072410 Snickerdoodles

Surprisingly, this recipe didn't call for any cream of tartar, which I always thought was the discerning ingredient for snickerdoodles. My family enjoyed the cookies, in fact, these are my daughter's favorite cookies! She just got back from Japan so I thought I would bake her a batch! I used a 1.5" cookie scooper which kept my hands clean. The bake time in the convection oven was actually 5-7minutes longer than the recommended bake time. Very easy & quick to make - did it all under an hour!

071910 Coconut Macaroons

Just returned from a family vacation today and had to whip up something out of the Cookie book to stay on schedule. The coconut macaroons were simple enough and I had all the ingredients. Well actually, I only had sweetened shredded coconut and so I omitted the 3/4c sugar called out in the recipe. I decided to add the chopped semisweet chocolate pieces into some of the coconut mixture - glad I did because those came out so yummy with just the right amount of chocolate!! One really has to love coconut to enjoy these cookies - I do!!

070410 Magic Blondies

I actually put these cookies together on the 4th of July! The recipe's pretty easy but too bad it only yielded 1 dozen. The dough has to be patted down into the muffin tin in order to fill the remaining tin with the dry mixture topping. The end result was like a big cookie topped with chocolate chips, coconut, nuts and cranberries. The presentation looks spectacular but I have to admit, it's not one of my favorite recipes...just a tad on the "plain" side for me. Apologies for the delayed blog entry but we just came back from a week long vacation.