Yield 30 cookies Ingredients 1 ½ cups (7.5 oz.) all-purpose flour ½ cup (2.5 oz.) polenta 1 t baking powder ¼ t fine sea salt ½ cup (3.5 oz.) granulated sugar ½ cup olive oil (use a fruity, flavorful oil as it will stand out in this cookie) 2 eggs...
Ingredients 1 ½ cups butter 1 cup maple sugar 1 egg 2 tablespoons milk 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder Directions Preheat the oven to 375°F Cream butter & maple sugar Add egg and milk Whisk together flour & baking powder then gradually add to creamed mixture...
One recent weekend Neil and I were invited to a small gathering where the theme of the night was soup. The basic idea being that the hostess makes two or three varieties of soup to choose from, someone brings bread, someone else brings handheld nibbles, and we eat, drink, and...
Never in my life, until just over a year ago, had I known so many people with food allergies. Now I have adopted an entire family full 🙂 (and I love them all) and have several friends with them as well. There are allergies to spices, some to raw fruits...
In our family, one of the Christmas morning traditions has become this decadent shortbread which melts in your mouth. My sister came across the recipe a few years ago on Smitten, and we’ve been making them ever since.The cookie is wonderfully buttery, with a tiny bit of sweet, the lovely...
A while back I had tried out Heidi’s recipe for a healthier version of the standard peanut butter cookie and really enjoyed them. Then the other day I was working on new recipe development for a makeover of the Peanut Butter Blossom and couldn’t get the phrase “peanut-butter-jelly-time” out of...
I have a dear friend named Roxanne. Those who know her well call her Rocky. Rocky is a giving and loving person, always there to listen to a friend, offer advice, lend her opinion. Rocky also happens to be famous for her cookies, and I mean that. She’s been asked...
Are you a fan of the “morning glory” muffin? They are the breakfast muffin with a little bit of everything in them- carrots, raisins, apple butter, wheat germ, nuts. Well this cookie is similar to that. Packed with fiber, servings of fruit and vegetable, whole grains, and warm spices this...
I absolutely adore the lemon ricotta cookie. It’s so zesty and tart, and sweet at the same time. After the passage of Cinco de Mayo I had a lot of limes to use up- one girl and one boy can only drink so many margaritas you know. So I embarked...
My favorite cookie of all time is the molasses cookie. It’s rich in spice: cinnamon, ginger, clove. It’s chewy and crackled on top, and has crunchy crystals of turbinado sugar sprinkled over it. My Dad has always favored this cookie as well. This past weekend my father, who has always...