Tag: cookies

Lucy Vitiello Polvinale’s Biscotti Recipe

Lucy Vitiello Polvinale’s Biscotti Recipe

My Old Nonnie’s recipe for crisp anise and vanilla scented biscotti chockful of almonds ready for dunking in coffee, milk or vin santo.

Refrigerator Chocolate Cake aka Queen Elizabeth Cake

Refrigerator Chocolate Cake aka Queen Elizabeth Cake

Decadent no-bake chocolate loaf cake with crunchy bites of digestive biscuits decorated with ganache and Cadbury eggs. Foolproof dessert that is infinitely more than the sum of its parts.

Berry Jam Crumble Bar Cookies

Berry Jam Crumble Bar Cookies

Berry jam crumble bar cookies, buttery short crust with hints of cinnamon and the hearty flavor of toasted oats cradling an ooey tart-sweet jam center. Perfect for picnics, lunchboxes or a random Monday afternoon.

Grandma Zemke’s Gingerbread Cookie Recipe

Grandma Zemke’s Gingerbread Cookie Recipe

This almost universally agreed upon greatest Christmas cookie in our house isn’t even one of my family recipes. It’s BD’s maternal grandmother Helen Molnar Zemke’s gingerbread cookies.  Up until two years ago, I had never attempted the cookies. I didn’t need to.  I’d just wait 

Absolutely Marvelous Caramel Matzoh Crunch

Absolutely Marvelous Caramel Matzoh Crunch

Caramel-crisped matzoh topped with dark silky chocolate and slivers and crunchy almond.  Is it a cookie?  Is it candy?  Does it really matter … it’s delicious. And it is … absolutely marvelous. Every year when I bake the matzoh crunch, I’m reminded of a fictional 

Christmas Sugar Cookies

A buttery sugar cookie in its purest form.  Rolled thick for a nice softness or thin for a crisp bite, this cookie only gets more magical with a simple buttercream.  Sprinkles optional; enjoyment is not. GO TO RECIPE O holy night! The stars are brightly 

Video Demonstration – Nonnie’s Biscotti

Video Demonstration – Nonnie’s Biscotti

Video series: Biscotti Making with Aunt Dot. All the secrets to making a perfect batch (or six if you are Aunt Dot) of Nonnie’s biscotti.