Shortbread (Plain and Lavender Lemon)

This recipe really speaks to the idea that time is just a construct. Chill for an amount of time that feels right. Bake for an amount of time that feels right. Who needs specific instructions, really? Isn’t baking always supposed to have the confusion of a Bake Off technical challenge? Is the almond optional? How…

Texas Bourbon Balls

It’s time for the holiday cookie making season to begin! As excited as I am to make absurd numbers of cookies and give them to people who already have absurd numbers of cookies or are trying to lose weight or can’t eat that many cookies, this week the temps are in the low 80s. It…

Super Bowl Sugar Cookies

Every year for the Super Bowl we theme our food options to the two teams that are playing. There has been Philly Cheesesteak Queso, Lobster Roll Dip, Dumplings (San Francisco), and many years of Kansas City Ribs. While I’m happy to not be having Kansas City Ribs for the third year in a row, the…