There is something enticing about sinking your teeth in a soft sandwich of gewy marshmallow between two delicious chocolate cookies. It’s been on my mind for a couple of weeks and I finally made it for the kids. Â I’ve only heard this kind of excitement a couple of times, mainly when opening gifts at Christmas! However, these are in fact …
Cranberry Brown Rice Cookies
This recipe is based on a traditional Lebanese cookie dough made during the holidays and usually stuffed with nuts or date paste. They come in many different shapes and sizes, depending on the mold used. Some even go through the effort of creating their own artisanal molds. You can be very creative with it – filling and shape. So I miss desserts (a …
Spiced Snowflake Cookie
I think I overdosed on sugar this week again. I’ve been in a baking mode, trying different recipes for cookies, tarts and cakes. Having fun and boy do I need someone to wash the dishes!. I was searching through the pages of some of my cookbooks and I stumbled upon this recipe. A fairly simple one, with four ingredients …
Date and Macadamia Nut Cookies
These are the perfect holiday cookies. Bite size, soft, crunchy, subtly sweet, makes a great tea or coffee side kick and is totally all around awesome. I was making some pistachio filled cookies the other day and had too much dough left. So I decided to make these date filled cookies using a tiny mold. Now you have to have …
Pistachio-filled Semolina Cookies and Naatef Marshmallow Mousse
Hmm.. Gooood. My absolute favorite cookie!! I love these little things, and I had to stop myself from finishing the batch I was making for my son’s school. They had a great idea this holiday season. A cookie buffet for the teachers where they could each fill a box from cookies of their choice. There were 75 volunteers and each …