Yield: 1 1/2 dozen 5-inch cookies Time: 45 minutes (for 1 6-cookie batch), plus at least 24 hours’ chilling Ingredients 2 cups minus 2 tablespoons (8 1/2 ounces) cake flour 1 2/3 cups (8 1/2 ounces) bread flour 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 1/2 teaspoons coarse salt 2 1/2 […]
Cookies
Nestle Chocolate Chip Cookies
Yield: Makes about 5 dozen cookies Time: For the best cookies, let the dough rest for 36 hours before baking, make six-inch cookies (allows for three distinct textures: the crunchy outside inch or so, the soft center, and the one-and-half-inch ring between where the textures and flavors mix), use chocolate with at least 60 percent […]
Chocolate Crackle Cookies
Yield: Makes 3-3 1/2 dozen Time: Wow, these are fantastic. used an ice cream scoop to measure out the cookies, but it only made two dozen cookies!! Must make double recipe next time. The Baker columnist Flo Braker credits Laura Feldman, whom she met while standing in line at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado, […]
Brown Sugar Pecan Shortbread Cookies
Yield: Makes 42 cookies Time: very good, more buttery than sugary Ingredients 1 1/2 cups flour 1/4 cup cornstarch 1/4 teaspoon salt Pinch of ground clove 2 sticks (8 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar 1/2 cup finely ground pecans Confectioners’ sugar, optional Directions Sift together the flour, cornstarch, […]
Meringues
Yield: Makes about 24 meringue kisses Time: Ingredients 2 large egg whites pinch of salt 2/3 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon vanilla chocolate chips (optional) Directions Preheat oven to 200°F. and butter and flour a large baking sheet, knocking off excess flour. In a bowl with an electric mixer beat whites with salt and vanilla until […]