Cookies & Bars Posts
S’mores Bars
Psssst, hey, you! You need to make these. Like, now. I almost never say that, but seriously: You do.
Stop what you’re doing and get yourself into the kitchen. You can thank me later.
Cranberry Oat Bars
These bars are one part cookie, and one part granola bar. And they’re one of the best homemade bars…or whatever you want to call them…I’ve ever made. They’re chewy and caramel-y and earthy and studded with tangy, dried cranberries.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies
These brownies are dark, fudgy, and shot through with ribbons of smooth peanut butter—and dotted with bits of molten chocolate. This recipe could feed an army. If you have a strong sense of self preservation, cut the recipe in half and make it in a smaller baking dish.
Making Springerles and Other Molded Cookies
Springerle are pretty German cookies that are usually made around Christmas. Some of the oldest springerle molds are actually traced back to the 14th century.
Caramel Fudge Bars with Cinnamon Shortbread Crust
These bars are one part candy, one part cookie. For this recipe, cinnamon-laced brown-sugar shortbread is draped in a rich fudge topping that’s half chocolate ganache, half dulce de leche.
Cranberry Almond Trail Mix Cookies
The recipe is my version of a super-yummy cookie that Whole Foods sells. They’re a real treat, but at almost $7 for a handful of cookies, I wanted to see if I could noodle out a similar recipe at home, based on one of my oatmeal cookie doughs. These come pretty close—and cost a lot less!
Classic Whoopie Pies
This recipe makes the quintessential whoopie pie. The cake is moist, chocolate-y, and dense. The filling is creamy, fluffy, and decadently sweet. If our friend D. Bunnyhunter hadn’t stopped by and taken it when he did, The Angry Chef and I may have come to blows over the last one. (Phew! Thanks, man!)
Best Ever Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Dotted with relatively colossal chunks of chocolate, these cookies are soft, chewy, just a wee bit cakey—and wickedly addictive. Among other ingredients, half a pound of butter + a pound of chocolate = pure bliss, in baked form.
Joyce’s Butterscotch Refrigerator Cookies
I love refrigerator cookies because they’re so convenient. I mean, talk about having fresh cookies on command. Just make the dough, roll it up in wax paper, toss it in the fridge, then slice and bake as the mood strikes you!
Dark & Fudgey White Chocolate Chip Cookies
Imposter alert! This is a brownie masquerading in cookie form. These cookies are soft and a little chewy—and totally brownie-like in consistency. They’re studded with white chocolate chips, and get their dark, fudge-y flavor from a generous amount of melted, unsweetened chocolate. It was really hard to keep from attacking them on the rack as [...]
