One chocolate hazelnut thumbprint cookie.

12 Days of Holiday Treats: Chocolate Hazelnut Thumbprint Cookies

Welcome to Day 4 of The Twelve Days of Holiday Treats! Once again, this year, from December 1st-12th I’ll post a new holiday treat recipe every day – inspiration for your holiday entertaining! The recipes I’m sharing are small-er batch (perfect for this year when many of us will still be attending/ hosting smaller gatherings) … Read more

One chocolate dipped sugar cookie on a baking tray.

12 Days of Holiday Treats: Chocolate Dipped Orange Sugar Cookies

Welcome to Day 2 of The Twelve Days of Holiday Treats! Once again, this year, from December 1st-12th I’ll post a new holiday treat recipe every day – inspiration for your holiday entertaining! The recipes I’m sharing are small-er batch (perfect for this year when many of us will still be attending/ hosting smaller gatherings) … Read more

Dorie Greenspan's Coco-Almond Thumbprints from Dorie's Cookies on a baking tray.

Tuesdays with Dorie: Coco-Almond Thumbprints from Dorie’s Cookies

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies is a riff on a macaroon. With just four ingredients in the cookie these can be whipped up in no time which is kind of dangerous considering how delicious they are! Dorie says: I first made these as a Passover dessert and they were just right: … Read more

A slice of double chocolate pumpkin bread.

Double chocolate pumpkin loaf

I’m BACK. With the LAST 3/4 cup of pumpkin purée! I’m finally through that giant can (see the bottom of this post for all the ways I’ve used it up this last month!)! And I’m coming at you today with a n0t-too-sweet loaf that’s perfect for breakfast. With cocoa powder and chocolate chips, this is … Read more

Cross section of Chocolate and Walnut Bars on a white plate.

Tuesdays with Dorie: Chocolate and Walnut Bars from Dorie’s Cookies

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies is a decadent brownie-type slice/ bar – once again, not really a cookie… in fact, Dorie says: These bars were built on a memory of a torte I had in Rome and a few disparate recipes given to me by friends. Are they truly Roman? Nope. … Read more

Chocolate cheesecake choux puffs topped with chocolate ganache and sprinkles.

Chocolate cheesecake choux puffs

Happy (nearly) Easter! Today’s recipe is a happy accident, inspired by one of my cooking club member’s sisters who cooks along with her brother some weeks (one silver lining of the pandemic is that I get to cook and bake with not just my students but also their families, as they are at home for … Read more