PEANUT BUTTER & STRAWBERRY JAM THUMBPRINT COOKIES.

There is so much to say about this down-home, comforting, mmm-inducing, sweet-savory melding gem of a cookie that I hardly know where to start. I’ll begin at the beginning: I discovered the peanut butter and jam thumbprint cookie one summer…
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MEXICAN CHOCOLATE BROWNIES WITH COINTREAU WHIPPED CREAM.

There’s something sacred about spice mixing, an alchemical process that allows flavors to become something other than themselves—and transform your experience of eating them at the same time. Here, cinnamon coaxes chocolate out of its shell, nutmeg elicits sweetness, and…
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THE KITCHY KITCHEN’S CHOCOLATE STOUT BEER BROWNIES.

A couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of spending the afternoon with Claire Thomas of The Kitchy Kitchen, whose near encyclopedic, eponymous cookbook just came out. Claire happened to have brought with her a boatload of insanely delicious baked…
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ROSE MERINGUES

Rose meringues, anyone? With some neighborhood-foraged roses and jasmine. Recipe modified from Boulder Locavore. Preheat oven to 350 and line 1 cookie tray with parchment paper, or lightly oil. Beat 1 egg white with an electric mixer until foamy, about a…
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