Dried Cranberry Shortbread Cookies
Do you have a great baker in your office? No? You should probably quit. We have Lynn and she makes many Mondays bearable with the homemade treats she brings us. Recently she made these little melt-in-your mouth gems. So delicious were these cookies that I probably...
Baked Explorations: Farm Stand Buttermilk Doughnuts
I know, right? Shall we just look at them for a while? I think a wise diet plan is to not eat any doughnuts you don't make yourself. And then don't make any doughnuts. Seriously though, when people ask me why I'm not fat, part of the reason is that because I have...
Baked Explorations: Nutella Scones
How is it that I'd never tried Nutella before making these scones? I really can't figure that out. Anyway, it's lovely stuff, although kind of like eating straight frosting so don't be misled by the "made with skim milk" statement on the label into thinking you've...
Baked Explorations: Maple Cupcakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
Holy smokes these are good. And I'm not just saying that as someone who is powerless in the face of maple syrup. They are objectively, insanely, ridiculously good. How do I know? I taste-tested them on a focus group. Ok, so it was people at work who are so nice that...
Off Topic: Vegetable Lo Mein
Don't you just love the holidays? And don't you just love when they're over? I adore all of the carb-heavy, fat-laden, coma-inducing foods I make around Christmas but when it's over I am always left craving something that cuts through the heaviness of traditional...
Baked Explorations: Buckeyes
Living next door to Ohio, I had heard of Buckeyes before. I had eaten them in their natural habitat and even made them. They are meant to resemble the nuts of the buckeye tree and, trust me, they do. I don't know how old they are but I suspect they pre-date...
Guest Recipe: Mo’s Holiday Cookies
Mo and I met at my very first job (I won't say what year that was but I will give you a hint: we did not have computers and people smoked with abandon right in their offices). We were young and single together and did lots of young, single things. Like go to church...