Spiced Pumpkin Jammers

Tuesdays with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies This is the second Jammers cookie we have made in the group. My comments for the Classic Jammers were “good but a lot of work”. These Pumpkin Jammers were also a lot of work. This is a cookie recipe that benefits from doing some of the work in advance but…

Maple-Star Anise Cookies

Tuesdays with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies So if I named these cookies I would name them Orange-Star Anise Cookies. I couldn’t really taste the maple syrup. It is pretty hard to have maple shine through when orange rind and star anise are such strong flavors. We love sandwich cookies so I went that route. My husband…

Chocolate-Raspberry Thumbprints

Tuesday with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies Chocolate seems to be the theme of the month. Good thing I love chocolate. These were a pretty easy cookie to make. Dorie’s Do-Almost-Anything Chocolate Cookie Dough is rolled into balls, then indented to make room for jam. I used strawberry jam since that is what I had on hand…

Pistachio-Berry Slims

Tuesdays with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies This was an easy bar cookie to whip up. Pistachios and sugar ground together in a food processor. An egg white added to glue it together. Form it into a log and bake. Fill with jam and top with raspberries. Presto fancy cookie bar. My husband thought they were too…

Cast-Iron Pan Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Tuesdays with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies I loved the idea of a cookie in a pan and this dessert did not disappoint. I served this as part of our Independence Day celebration dinner. This cookie is chocked full of stuff; chocolate, dried apricots and sweetened coconut. I served it a la mode which made it extra…

Cocoa-Tahini Cookies with Sesame Crunch

Tuesdays with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies We loved everything about these cookies. As soon as I took them out of the oven everyone ate two. This is my first time baking with tahini and it won’t be my last.  For the sesame crunch I decided to make from scratch since I could always use the practice…

Swedish Visiting Cake Bars

Tuesdays with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies This is definitely a cake, no bar about it. It is a delicious cake, flavored and covered with almonds. Surprisingly when I cut into it the bottom in the center was a little under done, something I was not expecting. A family discussion concluded that using a glass Pyrex pan…

Strawberry Shortcake Cookies

Tuesdays with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies We had a family discussion about cookie versus cake. My son looked up the definition of a cookie “a small sweet cake, typically round, flat, and crisp”. Dorie’s Strawberry Shortcake Cookies almost fit this definition except crisp. This dessert became my family’s Memorial Day treat, it fit the bill of…

Vanilla-Brown Butter Madeleines

Tuesdays with Dorie Dorie’s Cookies This is my third recipe of madeleines I have made from one of Dorie’s cookbooks and so far they have all been a hit. The latest with a fresh vanilla bean and brown butter was delicious. By chilling the dough over night in the pan, I was able to get…

Kamish

Kamish, Mandelbrot or almond bread; no matter what you call it, it is a delicious cookie. Dorie says “think of them as the Eastern European version of biscotti” and that is exactly what we thought. Mine even look like biscotti compared to Dorie’s version. These cookies were easy to prepare but you do need plenty…