Posts Tagged ‘cookies’

Since my peanut harvest, I’ve had peanuts on the brain, and I felt like being cozy with cookies. I decided to make a warm batch of classic peanut butter cookies. I didn’t overthink it, I went straight to the queen, Martha Stewart, and found a perfect recipe. It calls for 1½ cups of peanut butter, and that made me think, “How did we get from peanuts to the smooth, creamy American treat we so dearly identify with from childhood?” According to the National Peanut Board, the Inca and Aztecs were […]

I’m glad I was able to fit one batch of cookies in before Christmas and if you can only choose one, it is Ricotta Cookies. Us Sicians are thrifty, ricotta (and the cookie) origins trace to Southern Italy, where ricotta — a byproduct of cheese-making — was used in desserts to avoid waste. Ricotta means “recooked.” Some of the most classic Italian dishes we enjoy today are the result of humble resources transformed through culinary creativity. Italian Ricotta Cookies are soft, cake-like treats with a subtle, creamy flavor from the […]

In my unending quest to be seasonally appropriate and my yearning to learn how to bake sweets and eat them, I decided it was necessary to make M&M Christmas Cookies. I wanted chewy cookies (my fav), so I began an internet search. Multiple sources said 2-3 hours of dough refrigeration is needed, adding cornstarch and undercooking creates the perfect soft texture. Chilling the dough for three hours was troublesome considering my column was already past the deadline. With that in mind, I sourced the internet for the fastest, easiest, chewiest, […]

I saw my sister Maria last week at my Goddaughters birthday party. I was ranting to her about how busy and stressed out I am with work. I mentioned I didn’t have an idea for my column this week and she said, “Oh, this is easy, bake Christmas cookies and share the recipe.”  Flailing my arms in the air, I respond, “But I don’t have time!!” Maria said, “Calm down. I have pictures of the Italian Christmas cookies from last year. You love them, lie and say you made them.” […]