Category: Cookies (40)

  • One of the things I discovered when I was in pastry school was passion fruit. Yes I had heard of it, but living in the West I could never get my hands on an actual fresh passion fruit. The best I could do was buy frozen passion fruit puree (at a premium price) through a high-price…

  • I’ve never been a big fan of banana pudding. Not that I don’t like it, it’s just not something I ever had a big taste for. That all changed a few years ago when I set foot in a BBQ place called Baby Blues in San Francisco. The first time we went there was on…

  • Peanut butter and sesame seeds have an affinity for each other; they are kind of like kindred spirits or best friends. I wanted to come up with a peanut butter cookie but something slightly different. Enter the sesame seed. These cookies are great on their own without the filling, so don’t feel compelled to sandwich…

  • I was very bummed when Gourmet magazine stopped producing its magazine. For years I always looked forward to their recipes and the amazing travel articles in each issue. It took me a while to get over it, but the good news is you can find recipes through their app called Gourmet live, as well as…

  • I’ve kind of become obsessed with slice and bake. Cookies, that is. Even now when I make chocolate chip cookie dough I slap it onto plastic wrap, roll it into a couple logs and chill it so I can just slice em off and bake. It’s a great way to store cookie dough and when the mood…

  • St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner. I wanted to make something green. I’ve been wanting to make this green apple sorbet for a while, so decided that in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day it would be a good idea. The sorbet is so refreshing. It is very tart but a little sweet. It would…