Tag: bake

  • Almond Florentines

    Almond Florentines

    Cookies Part 3 of 4. (originally from a Food Network recipe -link no longer live-, with minimal substitution) Makes: ~5 dozen 3-inch Florentines, or 2 1/2 dozen 6-inch Florentine Total Time: 1 hr 35 min Prep 30 min Inactive 45 min Cook 20 min I first had these a few years ago at Zeitgeist Kunst &…

  • Renee’s Grandma’s Sugar Cookies (a.k.a. Ardene Hindman’s)

    Cookies Part 2 of 4. Happy Thanksgiving to any fellow American friends out there! Maybe with the long weekend, you’ll want to try a cookie recipe? Renee’s Grandma’s Sugar Cookies (a.k.a. Ardene Hindman) Makes: ummmm, a whole bunch of cookies. I lost count, and I only did a half portion from what’s prescribed below. Total…

  • Cookie Mania!
    Gingersnaps

    Cookies Part 1 of 4. Last Saturday night, the ingredients for baking cookies and cookie-like items started amassing on my kitchen countertop.. Clearly, I overcommitted on types of cookies: gingersnaps chocolate chip sugar cookies sweet & spicy almonds macaroons almond florentines (my personal favorite) Layer on top of that the plan to make some of…

  • Potato & Leek Gratin

    (Vet’s Day bonus entry) Monday was one of those bonus days in life, with a little extra time for good living. Thanks, US Holiday schedule and indescribable sacrifice of military service members. A friend of mine convinced me it would be a good idea to bike to brunch on the south end of Lake Union,…