Whenever I’m in a baking slump and am trying to get back into the swing of things, I look for desserts that I feel like eating and are also simple to make. Baby steps. And these cookies fit the bill perfectly.
Category: cookies
trying // honey florentine shortbreads
When I had the opportunity to redesign my entire blog when I made the jump from Blogger to WordPress, I pictured my new space as an island in the middle of a nowhere, a sort of haven for my thoughts unaffected by time or reality, hence the minimalist layout with just a single column and […]
holiday greetings // first ever gingerbread house
Happy holidays! I know it’s a few days past Christmas but I wanted to share my first ever gingerbread house project because I’d like to think that it was a major success, and also is there really ever an inappropriate time for Christmas content? Shout out to Pinterest for the ingenious window hack – gelatin […]
the simple things // browned butter chocolate chunk cookies
The popularity of the simple chocolate chip cookie baffles me sometimes. From a baker’s standpoint they aren’t the most exciting things to make, but they elicit such dramatic reactions in the people I gift them to in the best possible way.
order amongst chaos // matcha flower cookies
There is something about the pattern of repetition that attracts the human eye. I present my case.
pretty things // pistachio cherry macarons
A quick post – regrettably – for a busy week. But next week there’ll be time to breathe, so there will be cake. And lots of it.
macro // jasmine macarons x mango coconut pudding
I got a new macro lens! Innovative title I know but that’s sort of the secondary focus of this post (after the dessert itself) because all these pictures are taken with the new lens. It’s strangely challenging to adjust to – the angle at which I have to shoot from is so different from when […]
locating light // viennese sablé sandwiches with cinnamon rum raisin buttercream
Contrary to what the title might suggest, there is no deep philosophical meaning behind my attempt to locate a pleasant source of light for photography, although I could certainly contrive one, but perhaps on another day apart from this Friday night on which my frazzled brain is proving more unreliable by the second.
