If I thought it wouldn’t completely throw our good eating habits out the window, I would probably bake cookies constantly. Fewer baking tasks remind me of my childhood than making cookies. I don’t always have the time to spend baking batch after batch of cookie dough, despite what my family might request. Sometimes just a ...
The birth of the cookie came to be when small amounts of cake batter were dropped onto baking pans to test the temperature of ovens before a large cake was baked. Cookies were originally called little cakes due to their size and for the fact they could be eaten from a hand rather than a ...
Everyone has a pile of favorite recipes lying around. Those that are written on the back of deposit slips or torn from a magazine or scrawled on an ancient sheet of notebook paper filled with wrinkles and turning yellow around the edges. You may think it would be expensive to buy a software recipe program ...
Do your cookie sheets get ruined quickly? If so, you probably aren’t taking care of them as well as you should. Unlike a sauce pan that can handle heavy use, a cookie sheet needs special care. Here are a few tips that can help you extend the life of your cookie sheets and keep them ...
I am now the proud owner of a Bakers Edge Brownie Pan. A special thank you goes to David Hall, V. P. of Sales and Marketing, at BakersEdge.com. David was kind enough to send out a test pan, for me to use and then review on my cooking blog. I guess I’ve always been an ...
No matter the occasion, a taste of home is always welcome. Cookies are more than a gift, more than food, they are a personalized memory, a shared history, a small piece of home for someone who can’t be there. What you need to know is not why, but how to send cookies in the mail. ...
There are hundreds of cafes in Austin, ranging from cute bistros to funky lunch spots to old-time diners. Over the years I’ve lived in Austin I’ve tried many of these cafes. Some more popular ones tend to have long lines, unremarkable food, and sub-par service. Locals will keep telling you to try these restaurants though ...
Christmas is a time of giving, and one of the nicest and best things you can give to someone else is a little piece of yourself. When we think of homemade gifts, thoughts of young children giving arts and crafts projects to their parents or grandparents come to mind first. However, giving something homemade as ...