Every bite of these chocolate laden discs is one of sheer pleasure This was the exclamation from my brother after I’d consumed one of these chocolate chocolate-chip discs of doom, and he was absolutely right. Those who know me know that I’m not one of ‘those’ chocaholics – you know the ones, with noses tuned [...]
I’ve never actually seen, or even tasted a macaroon, but after reading post after post about these beautiful delicacies by many food bloggers I held them in the highest regard as one of the most delightful yet difficult petit fours in the dessert world. Because of the the difficulty rating that everyone seemed to give [...]
After reading Jen’s post about making chocolate-filled sable biscuits, I decided to give them a try myself as I’m also quite a fan of Shannon Bennett‘s book “My Vue”. Similar to a shortbread biscuit, these sable biscuits have an almost ‘sandy’ texture upon the first bite, but very quickly dissolve into nothing but a sweet [...]
One of my earliest and fondest memories of being in the kitchen is of when I was barely tall enough to reach the counter top in the kitchen, and I had to sit on the counter in order to help my mom. She used to bake these wonderful peanut butter cookies which were light and [...]