World Peace Cookies are a French chocolate shortbread cookie made famous by Dorie Greenspan and Pierre Herme. Buttery, salty and sandy, these cookies are always a hit in our home. World peace cookies are sable cookies which are famous in France. Sables, (pronounced sa-blays) should be made with the best butter you can find, as …
This rich chocolate tart with a butterscotch topping can be made with many types of crust. Shortbread! Oreos! Coconut! Perfect for Passover! Perfect for Easter. Perfect for any occasion! Like really…it’s kind of sad that this chocolate tart with an over layer of decadent butterscotch has disappeared. It’s a good thing though as a …
Looking for recipes with olives? These olive scourtins or sweet and salty shortbreads studded with olives, are perfect to enjoy with wine and cheese! As a kid I hated olives, particularly olive appetizers. But yes, I do love posting recipes with olives! Remember these recipes with olives? Those dough wrapped things from the 70’s? Or …
This is the best shortbread cookie for decorating. And just 5 ingredients. They are tender and flaky and roll out so well. I’ve been making them for years. Now it’s your turn! It’s this time of year when I get out my best shortbread cookie recipe for decorating. I can sit inside at the kitchen …
Pecan bars, an awesome variation of pecan pie, and some might say better! Pecan bars, a classic recipe from The Silver Palate, is one I’ve been making for years. Good recipes are worth their weight in gold, and this one is one of them. When I first started cooking I was addicted to the Silver …
These easy maple glazed, maple shortbread cookies are made with maple syrup and brown sugar and are the perfect holiday cookie. Chilled in the fridge and then sliced and baked, this maple shortbread cookie is a maple lover’s dream. Everyone should have an easy shortbread recipe in their back pocket. I’ve made many shortbread cookies …
Shortbread Sugar Cookie Nuggets are almost a Mexican wedding cookie and almost shortbread. But truthfully they are tasty bites of sugary pecan laced butter dough that you can coat with your favorite sugar flavor! When cookie season rolls along I’m always looking for new favorites to add to my old, treasured recipes. It’s not easy …
Wine. Did someone say wine? It must be happy hour! I have never written a post about wine except to say how much I love to drink it. Growing up when wine was quickly becoming a fashionable way to imbibe, I had a mother and father who quickly became wine connoisseurs. As good parents, they …