Oh baby, it is COLD outside! The Dallas area, and most areas in the Mid-west, are enduring what I am unofficially calling ‘Ice-pocalypse 2011′. Around the Evil Shenanigans homestead the temperatures hovering around 15 F, while ice and gusty winds have made travel and work nearly impossible. When I get cooped up indoors during this [...]
It has been a little while since I made a batch of cookies, and it has also been a while since I used my beloved Golden Syrup. Quel nightmare! So, when the inevitable cookie craving struck the other day I went directly to the pantry to see what was available. I had already decided on [...]
I might have been thinking of cookies when I made these scones. I was craving chocolate chip cookies the other day when a picture of some cream scones caught my eye. Why couldn’t I take the best flavors of a chocolate chip cookie and combine them with some scones? So, I did just that! I [...]
I love old family recipes. I also love cookies. My mom makes some pretty fantastic oatmeal cookies. They are my grandmother’s recipe, handed down on a butter stained note card, and they are lovely. Crisp throughout with a hint of cinnamon and a lovely nubby texture makes them instantly craveable. They are mom’s go-to cookie and the most [...]
I’m on something of a brown butter kick at the moment. It is a really tasty kick, if I don’t mind saying. After the Chocolate Spice Cake with Brown Butter Frosting I was looking for another way to use brown butter in sweets. I decided on cookies, since they are my favorite thing to [...]
First a bit of something fun! I would like to thank Jess and Lyns at All Things Cupcake who selected me as one of the Cupcake Talent Picks of the Week! All Things Cupcake features loads of beautiful cupcake pictures, as well as other awesome cupcake related items. Check it out, and thanks again for choosing [...]
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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