There is a fine line between caramel and burnt sugar. Don’t cross it.
This recipe was adapted from a Martha Stewart recipe.
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Thanks to this year’s El Niño effect there is currently an abundance of strawberries on the market (I can get them for 88 cents a pound at Ralph’s supermarkets in southern California). So I was ecstatic when I received a Food Network e-mail with a link to the Food Network Magazine Strawberry Shortcake French Toast recipe. If you add a spoon of fresh whipped cream, this is a breakfast I would be happy to order in a restaurant. Continue reading →
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These cookies are based on the Marta Stewart recipe for Dark-Chocolate Espresso Cookies. They are crunchy on top and soft on the bottom and middle. The salt along with the espresso powder adds a bit of complexity to the recipe.
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Another recipe from Martha Stewart. The secret to these cookies is to cut the dough to the same consistently thin size. Also,I sift the dry ingredients onto a flexible cutting mat. This makes it easier to add to the other ingredients in the mixer.
These cookies are made for coffee. Continue reading →
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This recipe is based on Martha Stewart’s Double Chocolate Cookies using Ghirardelli bittersweet chocolate chips (60% cacao). You can sometimes get a large bag at Costco for a good price.I tripled the recipe and used a convection oven to cook 18 cookies at a time.
My wife tasted them and said they were better than the Blue Chip Cookie Triple Chocolate cookies.
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These shortbread style cookies definitely need a glass of milk to go along with them.
Makes two dozen cookies. Continue reading →
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This recipe is from Martha Stewart Living. These are the most lemony cookies I’ve ever made.
Makes 18 cookies.
Ingredients
Lemon Cookies
- 2 C all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp finely grated lemon zest
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- ½ C unsalted butter
- 1 C sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Lemon Glaze
- 2 C confectioner’s sugar
- 2 tbsp finely grated lemon zest
- 1/3 C lemon juice
Recipe
Lemon Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Whisk together flour, baking soda, sal and lemon zest.
- In a stand mixer on medium speed using the beater beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg, vanilla and lemon juice and beat until combined. Set speed to low and beat in flour mixture one third at a time until completely incorporated.
- Drop dough by heaping tabelspoons, 1 inch apart, onto two baking sheets. Bake until edges are golden, 15 – 20 minutes.
- Let cool 2 minutes on sheets then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
Lemon Glaze
- Whisk together confectioners’ sugar, lemon zest, and lemon juice until smooth.
Assemble
- Dip the top of each cookie in the glaze. Let set for at least one hour.
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