Cookie Recipes
This week's Christmas cookie is presented to you by guest author Garrett McCord of Vanilla Garlic. ~Elise When I was a child my parents hated me enough to put me into a table manners class called Ms. Etiquette. I learned...
Please welcome guest author Garrett McCord of Vanilla Garlic. ~Elise The first time I had amaretti was in the Piazza San Marco in Venice. I stumbled upon a small cart selling a variety of ornate confections. Yet amongst all the...
This banana cookie recipe came from my grandmother, Sybil Capune; she was a spry woman who made me fresh orange juice in the mornings, loved her toast burnt, and was an amazing home cook. When I inherited her recipe boxes...
Please welcome Simply Recipes guest author Garrett McCord who shares with us his favorite blondie recipe. Blondies are often called brownies without chocolate which I find silly; blondies are a dessert with their own unique deliciousness and personality. Whereas brownies...
This cookie has become a holiday tradition in my family and always makes an appearance during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Chunks of silky white chocolate help you ease in the holidays while warm and slightly spicy hints of brandy...
I love butter pecan cookies; I love the way they melt in your mouth; I love the taste of pecans, and of course the taste of butter. This recipe is adapted from a recipe in Everyday Food magazine. Note to...
My friend Suzanne's daughter Audrey (age 10) loves to cook. The last time I was there to visit, Audrey presented me with one of these fabulous cookies. Here's what she has to say about them... "I wanted to make these...
These ginger almond biscotti boast ginger and toasted almonds, as well as cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and all spice. Perfect for dipping in coffee.
No cookie says Christmas more than a gingerbread man cookie. It's been thirty years since I last made gingerbread men, and it took all weekend to get this recipe right. After starting with a truly terrible recipe from a 1974...
"I can't wait for you to get here Elise. We can cook! We can make pies and cakes and cookies and more yummy things," exclaimed my young friend Alden as we were talking on the phone last week. Between Easter...
Updated, from the recipe archive, a favorite first posted in 2004. ~Elise My mother doesn't bake. She's a great cook, but she avoids recipes and baking usually entails rather particular recipes, so she leaves the baking to my father and...
I've been going through our family's stash of recipes and came across my grandmother's oatmeal cookie recipe. She passed away a few years ago at age 97 (she was born in 1899). It's funny how just seeing her handwriting conjures...
"OMG, these are the best cookies I've ever eaten in my life," I mumbled to mom the other day, mouth full of cookie, one hand reaching for another. "Would you please get the recipe from Claire? Puhleeezzzz?" Claire is my...
Molasses spice cookies are sort of like ginger snaps except bigger and chewy. The recipe for these cookies comes from Cook's Illustrated's The Best Recipe cookbook. Here's a hint on preparation - don't reduce the amount of sugar, the cookies...
Elise's neighbor Andrew enjoys one of Garrett's monster cookies. Please welcome guest author Garrett McCord of Vanilla Garlic who is sharing some of his favorite cookie recipes with us here on Simply Recipes. ~Elise Monster cookies. Ultimate Chippers. Super Cookies...
So, my favorite cookies in the whole wide world are these oatmeal raisin cookies. Could be because my grandmother used to bake them with me when I was little. I got to lick the bowl (they don't let kids do...
Please welcome guest author Garrett McCord who brought these cookies over today. They lasted about a second and a half. ~Elise Generally, I stick to ice creams and sorbets come summer, it just gets too hot out to start cranking...
Please welcome guest author Garrett McCord of Vanilla Garlic who shares his dead-easy palmiers cookie recipe with us. ~Elise Sometimes I just want a quick cookie. Something simple, yet flashy, with very little work on my part. A quick rendezvous...
I learned something new today: peanut butter cookies are my mother's favorite cookie. I had no idea. Dad, however, won't eat them. Go figure. Peanut butter cookies are one of my favorite cookies; they remind me of school. They were...
From the recipe archive, Happy Easter! ~Elise A reader of Simply Recipes recently left a comment on our Pavlova recipe with a recipe for what she calls "Easter Cookies" (called "Resurrection cookies" by another reader). The commenter, Linda, describes them...
Holiday cookie season is in high gear with another one of guest author Garrett McCord's delicious cookies. We ate these right after the photo was taken, super chocolate-y! ~Elise If this cookie doesn't capture the seasonal taste of Christmas, then...
Whenever I make ice cream from scratch, we usually have lots of leftover egg whites to use up. Meringues (or as my nephew calls them, "little pavlovas") are little cookies made with basically just egg whites and sugar, with a...
Persimmon trees are often planted as decorative trees; around November, the trees begin to lose their leaves and what remains are bright orange fruit hanging from the trees like Christmas ornaments. I received some hachiya persimmons from a neighbor's tree...
Guest author Garrett McCord of Vanilla Garlic brought 2 dozen of these cookies over today. We inhaled them. ~Elise Almost all of the pistachios grown in America are produced right here in California (we’re a lucky state, we are). It’s...
Please welcome Garrett McCord of Vanilla Garlic who is kicking off a series of cookie recipes as a guest author on Simply Recipes. ~Elise It's early fall here in Sacramento, and outside the proof is irrefutable. Low grey clouds crawl...
Have you ever gotten a tummy ache from eating too many cookies? I did with these pumpkin cookies from our guest author Garrett McCord of Vanilla Garlic. Too good. ~Elise “What the heck?” cried out my roommate looking at the...
More photos Several months ago we attempted a New York Times recipe for a lemon confit shortbread tart. Like fellow food-blogger Deb, we had a miserable experience with the recipe. It was just too tart to eat. However, I had...
Please welcome guest author and pastry chef Shuna Fish Lydon of Eggbeater, who shares with us her secrets for making snickerdoodles. ~Elise While people argue about where the name Snickerdoodle comes from, few people who love them waste time with...
"We can EAT these?" Andrew (age 5) asked incredulously. "Yes, you can eat them," I replied, "they're cookies. You can also hang them from your tree." "What's inside?" asked Matthew (7). "Lifesavers. And Jolly Ranchers." "LIFESAVERS? AND JOLLY RANCHERS?" It's...
Photos of this batch of cookies by SA Stephens When looking for good recipes for sugar cookies, I turned to my dear friend and Alabama native, Steve-Anna. She gave me two family favorites and we each picked a batch to...
Happy Valentine's Day!
Why should chocolate have all the fun? Here are some Austrian Linzer cookies with a red preserve filling that seem perfectly suited for the occasion. Enjoy. :-)
