Aunt Lou’s Chocolate Drop Cookies are on the list today! This one was a challenge as well as an exercise in guesswork. Well, for starters, there were no instructions, just a list of ingredients like I find with many old-fashioned recipes. Another element of guesswork: a nondescript measurement and ingredient-“1/2 s. milk”. Now, what does…
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Pistachio Rosewater Cookies
Pistachios are a huge favorite of mine. I must confess, I always buy them whole because I love breaking the shell. For a long time now I had been wanting to make cookies with pistachios. I also wanted to incorporate rose water into the recipe. Yes, rosewater, an often overlooked culinary ingredient. Although hardly visible…
Irish Butter Cookies
You’ve heard the expression “It’s better with butter”, you can now add Irish to this old saying. Am I exaggerating? No! Irish butter cookies will prove this to you. Irish butter cookies are to die for! They will literally melt in your mouth, thanks to the magic of Kerrygold butter. No this is not a…
French Patisserie Fruit Tart
Without a doubt French patisserie fruit tart is among my most favorite desserts. Topped with copious amounts of fruit, I’m being healthy, right? As long as I ignore the cream filling. This dessert wows visually, but it’s not difficult to put together Three parts: shortcrust, cream filling, and fruit topping. The glaze is optional and…
Swedish Almond Cake Topped with Toasted Almonds
Swedish Almond Cake I first tried Swedish almond cake topped with toasted almonds at a friend’s birthday party. Her mom, who flew in from Sweden, made this amazing dessert. When I took a bite I could not believe my taste buds. The first words out of my mouth, after swallowing of course, were: “Can I…
Creamy Walnut Tartlets
Creamy walnut tartlets for the win Here I am with another walnut recipe for personal food, my FAVE! Creamy walnut tartlets are sweet, crunchy, creamy. They are toasted walnut perfection in a nutshell, excuse the pun! These beauties are a take on a recipe I found in a French cookbook that belonged to my late…
Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies – Mrs. Allen’s Recipe
Old-fashioned sugar cookies Mrs. Allen’s cookies. No, this is not a new grocery store brand, but another installment in the Aunt Lou’s Archives series. By the way, Mrs. Allen was a real person. So, who was she? How did her old-fashioned sugar cookie recipe end up in Aunt Lou’s hands? Whether she was a neighbor,…
