Confession: When Harry Potter first came out, I wasn’t the biggest fan. To be fair, I was maybe ten-years-old and completely refused to even give the series a chance. I received the first two books for Christmas and didn’t touch them for months. It was only when my uncle decided to make a bet with me–that he …
Ingredient: brown butter
Blueberry & Cream Cookies
Last week, I wrote about Momofuku Milk Bar and how Christina Tosi’s recipe for milk crumbs inspired the Raspberry and Cream Shortbread Cookies I posted. This week’s recipe follows along with the idea of berries and cream: Blueberries and Cream. It felt like a natural progression in my journey of developing new cookie recipes: I …
Double Chocolate Chip Cookies with Pretzels
My mom makes the best chocolate chip cookies. I know, I know. That’s something that most people could probably argue, but I have a whole family of Italians that agree with that fact. There are some incredible cooks in my family, and even with her recipe, none of them can manage to get her chocolate …
Cookie Butter Blondies
Warning: these blondies are amazing. Normally, I try to reserve some self-control when it comes to eating what I’ve baked. With these blondies around, my willpower seems to go missing. Honestly, the first time I made them, I picked at them until a whole row was polished off. It takes everything I have to resist …
Oatmeal Scotchies
Sometimes, you just want a classic cookie: something with a solid flavor combination that just about everyone knows and loves. That’s what I was going for with these Oatmeal Scotchies. I wanted a cookie recipe that I could throw together and bring anywhere without having people look at me like the flavor combination was crazy. …