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During December I am busy making Christmas cookies to share with family and friends. There are some cookies I make every year because they are everyone’s favorite. Today I am sharing my recipe for one of my daughter’s favorite Christmas cookies, Peanut Butter Kisses Cookies. These soft and chewy peanut butter cookies are topped with […]
I love autumn when pumpkins are ripe and I love Macarons anytime of the year, so I had to put the two together in my “melt-in-your-mouth” delicious Pumpkin Macarons. These Pumpkin Macarons have the delicious flavor of pumpkin pie, with pumpkin pie spice in the cookie and in the Pumpkin Buttercream. You can make these […]
It’s fall and the stores have pumpkins everywhere. I wanted to make chocolate chip cookies, but once I saw all the pumpkins, I knew that I needed to make Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies. I usually make my chocolate chip cookies with semi-sweet chocolate chips, but these soft and chewy cookies are loaded with milk chocolate […]
During the 2017 Washington State Fair, my Mac SPAM Hello Dolly Bars won 1st Place in the The Great American SPAM Championship sponsored by the Blue Ribbon Group. During a trip to Waikiki to celebrate my parents 70th wedding anniversary, we attended Spam Jam, which is a street festival celebrating SPAM with local restaurants and […]
Today I had a special opportunity to share my, “Mac SPAM Hello Dolly Bars” recipe, on the “New Day NW” show on KING 5 TV in Seattle. These Hello Dolly Bars won 1st Place in the Great American SPAM Championship at the 2017 Washington State Fair. I want to thank Margaret Larson and the […]
I enjoy wandering the various stalls at our local Farmer’s Market to see what the local farmers are selling. This year, when the market re-opened during late spring, early summer, I found locally grown rhubarb and strawberries, which inspired my Strawberry-Rhubarb Macarons. These macarons have strawberry in the cookie, and filled with a delicious rhubarb […]
These delicious Zesty Lemon Macarons are filled with an easy to make lemon ganache and lemon curd. They are melt-in-your-mouth lemony good. Let’s BAKE! INGREDIENTS: LEMON CURD FILLING1/3 cup fresh lemon juice2 eggs1/2 cup sugar2 teaspoons lemon zest2 tablespoons butter, room temperature2 tablespoons nonfat lemon yogurt MACARON150 grams powdered sugar124 grams almond flour100 grams […]
Ever since my son was a boy, I have always put a box of cherry cordials in his Christmas stocking. So, on Easter I surprised him with a box of Cherry Cordial Macarons. Let’s BAKE! INGREDIENTS: MACARON 150 grams powdered sugar 124 grams almond flour 16 grams cocoa powder 100 grams egg whites, room […]
Since I was a little girl, one of my favorite treats at the Washington State Fair are Caramel Apples, which inspired me to make Salted Caramel Apple Oatmeal Cookies. Let’s BAKE! INGREDIENTS: SALTED CARAMEL SAUCE 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup water 3/4 cup heavy cream 3 tablespoons butter, softened 1 teaspoon kosher salt COOKIES 3/4 […]
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with these delicious Shamrock Macarons with a Minty-Green Buttercream. Let’s BAKE! INGREDIENTS: MACARON 150 grams powdered sugar 124 grams almond flour 100 grams egg whites, room temp (about 3) 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar 66 grams castor sugar (ultra fine). about 1/4 cup MINTY GREEN BUTTERCREAM 1/2 cup butter, room temperature […]