Овсяные талеры. Salted Butter Popcorn Macarons. Five posts in, and not a single sign of a macaron – I thought for post number six it was about time I got a recipe in.
I had intended on keeping things fairly healthy from now on… wedding is in just 6 months! I then considered how ‘healthy’ my previous primal chocolate tart post was, and then considered how strange it is to have a blog named Macnifique with no actual macarons in sight. So, to make myself feel better, and to allow you guys the pleasure, here you are! I did have to consider which route to go down with these macs. Pierre Herme really is the master, and working from one of his recipes is an obvious (but incredibly good) choice.
Instead I decided to go crazy, down the Adriano Zumbo route with these. For those of you who’ve never heard of Zumbo, and are thinking: What does some kinda fitness regime have to do with macarons!? Adriano Zumbo is an incredibly creative, talented and very well respected Australian pastry chef. [Note to self: Find out when the next Zumberon day is!] Chocolate cookies. Perfect Chocolate Chunk Cookies. I love this recipe for perfect chocolate chunk cookies!
A nice thick, soft cookie, slightly crispy around the edges, loaded with milk and semi-sweet chocolate chunks! Perfect Chocolate Chunk Cookies. Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cup Cookie Sandwiches. Sometimes ideas are just too obvious.
Because this… It’s really a why didn’t I do that already in my life kind of thing. And this whole post is really a giant slap on your forehead. Chocolate chip cookies…yezz. Peanut Butter Cups…oh yezzzz. Sandwich them together when the cookie is still warm so the peanut butter cup gets all melty and sticky. This cookie gives you permission to eat 2 cookies and a peanut butter cup in one mouthful. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Whoopie Pies. I have decided that I am not fancy enough to be driven anywhere by a “driver”.
I know that sounds pretentious, and it’s not like it happens all the time. But when I AM being driven somewhere, I basically become a nervous wreck… Taxi drivers, bus drivers, airport shuttles…nervous wreck. I’m not necessarily worried about their driving skills, like a sensible person. No, I get nervous that they are going to kidnap me. On Friday I was lucky enough to be able to attend a fun blogging event in in NYC. Over the course of the hour that I was in the car I had cast myself in a “ripped from the headlines” episode of Law & Order: SVU. (Obviously Jennifer Aniston was going to play me. My driver spoke with a heavy Eastern European accent and smelled like cigarette smoke, basically a mash-up of all the bad-guy-kidnappers from the movie Taken. The driver was yelling on the phone to someone pretty much the entire drive. Deep Dish Milky Way Cookies. I am right in the middle of trying to teach my son a life lesson.
I am not so sure how I got qualified to do this. He’s right smack dab in the middle of, “Well my FRIEND has a such and such…Why can’t I have one too?” Anyone who has children goes through this, I’m sure. What I try and remind him of is that it’s good when your friend has something different because it makes going to their house more fun. Caramel Stuffed Truffle Cookies. So it will be Valentine’s Day soon.
Are you prepared? I’m fixing to run to Target and pick up the last odds and ends. And by odds and ends I mean a card or two, some random candy and maybe a new pair of yoga pants for myself. Target is good like that. But I’m just gonna say, if you’re more “homemade gift” versus “store bought gift” these cookies are what you need. They are totally easy. And look super impressive like you’ve been a slave to the kitchen for days. Deep Dish S'mores Cookies. Ask and you shall receive.
I asked you guys for help last week. Because sometimes my brain becomes an idea desert. So yeah, I asked you guys on facebook what kind of deep dish cookie you would want to see next. And while there were some pah-ritty fantastico ideas to choose from, there were more votes for Deep Dish S’mores Cookies than any other. Butterscotch Apple Pudding Cookies. Creme Brulee Cookies. These Creme Brulee Cookies are fantastically easy and so yummy!
These cookies are a bit of a departure for me… See, I don’t love Creme Brulee. Nope. I am not really a fan of anything custardy or pudding-ish. It’s the texture, man. Brookie Cookies. These Brookie Cookies are the perfect portions of a chocolate chip cookie and a brownie all in one!
Yep, I’m still on cookies. I guess it must be that time of the year…you know holiday baking season and all? Wait, that hasn’t started yet? Buckeye Brownie Cookies. Well, let me tell you guys, I am lucky to be alive right now.
Yes, of course that is a dramatic statement. But let me tell you the story… So the other night I was home alone minding my own business…the husband took my little guys to their respective sporting activities… Anyway, I was busy baking cookies and suddenly I heard an unfamiliar cell phone ringing. So yeah, I got scared, convinced that an intruder had broken in and was hiding out, just waiting until my husband left to murder me… But his cell phone gave him away. Кокосово-мандариновое печенье.