Baking with Olive Oil: Olive Oil Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Olive Oil Cookies
Yes, you can make an excellent chocolate chip cookie with olive oil instead of butter or shortening! I've tried to substitute olive oil in a cookie recipe before, but I've never been that pleased with the results. This Olive Oil Chocolate Chip Cookie changes that--it's chewy inside with crisp edges and the expected cookie-texture interior. …

Baking Spotlight: Lemon Curd Thumbprint Coconut Macaroons

When you find yourself with a bag of sweetened and flaked coconut in your cabinet, there’s only one appropriate response—coconut macaroons! Historically, these little cookies first made an appearance in an Italian monastery and today, are sometimes upstaged by the showier and trendier French macaron, which is an entirely different little cookie that uses almond …

Food Blogger Cookbook Swap: Vanilla-Cardamom Madeleines & Tate’s Bake Shop Baking for Friends

I was recently a participant in the Food Blogger Cookbook Swap, hosted by Alyssa of EverydayMaven and Faith of An Edible Mosiac. I sent a cookbook to a fellow food blogger and received a cookbook in return - Tate's Bake Shop: Baking for Friends from Lisa at Flour me with Love. Thanks, Lisa! I'm trying …