This recipe is so simple that you could even whip them up for those last minute hostess gifts during the holidays or for an extra little something sweet to have around the house. Be forewarned, you cannot stop at just one!
Cookies and Bars
Macarons are the new cupcake, you cannot go wrong with a French macaron during the holiday season. We made an eggnog inspired macaron filled with rum buttercream, a pistachio macaron filled with yellow chartreuse buttercream and a chocolate macaron filled with ancho chili bittersweet chocolate ganache.
The 2009 October Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to us by Ami S of Baking Without Fear. She chose macarons from Claudia Fleming’s The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern as the challenge recipe.
Almond flour and sugar is gently folded with egg whites to create the French macaron. Nestled between the delicate cookies is a slight layer of nutty but chocolatey Nutella.
It is that time again, time for Tuesdays With Dorie (TWD) and Melissa of Life in a Peanut Shell, is our hostess this week. Melissa must have known that I needed the perfect dessert for us to bring to a BBQ last weekend when she picked Dorie’s Espresso Cheesecake Brownie. When I pulled up the …
I had an abundance of Lemon Verbena growing outside the kitchen door, which was a pure delight, for the past couple of months. I love to open the door in the morning and smell the wetness of the evening along with the sweetness of the verbena while enjoying my morning coffee with one of these …