baklava skillet cookie - above view - pistachio - walnut - almond - honey - cardamom

Baklava Skillet Cookie

Cookies

Some days, you don’t feel like taking the time to bake a full batch of cookies.  You don’t want to convert the recipe to make just what you need, nor do you feel like freezing some of the dough for later.  There are days when you just want a quick fix, easy cookie that you …

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lemon and cardamom shortbread cookies/biscuits - stacked view

Lemon & Cardamom Shortbread Cookies

Cookies Shortbread

Back in 2011, my friends and I stayed up all night to watch the Royal Wedding. We’d just come off a night out at the end of our senior year and probably all managed to fit in a two-hour nap in some of my friends’ house (otherwise known as Mildred).  We gathered on the couch–and …

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carrot cake cookies - main

Carrot Cake Cookies

Cookies

To those of you that celebrate it: Happy Easter!  To those of you that don’t: you can still enjoy the candy sales that are about to come your way.  So what if everything is egg-shaped?  Half-priced chocolate and jelly beans is a deal you really can’t pass up. There is something about the coming of …

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coffee and cardamom bourbon biscuits

Coffee and Cardamom Bourbon Biscuits

Cookies Sandwich Cookie

Have I admitted to my fascination with all things British yet? I don’t know if it’s the wonderfully dreary weather, the brogues, the pubs, the love of football (soccer), or the general awkwardness and forced politeness that seems to take over people, but I’ve always been drawn to the area.  Back in college, I spent …

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