I need much, much more practice with royal icing. I did a little better this time, but it’s an art to get it perfectly smooth. I used a classic butter cookie recipe, rolled slightly thick, to make cute flying pig cookies. I started with the wings – plain royal icing, which is pure white, topped [...]
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Classic Butter Cookies
Posted by Sheri on Thursday, March 29th, 2012 · Comments (1)Chocolate Coffee Cake with Dark Chocolate Ganache
Posted by Sheri on Sunday, March 25th, 2012 · Comments (8)I was a little nervous about this week’s Baked Sunday Morning project. Cakes aren’t a problem. Giant, three-layer cakes tend to be a challenge for me, though. They usually end up crooked or the buttercream somehow slides off. My decorating skills aren’t the best, either. The first problem I had was lack of pans. I [...]
Spanish Sables
Posted by Sheri on Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 · Comments (0)We went the savory route for this month’s Bake Together. And I went with Spanish flavors, not the first time I’ve veered in that direction. What can I say, I’m a little boring. I really love Abby’s Bake Together challenges. Up until she started them, I was a pretty strict recipe follower. I still am, [...]
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Oatmeal Cherry Nut Cookies
Posted by Sheri on Sunday, March 18th, 2012 · Comments (2)Larry’s favorite cookie ever is an oatmeal cookie, so I figured I had to make this version from Baked. They didn’t disappoint – Larry loves them. The cookies aren’t too sweet, and there are a few warm spices in the mix (cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg). I normally add dried blueberries to my oatmeal cookies, but cherries [...]
Key Lime Pie
Posted by Sheri on Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 · Comments (2)Happy Pi Day! Despite my welcome problem of too many Meyer Lemons, my key lime tree hasn’t been as fruitful. In fact, it hasn’t produced one lime. But since it’s citrus season, I can find them in stores occasionally. Larry and I ate our weight in key lime pie a few years ago when we [...]
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Classic Sugar Cookies
Posted by Sheri on Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 · Comments (3)I hate it when beautifully decorated cookies taste the opposite of how they look. Sugar cookies can often be dry, tasteless chunks of cardboard that are pretty on the outside, icky on the inside. These cookies don’t fit that description – they’re a bit delicate and very buttery, a really nice cookie. I could have [...]
S’more Nut Bars
Posted by Sheri on Monday, March 5th, 2012 · Comments (2)I returned to the first Baked book again after two months – how could I have ignored it for so long? I usually bake out of it at least once a month, but it’s a case of too many delicious recipes, not enough time (or stomach capacity). I picked this recipe at random, just looking [...]
Cookiepalooza
Posted by Sheri on Saturday, February 25th, 2012 · Comments (1)Our local heritage society and museum has regular events, and I’m one of the volunteer bakers for them. The latest request was a few dozen cookies for a reception that’s being held at the museum, so I settled on three cookies from great sources. I’d made the cornmeal shortbreads before, but the other two were [...]
Earl Grey Tea Cookies
Posted by Sheri on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 · Comments (0)I have a weakness for buttery little tea cookies, and for tea-flavored desserts. When I saw this recipe from Sally Schneider, I knew I wanted to make these – and many of the other variations she describes in this post. The cookie recipe uses my favorite method for making cookie dough – in the food [...]
Lemon-Poppy Seed Cake
Posted by Sheri on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 · Comments (1)Years ago, when Larry and I first met, I could bake about three things reliably. Cheesecake, lemon poppy seed cake, and chocolate chip cookies. That was the extent of my dessert repertoire. The poppy seed cake was always a favorite of his, but it was really just a doctored up cake from a mix (the [...]
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