On the one hand, holiday baking makes my cookie goal quite seasonable. On the other hand, that means we already have too many sweets around to be baking even more cookies. I had to find a cookie that didn’t really seem like a cookie. A few weeks ago, the King Arthur blog posted tips for […]
When I made the Dorie’s Two-Bite One-Chip Cookies, I learned that not all cookies require leavening. However, that still left fat, sugar, and flour as other necessary ingredients in a cookie. Of course, I knew at the time that flourless cookies exist. I stand by the statement because although they are cookies with flour, the […]
What’s more seasonal than peppermint? I’m actually not sure when or why that association began. Round peppermint candies are available year-round, but it seems like candy canes only show up for Christmas. I had a holiday party coming up and was looking for cookies to fit. Continuing to work through The Cookie Connection, I found […]
Holiday baking! One of the best parts of the holiday season is that grocery stores put baking staples on sale. This year, that’s netted me slightly larger than usual savings, and in return, I have been seeking out holiday themed recipes. We didn’t make pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving, so as I flipped through more of […]
Despite having not posted about cookies in almost a month, I’m very much on-track with my baking goal. I even have the pictures: I just haven’t written about them. Now it’s time to catch up, and I hope I remember a few interesting details from the process. Recently, I have been baking from The Cookie […]
Having baked and handed out so many cookies, I have learned a few things about cookie preferences. First, chocolate chip cookies really are the best cookies. They just work. Second, oatmeal and peanut butter are both more popular in cookies than I expected. Not everyone likes them, but I just had the impression that more […]
Did you know that white chocolate and apricot is a common combination? I didn’t until I was about to write this blog post and came across a number of such recipes online while trying to find a link to share. I first came across this recipe while looking to clear out half a bag of […]
When I set the goal of baking 52 batches of cookies, I knew I needed a plan for getting rid of them. Thankfully, there are no shortage of people in this world who welcome homemade cookies, even during a pandemic. I have been sharing cookies for occasions like birthdays, and when I picked this recipe, […]
Despite posting my cookie baking experience week after week, I’m not very deep into the social media baking world. I had a brief Instagram phase a few years ago, and I more recently tried to turn a few of these posts into Twitter threads. However, I otherwise miss out on most baking trends unless they […]
Throughout this year of baking cookies, Julie has been happily sampling and rating all of the cookies. It’s tough to do exact head-to-head comparisons, but we have come up with tiers to give us some sense of which we like more. So far, I have observed a few trends. First, chocolate chip cookies are all […]