Dorie Greenspan's Fortune Cookies from Dorie's Cookies.

Tuesdays with Dorie: Fortune Cookies from Dorie’s Cookies

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was Fortune Cookies (p261) and it’s THE LAST RECIPE from this book! That’s right! The final recipe! Back on November 1st 2016, we baked the Peanut Butter Change Ups which began the nearly 6-year journey of baking our way through each recipe, twice a month! And … Read more

Gozinaki from Dorie's Cookies on a parchment lined baking sheet.

Tuesdays with Dorie: Gozinaki from Dorie’s Cookies

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was Gozinaki (p 239). They are sweet (very sweet) candy-like squares as opposed to cookies and, a bonus when it’s 40˚C, they do not require turning the oven on! Dorie says: Gozinaki is one of those interesting recipes. It was sent to me by Kim Allen, a … Read more

Dorie Greenspan's Chocolate-Pecan Cookies on a marble countertop.

Tuesdays with Dorie: Chocolate-Pecan Cookies from Dorie’s Cookies

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was Chocolate-Pecan Cookies (p 200). It’s a fairly simple cookie made with Dorie’s Do-Almost-Anything Chocolate Cookie Dough (with chopped nuts mixed in) and topped with a mixture of chopped nuts and meringue. Dorie says: The simple trick of mixing nuts with sugar and egg whites to create … Read more

White plate of Zan’s Birthday Cookies from Dorie's Cookies.

Tuesdays with Dorie: Zan’s Birthday Cookies from Dorie’s Cookies

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was Zan’s Birthday Cookies (p 297). Dorie says: I created them for the thirteenth birthday party for a friend’s daughter, Zan. It was only after I tasted them that I realized I’d channeled the spirit of a German chocolate cake. The base of the cookie is … Read more

Vanilla sablés on a baking sheet covered in parchment paper.

Tuesdays with Dorie: French Vanilla Sablés from Dorie’s Cookies

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was French Vanilla Sablés (p 332). Dorie says: I’ve always thought of the sablé as the perfect butter cookie, the one all shortbread strives to equal, and in this recipe I think you have the model cookie — it’s rich, as it should be; sandy, as … Read more

A stack of Dorie Greenspan's Parisian Macarons on a white plate

Tuesdays with Dorie: (not) Macarons from Dorie’s Cookies (psst: my blog is 13 years old!)

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was Macarons (p 312) and I had every intention of making these but life (and a senior cat requiring a bit more attention than usual) got in the way. I mean, I have made Dorie’s macaron recipe a bunch of times… most recently a couple of … Read more