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 […]
I don’t like soft cookies very much. They remind me too much of those big, cake cookies from the grocery store with a cylindrical dollop of frosting on top. The problem isn’t the frosting: I love frosting, even if it’s shelf stable from a canister. I just find that cake cookies somehow manage to be […]
Being a software engineer by day and home cook by night, it was inevitable that those interests would cross over. Baking bleeds into work when I have too many baked goods at home. Those extras end up in the kitchenette at my office. In the other direction, I maintain a website to keep track of […]
Don’t worry: I won’t spoil Ted Lasso season 2 because I haven’t seen it myself yet. However, I did enjoy season 1 enough that I wrote a blog post about it. In fact, I think Ted Lasso might have been contributed to setting this goal: if Coach Lasso could find time to bake and make […]
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 […]
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This week, I wanted to bake cookies for my niece. I asked my sister (her mother) if she had any preferences, and I first learned that she doesn’t like chocolate as much. Well, that definitely rules out a lot of cookies. However, she loves sprinkles: not only was that clear direction, I also love sprinkles. […]