Black pepper taralli.
Cute and round and packed with flavors of olive oil, pepper and salt, these little, round, shortbread-like crackers called taralli are perfect with an aperitivo. You could buy them, sure, but they’re SO fun to make!
Category: Baking
The Dorothy Project: Best fudge brownies ever.
The Best Fudge Brownies Ever. That’s the title of this recipe that I found tucked into my grandmother’s “Kitchen Klips” file of old recipes. So, yeah, that one went on my list of her recipes to make. And it’s awesome. Best Ever? You decide!
Garbage pail cookies.
We interrupt our usual programming to bring you a recipe that is not good for you, most decidedly not. These oversized Garbage Pail Cookies are stuffed with stuff: chocolate chips, pretzel bits, peanut butter pieces, butterscotch chips. Use this cookie recipe as a guide and add your own favorite mix-ins. Get the recipe!
Peach crumb-top bars.
Here’s a wonderful summer dessert, great for a crowd for your July 4 bash. This crumb-topped peach streusel bar is buttery, easy and stores beautifully. A real winner! Get the recipe!
1-2-3-4 Cake.
Ever heard of 1-2-3-4 Cake? Yeah, me neither. But it’s the formula for the most fundamental, essential, delicious cake. Even if you don’t self-identify as a baker, you can whip this cake up and impress everyone you know.
Vacation lemon pie.
In my book, vacation = pie. But you don’t have to go anywhere to make this citrusy pie, adapted from a New York Times recipe. If you love key lime pie, you’ll dig this close relative.
Chocolate orange shortbread hearts.
Baking something nice for your sweetheart for Valentine’s Day? Here’s the thing: Simple shortbread cookies kissed with chocolate and orange … heart-shaped, no less! Get the recipe for Chocolate Orange Shortbread Hearts on writes4food.com.
Christmas cookie-palooza: Perfectly delicate chocolate crescents.
Here’s how you know a recipe is a good one: The page has this fine dusting of powdered sugar all over it. And the cookbook is falling apart. And you’ve written all kinds of notes in the margins.
Christmas cookie-palooza: Baci di dama.
Ohohohoh ohhhhh … these are perfect little Christmas cookies. Light and crumbly, chocolate and hazelnut, a match made in heaven. Baci di Dama, which is Italian for lady’s kisses. Definitely my Christmas Cookie of the Year …
