Cookies are not my “thing”. Mostly because they just never turn out that well. You know, soft and chewy on the inside and crispy on the outside. So when, Tuesdays With Dorie baking group chose Mocha Chocolate Chip Cookies for this week’s recipe I thought, “yawn.” Then there are the ingredients … apricots (not my … Read more
Did you receive any sweet surprises this Christmas? I did! Rewind to a month ago at the beginning of the holiday baking season. My cousin Laura sent me an email asking if I had ever made my Grandma Paulsen’s anise cookies. Both Laura and I remember the hundreds of anise cookies our Grandma would make … Read more
The other day I was taking my friend Susan Christmas shopping and she asked me if we were making any chocolate chip cookies for Christmas. I told her I hadn’t thought about it but that we could. She said “Oh I would just love some homemade chocolate chip cookies!” Chocolate chip cookies are so classic … Read more
I recently sat in a small cramped doctor’s office with a girlfriend as she received the life-altering news that she has Parkinson’s Disease. For all the possibilities she and I had talked about hearing that day, that was not one of them. As we listened to the doctor arrange the next steps I felt myself … Read more
Happy Saturday friends! Are you having a beautiful autumn where you live? Our temperatures dropped into the 70’s during the day for about a week and a half lulling me into the I love fall mode. Then WHACK this week Indian Summer returned with gusto bringing with it temperatures in the 80’s and HUMIDITY! What … Read more
I love fall and it is quickly finding its way across the country. In my neck of the woods the temperatures are falling at night into the low 60’s. How glorious for the inner child in me, who continues to regularly play with matches 🙂 And while my menopausal mind longs for the coolness of … Read more