig bars
Figs will always bring to mind a late summer evening spent at an enchanting victorian house tucked just in the woods behind a sprawling pasture. Years ago, it was lovingly hacked to pieces and ...
chocolate icebox cake (from scratch)
I made this cake for my mom's (belated) birthday, which seems fitting since she taught me how to make it, and her mom taught her. Is there a better way to say that? Probably. Thanks, mom, for ...
blackberry, lime, and honeydew tart
This was supposed to be the sixth and final post in a series of frozen desserts, but the pictures of mint ice cream I took last year are hurting my eyeballs. Fresh mint ice cream is awesome. There's ...
oatmeal chocolate cherry pecan cookies
Reader, meet one of my favorite cookies. The fact that this cookie made it to the favorites list took me by surprise; I've never been an oatmeal lover. Must have been the butter and brown sugar ...
gluten-free peanut butter cookies
It all started with a simple recipe. 1 cup peanut butter 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 egg Stir. Bake. Eat. So easy, I had a pan in the oven in under 10 ...