Category: Cookies

  • Peanut Butter Cookies

    Peanut Butter Cookies

    Peanuts rank high on the top ten allergen list so feel free to swap nut butters! These golden-blonde cookies are slightly soft, mildly chewy, and dense, with satisfying peanut butter taste! If you grind your own they will come out a little different, but still delicious. You’ll Need: 4 ounces…

  • Death By Chocolate

    Death By Chocolate

    I’ve been developing this dense brownie recipe for a while. One day, my eldest daughter searched through the hand-scribbled recipes I keep in the top utility drawer in the kitchen. I’ve only half-written recipes and formulas. Some contain ingredients without a method, and some include methods without ingredients. Cleary, lazy…

  • Homemade Churros with Chocolate Sauce!

    Homemade Churros with Chocolate Sauce!

    All you need is a few simple ingredients and less than 30 minutes for hot, crispy Homemade Churros with Chocolate Sauce! Churros are traditional Spanish desserts. They are popular in Spain, France, the Philippines, Portugal, South America, and the Southwestern US States. Now we know why! For the Churro Batter…

  • Chef Gigi’s Holiday Cutout Cookie Dough

    Chef Gigi’s Holiday Cutout Cookie Dough

    Be sure to read my pro-tips at the end of this recipe to ensure a successful baking experience! You’ll Need: 6 cups, all-purpose flour 3 teaspoons fresh baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 pound cold unsalted butter, cut into 1-2 inch chunks 2 cups white granulated sugar 2 large eggs…

  • The BEST Ever Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe. 

    I have ever so slightly adapted the very, very famous- New York Times, chocolate chip cookie recipe. Enjoy!  Ingredients: 8½ ounces cake flour 8½ ounces bread flour 1¼ teaspoons fresh baking soda 1½ teaspoons fresh baking powder 1½ teaspoons kosher salt 10 ounces unsalted butter, at room temperature 10 ounces…

  • #HolidayBaking. Chef Gigi’s Recipe for Those Delicate, Flakey, Round Cookies all Covered with Powered Sugar. You know the ones! 

    #HolidayBaking. Chef Gigi’s Recipe for Those Delicate, Flakey, Round Cookies all Covered with Powered Sugar. You know the ones! 

    So delicious you can’t eat just one! Yeah… those!  Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups walnuts  8 ounces unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped out 2 cups powdered sugar 1/4 teaspoon Kosher salt 2 cups all-purpose flour Method: Preheat the oven to 350°.Line 2 large cookie…