I walked up to my front door to find that there was a bright red present tied with white and blue ribbon waiting at its feet. It felt as if I had just received my first valentine card…the excitement, the joy, the intrigue. Ripping through the wrapping, I found myself faced with a metal madeleine…
Tag: baking
Chocolate Chip Cookies
… others prefer a squidgy, fudgy, almost butterscotch, straight out of the oven chocolate chip cookie…
Cake
“The reassuring ritual of quietly weighing out butter, sugar, flour, cracking eggs, whisking, beating and folding”
I know what you did last summer…Biscotti!
Biscotti, more correctly known as biscotti di Prato, also known as cantuccini (little corners), are twice-baked biscuits originating in the Italian city of Prato. The biscuits are oblong-shaped almond biscuits that are baked twice to give them their dry texture and quintessential snap. Due to their dry nature, they have an increased shelf life and…