Sugar Savvy

Last year around this time Newman’s Own expanded its Newman-O’s Cookie line to include a new Peanut Butter Crème Filled Chocolate Cookie, and generously sent me a sampler box to review, which you can check out here.
Along with the Peanut Butter Crème Filled Chocolate Cookies, the Newman’s sampler box also contained some other flavors, including their Organic […]

Let’s play Jeopardy-
Answer: Coconut Macaroons
Question: What is - what you do with leftover egg whites

Oftentimes a recipe calls for egg yolks only, so what do you do with the whites?  Throw them away?  That would be wasteful; instead, find a recipe that uses egg whites.
I make quite a bit of ice cream so I am […]

Great news, Mother’s Cookies are back!  I had previously shared with you here the sad news that Mother’s Cookies was going out of business in October 2008 when the company filed bankruptcy.  The California institution was thankfully saved by Kellogg’s, who bought the rights to the trademarks and recipes.
Mother’s cookies made their return to stores […]

Valentine’s Day is just a couple of days away and red hearts and flowers are front-and-center in many stores.  I prefer to stay low key on holidays in general, so I get a little annoyed with all the in-your-face promotions that go along with any celebratory day.  Nonetheless, I am a girl and like someone […]

One sweet holiday tradition eagerly anticipated by many during the season is baking cookies, and with Thanksgiving marking the start of the holiday season this week, it’s time to fire up your ovens.  This year, why not try something new and have a cookie party?
The idea is to invite a group of your friends who […]

It’s no secret that I love to cook. A lot. Whether it’s a backyard barbecue or a five course dinner, I tend to go all out. But when it comes to baking, I have traditionally kept it simpler. Baking requires more time, patience and attention to gather all the ingredients and accouterments. Or it did, […]

I picked this up at Sainsbury’s in Cambridge after I read Terry’s review of it on The Chocolate Review, and I wasn’t sorry. I bought them in a pack of six and brought them home to give out as “I remembered you while I was abroad!” gifts. The big six-pack contained six individually wrapped bars, […]

Much loved Mother’s Cookies, a Northern California institution for over 90 years, announced that it is filing bankruptcy and will cease production of its cookies as of this Monday.   The company claims that rising prices for raw materials and fuel were the reasons behind the rather abrupt announcement made last Friday.
It is sad to see […]

There has been a lot of discussion online recently regarding what makes for a great chocolate chip cookie in the aftermath of the NY Times article: “Perfection? Hint: It’s Warm and Has a Secret.”  The article explores the secrets to making a great chocolate chip cookie with various bakers and includes a recipe adapted from […]

I am not a big cookie eater.  Cookie baker, yes, but then I give them away.  The cookies I have been known to grab handfuls of are mostly Italian, like biscotti, amaretti cookies, and ladyfingers.  When the chefs gave us a ladyfinger recipe in class years ago, I was so excited and made them several […]