The best cookies in the States. Homemade and bakery bought.
Recipe: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/mocha-pecan-balls-10964 (not where I originally got the recipe, but it’s the same recipe) Ease of Baking: 6/10 (nothing tricky, but a bit of effort) Taste: 8/10 Honey cookies come and go, but chocolate will always be in fashion (okay, that was super corny, but how else am I supposed to transition between honey and chocolate?). With … Continue reading Mocha Pecan Balls
Recipe: http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/almond_honey_butter_cookies.html Ease of Baking: 5/10 (thumb-print cookies are tricky; be prepared to get messy) Taste: 6/10 This is the last honey cookie for a while, but the good news is it’s the best honey cookie (of the three honey cookies we’ve made together). This recipe caught my eye for two reasons. The first reason … Continue reading Honey Thumb-Prints
Recipe: http://www.stylemepretty.com/living/2013/07/17/peanut-butter-honey-chocolate-chip-cookies-from-lynette-boyle/ Ease of Baking: 9/10 (simple drop cookie) Taste: 4/10 It’s honey time! (again!) Honey is a much trickier ingredient to work with; it’s very easy to lose the honey flavor when baking (similar to maple). I followed the recipe in the post above exactly. I used a natural peanut … Continue reading Honey chocolate chip peanut butter drops
Recipe: http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/soft-honey-cookies Ease of Baking: 9/10 (simple mixture) Taste: 2/10 (bland, bland, bland) I’m having a hard time moving away from peanut butter cookies- there are endless variations, I love peanut butter, and I didn’t even have a chance to try any with added peanuts yet! But since I’m doing an ingredient each week(ish), it’s … Continue reading Simple Honey Drops
Recipe: Page 30 of my “bible”: http://www.amazon.com/BH-Ultimate-Cookie-Book-Tempting/dp/B00CF5VPJS/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1380985981&sr=1-41 Ease of Baking: 9/10 (easy; follow the recipe and you can’t mess up) Taste: 4/10 Another day, another peanut butter cookie! (most people come home from work and immediately make peanut butter cookies, right?) This cookie is a change from the traditional peanut butter cookies of the … Continue reading Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Drops
Recipe: http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/05/08/the_best_peanut_butter_cookie_recipe_why_you_need_brown_sugar_almond_extract.html Ease of Baking: 9/10 (easy; follow the recipe and you can’t mess up) Taste: 6/10 (crisp exterior, soft interior, mostly peanut butter taste, almond extract is distracting) I’ve pleasantly surprised myself with the degree of rigor I’m using with this blog, exploring one key ingredient at a time. This week is a peanut … Continue reading Peanut Butter Drops with Almond Extract
Recipe: ½ cup peanut butter ½ cup butter ½ cup brown sugar ½ cup white sugar 1 egg ½ tsp vanilla 2 tsp. baking powder (or 1 tsp. soda) ½ tsp salt 1 ½ cup flour Sift flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. Cream shortening, blend in sugars and peanut butter until light and … Continue reading Traditional Peanut Butter Drops
Recipe: 1 cup butter 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup white sugar 2 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 tablespoons milk 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups oatmeal 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans 2 cups chocolate chips Ease of Baking: 8/10 (exceedingly easy; … Continue reading Mom’s chocolate chip cookies
Recipe: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/coconut-macaroons-recipe3/index.html Ease of Baking: 4/10 (folding egg whites is very tricky; see below for advice) Taste: 5/10 (a decent macaroon, not quite spectacular, and the texture left something to be desired) After doing research on macaroons, I’ve learned there appears to be two standard ways to make macaroons; one with cane sugar … Continue reading Coconut Macaroons with Sweetened Condensed Milk
Recipe is a variation of the following: http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-easy-coconut-macaroons-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-186918 Ease of Baking: 9/10 (exceedingly easy; follow the recipe and you can’t mess up) Taste: 7/10 (not enough maple, texture was a little too chewy, but a tasty variation on the original) After a major success with the previous macaroon entry, I decided to make up my … Continue reading Coconut Maple Macaroons
Testing and tasting the best homemade cookies. 