Stack of chocolate coated shortbread cookies on a baking tray.

Chocolate-dipped shortbread cookies

I don’t know about you but here in Toronto, we’re over a year into the pandemic. And we’ve just gone into a “stay at home” order (for the third time). We’re not doing well over here, not learning from other countries/ provinces that have done better in beating the pandemic and rolling out vaccines. It’s … Read more

Peanut Brownie Sablés from Dorie's Cookies on a plate in front of pencils.

Tuesdays with Dorie: Peanut Brownie Sablés from Dorie’s Cookies

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies is a mix between a sablé cookie and a brownie. Sounds intriguing, right? Dorie says: The inspiration for this cookie came from a recipe by France’s long-reigning culinary genius Alain Ducasse. It’s a combination of the iconic French shortbread, le sablé, and the beloved American brownie, … Read more

Dorie Greenspan's Major Grey's Roll Up Cookies on a black serving tray.

Tuesdays with Dorie: Major Grey’s Roll-Ups from Dorie’s Cookies

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies is yet another rugelach by another name (see: “Friendship Cookies“). Basically it’s a cream cheese pastry, rolled out into a circle,”filled” with something and then cut into triangles and rolled into little crescent shapes. Dorie says: Although these look like rugelach and are made like rugelach, … Read more

Three "Game Day" cookies on a parchment-lined baking sheet with peanuts, M&Ms, pretzels and chocolate chips.

Game Day Cookies

This blog isn’t exactly known for “Game Day” food so why “Game Day Cookies” today? Well, it’s (apparently – I rely on my students to tell me these things) Super Bowl Sunday this coming weekend and during cooking club last week there were a few requests for different dishes (which I will take into account … Read more

Chocolate-Cranberry and Almond Cookies from Dorie's Cookies on a black background

Tuesdays with Dorie: Chocolate-Cranberry and Almond Cookies from Dorie’s Cookies

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies is a slightly festive cookie (I think almonds, chocolate and cranberries count as festive, right?) that I loved the sound and look of in the book but which I had a little trouble with making look *quite* as pretty as Dorie’s. Dorie says: Nothing makes me … Read more

Stack of Dorie Greenspan Mint Chocolate Sablés

Tuesdays with Dorie (Dorie’s Cookies): Mint Chocolate Sablés

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies is a classic for the holiday season! Dorie says: My son, Joshua, and I have a thing for the mint-and-chocolate combo. We tried gooey cookies and chubby ones, sandwich cookies and cakey ones, and, in the end, we were surprised by our final choice: this sleek … Read more