I Gave Him My Heart (now give me a pen)*
I’m not gonna lie: These Chocolate Whole Wheat Sandwich Cookies with Raspberry Filling are a production. It took me the better part of an afternoon to make them—the dough chills for a few hours before rolling, cutting, and baking, and then there’s the post-bake cool, the post-decorating rest, and the final sandwich-making. But oh my, ...Keep Reading
Emergency Peanut Butter Cookies
It’s Saturday night, and I had a cookie emergency. By that, I mean that I’m at home on a Saturday night—what else is new—and I.need.cookies. But other than the bag of chocolate goldfish we use to tempt Harry from the playground, we’re plum out of them. And it’s, like, one degree outside. Or something. So ...Keep Reading
Bonbons in a Blizzard
I am in so much trouble. For my birthday, Stephen took me to dinner at Franny’s*. They don’t take reservations, so while we waited for a table we sat at the bar, chatting. And since it was my birthday and all, we talked about my favorite thing: food. I can’t remember how it came up, ...Keep Reading
Chocolate-Almond Spritz Cookies
These lightly sweet, crumbly little cookies were our holiday gift for Harry’s teachers—they’re spritz cookies, the kind you make with a cookie press (mine is by Kuhn Rikon). Spritz are terrific to make with little kids—who doesn’t love a gadget that shoots cookie dough? I held the press down against the baking sheet, and Harry ...Keep Reading
Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
It’s bad that I ate four of these for lunch, right? Well, yes and no. It’s bad in the sense that it’s always a bad idea to eat nothing but cookies for lunch. But thanks to a pair of extenuating circumstances, I’m OK with it. First, I actually had a healthy lunch ready to go, ...Keep Reading






