by Brian | Aug 26, 2016 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
Yesterday I did a TBT review of The Essential Chocolate Chip Cookbook. This is the very first recipe in the book. And this recipe is reason enough to buy the book. Elinor says the cookie dough is barely sufficient to hold together the chips, pecans, walnuts and...
by Brian | Sep 5, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Cookie Jar, Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Drop cookies come in two forms: rustic and perfectly shaped. Rustic means you drop the dough by tablespoons onto the cookies sheet. The dough plops, the shape is sort of round, you mess with the shape with your fingers, and the cookies bake in that nice but not...
by Brian | Jan 28, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Cookie Jar, Recipes
How many times have you made chocolate chip cookies? Honestly? Yes, you have to start counting from childhood, when you tugged on Mom’s apron and got one big serious lick of cookie dough. That’s when our common addiction started. Long after Mom is gone, that...
by Suzi | Jul 9, 2008 | Cookbook Reviews
Well, it’s summer time and that’s just the time for fun treats. July and August are peak picnic months. We all need finger foods for the park or beach. Elinor Klivans is a master of the sweet stuff that every picnic basket just has to have.Her latest book,...