by Brian | Aug 30, 2019 | Cookie Jar, Recipes, TBT
The cover of Retro Cakes and Cookies shows an old friend. I grew up on Pinwheel Cookies although here they have the name Double Chocolate Pinwheels. The double part comes from using white chocolate in the white dough. As a kid, sixty years ago, I don’t...
by Brian | Jul 2, 2018 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
This year the 4th of July is on Wednesday. Looking at traffic last Friday, it seems much of the country is taking a full week off. For you Wednesday dessert, he’s a recipe I’ve offered before: the ultimate strawberry and cake dessert featuring a white...
by Brian | Jul 2, 2016 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
For the upcoming 4th of July weekend, at some point you may require a spectacular dessert. Spectacular. It’s this one. This Strawberry and White Chocolate Buttermilk Cake is from the extraordinary pastry chef Sherry Yard. When she wrote her monumental tome...
by Brian | Jan 27, 2013 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
Simply Sensational Cookies by Nancy Baggett is just chuck full of ideas you have to try. Have to. What kind of dessert person are you? Honor that addiction. Show some pride. And, get some variety in to boot! Mocha is flavor many of us relish or need. Witness those...