When I meet new people and they hear that I enjoy baking, I’m often asked, “What’s your favorite thing to bake?” That’s a tough question to answer. Whenever I pick up a new baking project, it will depend on the season, the occasion, and my general mood. After much thought, however, I’ve narrowed it down to biscotti. In… Read More Spiced Fig and Walnut Biscotti
For someone who bakes as much as I do, it is impossible to choose an all-time favorite dessert. It depends on the season, it depends on my mood, it depends on my stress level, and so on. But as far as cakes go, I do have an all-time favorite: carrot cake. I will pick it… Read More Traditional, Darn-Good Carrot Cake
It’s my third (and sadly, last) cookie recipe for Christmas Cookie Extravaganza 2013. And I saved the best for last. These cookies – simply called Jammers – are famous in the Cookie World. They are a Dorie Greenspan creation, and Dorie serves them at her cookie-centric bakery in the Lower East Side, named Beurre and… Read More Beurre and Sel Jammers
Pâte à Chew has been baking up a storm in cold, rainy New York City over the past few days. Cookies are one of my favorite things to experiment with in the kitchen, but when the holidays arrive each year, my mind is consumed with finding new and creative Christmas cookie recipes to try. My… Read More Speculoos Buttons
It’s now December 2013, which means I can officially kick off my third annual Holiday Cookie Extravaganza! It’s not a surprise that I start out with a new biscotti recipe. Biscotti really are one of my favorite things to bake. These are the fifth (!) biscotti recipe I’ve shared. Biscotti make a perfect light-but-satisfying dessert, and there… Read More Maple Walnut Biscotti