The Science Behind the the Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie!
Every family has their go-to family recipe for chocolate chip cookies, and mine is the Jacques Torres Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe with a few tweaks here and there! It seriously makes the most perfect cookie in the world. Yes, I am that confident! They’re chewy, soft, and have that perfect bakery-baked flavor! Making this cookie all […]
Almond Florentines
This week was a week of baking fails. SO MANY FAILS! I tried to bake vegan, gluten-free cookies with sorghum flour and that ended badly. I could taste the flour and it was just so chalky and gross! Then I tried to make chocolate chip cookies with Indian whole wheat flour and that turned out […]
Chocolate and Orange Biscotti
I hit up the Alemany Farmer’s Market this cold,rainy Saturday and was hit with the scent of citrus the moment I hopped out of my car! The stands were loaded with oranges, tangerines, lemons, meyer lemons, limes, blood oranges and so much more! I grabbed 5 lbs of oranges and drove home thinking about all […]
Chocolate Espresso Shortbread Bars
Butter cookies are my weakness. I think it’s because they remind me of my childhood. My mom, like many other Asian moms, used to buy Danish butter cookie tins to store sewing equipment. But before the tin could be recycled, the cookies had to be eaten – and that was my specialty. I could polish […]
Kesar Mango and Rose Truffles
It’s finally Friday! Yay! Here is my last truffle recipe of the week – white chocolate mango and rose truffles. There is no other flavor, to me that screams Indian sweets more than mango and rose water. Especially kesar mangoes. They are literally my favorite thing in the world. Honestly, once you try them, you’ll never […]
Chai Truffles
I never really understood the addiction to chai that most Indian parents have until I became a parent myself. I totally get it. It’s comforting and keeps you awake and ready for the day. Chai was my inspiration for truffle number 2 from my chocolate box I sent to my husband’s cousin’s wedding party. […]