by guest blogger Katina Simonetta Jenkins, merchandising coordinator at Rodale’s What comes to mind when you think of Greek cookies or pastries? Let me guess…baklava? Baklava is delicious, but there are so many other delectable Greek desserts to choose from! Koulouria are my favorite Greek cookies to make (and among my favorite to eat). You […]
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Making Madeleines (and Memories) from Scratch
This summer, I had the great pleasure of watching my 9-year-old daughter eat her first madeleine in Paris. It was tiny and fresh, and the look on her face as she tasted it led me to believe it might just be a “Proustian moment” for her. So for Christmas this year, I bought her a […]
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Merry Christmas, Dear Reader! I wish you a healthy, healing, and happy holiday. —Maria Related Posts:Happy New Year!5 Last Minute Stocking Stuffers Made with CareHoliday Leaf Ornaments… With a Twist of Bling
Crave-worthy Cranberry & Coconut Peanut Butter Cookies
by Maria Luci, editor at Maria’s Farm Country Kitchen and Rodale’s This recipe was created because I was craving one of Maria Rodale’s Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies. Unfortunately, I soon realized that I didn’t have the necessary ingredients on hand to make the icing. Even worse, I was out of peanut butter! But as […]
Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies
“Have another Nutter Butter peanut butter sandwich cooooookiiieeee!” For us old-timers, that song sure can get stuck in our heads. But this peanut butter cookie is the cure. And it’s gluten-free! (Too bad almost all of my gluten-free family members hate peanut butter.) You can make these as plain-old peanut butter cookies or fill them […]
Chocolate Chip-Oatmeal-Coconut Cookies from Scratch
Continuing with my latest obsession with coconut, I had a hankering for chocolate chip cookies with coconut. And then I thought, “Why not add oatmeal?” These cookies are absolutely delicious. And even better yet, they’re as healthy as a cookie can get, since they’re organic and made with whole wheat flour. And now that we […]
Haika’s Secret to Incredibly Flaky Piecrust
Recently, when I was at the Easton Farmers’ Market, I ran into Haika, one of my favorite bakers. A few years ago I asked her to teach me how to make “Pop-Tarts,” which she does incredibly well. As these things often go, we still haven’t gotten around to it and laughed about “maybe next year.” […]
A Special Australian Cookie
If ever there was a “cookie” that was a love letter, it would be the Anzac Biscuit. ANZAC stands for Australia New Zealand Army Corps, and it was the official cookie (they call cookies biscuits Down Under) that women sent to their menfolk who went off to war—beginning in World War I. The recipe is […]
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