011913 Pistachio Tuiles

Though easy to make, you need to work fast with these cookies once they're removed from the oven. On my first 2 pans, I didn't flatten the dough enough - cookies were a bit thick. When I did spread the dough before baking, I still didn't get that lacy look. I may over processed the nuts to where it thickened the batter too much. Not too fond of the flavor; overall, I'm not a fan of tuile/french lace cookies. To me, they're too sweet, sticky and tricky to form.

011213 Springerle

I traveled far to make these cookies. I found the springerle rolling pin in Solvang during the Christmas holiday. I was so excited to make this recipe - it's quite different in that you have to let it set for 24hours before baking them at a low temp for another 1hr. To my dismay, these cookies came out terrible....in taste & texture. They were as hard as rock and the anise flavor didn't appeal to me. They did turn white but my picture impressions were not very deep. I would attempt the recipe again if it didn't call for large quantities of ingredients (I halved the recipe, too). Very not happy on how these turned out....invested quite a bit of time.

010613 Mini Black-and-White Cookies

Easy to make recipe - I used buttermilk powder w/ water. Next time, I would use <1T of dough to make cookies (mine came out a bit too big). The dough was a bit runny and I ended up scooping the dough onto the cookie sheet. Lastly, these were somewhat hard to frost- messy trying to decorate with 2 colors of frosting (I"m sure it'll come easier with practice).

123012 Truffle Brownies

Very decadent cookie....need a tall glass of milk with this recipe. The ganache was a bit runny, even after refrigeration. The brownie is very easy to make....just a bit to sweet to enjoy w/o something to wash it down with. You can tell by the picture that it was a bit messy to enjoy. Not sure I would repeat this recipe....