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No, there's not a lot about me here. I'm a writer, cook, and normal person, most of the time. I'll tell you a little about my life in my posts but not much (I'm kind of boring).

The filler is the food, not my life story! And, after all, "food is love." I hope you are filled to capacity. And cook to fill others, too!

Mar 8
2 min

Have Left Over Tahini? Make Comfort Food Cookies

Tahini Cookies may not be your usual comfort food, but try them and you may add them to the comfort food list. Why? They're great. Admittedly, I came up with the cookies because I had tahini--which is a smooth paste of toasted sesame seeds--left over from another project, and I wanted to use the tahini up. The cookies turned out slightly soft in the middle, crunchy on the edges, and with a buttery, deep, slightly earthy taste. Sort of like peanut butter, but not. Differ

Dec 3, 2020
2 min

Christmas Cookies During a Pandemic? Make Simple But Good Recipes

I love the beautiful decorated versions of Christmas cookies that probably take hours to make. Nonetheless, I don't have that kind of time, and the cookies often are tasteless--lovely to look at, but not so much to eat. Now I have fewer people around to eat the cookies, pretty or not. So this year I plan to make only a few varieties that I know people really like. Some of the cookies we'll eat, and some of them we'll share--from a distance. Below, I'm posting one of my f

May 2, 2020
2 min

I Need Cookies Now Fix: Air Fryer Oatmeal Cookies

I'm running a copy of this recipe again in response to a major need for comfort cookies. These oatmeal cookies are reasonably nutritious, quick to make, and they taste great. You can mix up a small batch, bake the cookies two or three at a time in the air fryer, and then stash the rest of the dough in the refrigerator to bake later. These are the answer to your cookie fix needs! And mine! You get fresh-baked cookies in minutes, and you won't have oodles sitting on the co

Oct 29, 2019
2 min

Peanut Butter (Reese's) Cup Cookies: Not Just for Halloween

Admittedly, Peanut Butter Cup Cookies are a great way to use up bags of leftover Halloween candy (or the candies you've pilfered from your child's stash of Halloween treats). Nonetheless, the cookies are good any time of the year. After all, not many people can resist a simple, buttery-tasting cookie with a mini peanut butter cup centered in the middle. The cookies are soft, squishy, lightly flavored with vanilla and cinnamon, and great with milk or a warm drink. Unfortun

Oct 2, 2019
2 min

Air Fryer Chocolate Chip or Chunk Cookies

So, I've been experimenting with various types of cookies in the air fryer. These are my latest version of chocolate chip or, my preference, chocolate chunk, cookies. This version is soft and chewy on the inside and a little crispy on the edges. They are sweet and have a pronounced caramel flavor from brown sugar and a touch of caramel extract. They also cook in about 10 minutes in the air fryer, and the dough can be stashed in the refrigerator indefinitely for quick "coo

Sep 28, 2019
2 min

Air Fryer Cookies: Coconut-Orange Biscotti

Okay, I just published recipe not too long ago, but I thought it's worth offering again. The cookies are that good. Plus, even though it's September, it's way too hot to turn on the big oven. The air fryer is a different story. In my quest to find out whether I can adapt various cookie recipes for the air fryer, I decided to test out "Arty the Air Fryer" on biscotti. Arty did well! If you can live with a small batch of biscotti, you're in business! In fact, I think the

Sep 4, 2019
2 min

Beyond the Average: Five-Spice Cookies

Are you in search of a cookie that's soft, a little chewy, and redolent of sweet spices but not your average molasses cookie? Try Five-Spice Cookies. They're filled with flavor, even though they include no molasses, because of the addition of five-spice powder. The spice blend, which is used in Chinese and some other Asian cooking, is a blend of sweet, spicy, and earthy flavors and typically includes ground star anise, cloves, Chinese cinnamon, Szechuan peppercorns, and f

Jul 3, 2019
2 min

Air Fryer Cookies: Coconut-Orange Biscotti

It's way too hot to turn on the big oven, but the air fryer is a different story. In my quest to find out whether I can adapt various cookie recipes for the air fryer, I decided to test out "Arty the Air Fryer" on biscotti. Arty did well! If you can live with a small batch of biscotti, you're in business! In fact, I think the air fryer version of biscotti crisp up better and certainly faster than the oven-baked biscotti. The cookies I'm offering today--Coconut-Orange Bis

Jun 24, 2019
2 min

Gluten Free Air Fryer Fudge Cookies

Okay, I don't have to watch the gluten, but I know many people do. These cookies are for you, as well as for anyone who likes moist, fudgy, dark, and delicious little cookies. The cookies require almond meal, but, other than that, no expensive or hard to find ingredients. The dough mixes up quickly, and the cookies bake in about 8 minutes in the air fryer. You can bake the cookies in a single session, or bake a few cookies and save the rest of the dough for baking later.

May 31, 2019
2 min

Super Quick Cookie: Cake Mix Biscotti

In my quest for quick biscotti that really taste good, this recipe apparently wins. Or so say my husband's taste-testing coworkers (and my husband, too!). It figures. This recipe yields biscotti that are sweeter than those I usually make. Nonetheless, the recipe is great when you're in a hurry and need a quick dessert or snack to share. The recipe uses a spice cake mix, and you can whip up the cookies in just a few minutes and let them bake while you have the oven on for

May 17, 2019
2 min

Air Fryer Cookies: Chocolate-Oat Chewies

I love the air fryer for making small batches of cookies quickly. I don't need to haul out and wash a large cookie sheet, heat up the big oven, or spend hours making a batch of fresh cookies. Plus, I have plenty of cookies for dinner and snacks but not so many that the cookies will go stale or cause me to over indulge. The cookie recipe I'm offering here is quick to mix up. I add the ingredients to a two-cup measure and stir them into a dough with a wooden spoon. The coo

Apr 8, 2019
2 min

Air Fryer Peanut Butter Cookies

Yes, you can even bake peanut butter cookies in your air fryer! The cookies come out crispy on the edges and soft in the middle. My husband said the cookies taste just as good as the ones baked in the regular oven. The difference is that the cookies bake more quickly, and you needn't bake a huge batch. You can have a few fresh cookies in about 10 minutes. The recipe I've included below makes about 18 smallish cookies, but I'm pleased to report that you needn't bake them

Mar 8, 2019
2 min

Air Fryer Oatmeal Cookies: Quicker than Quick

What do you do when you want fresh-baked cookies but don't want to heat up the oven or bake two dozen cookies? Go to the bakery is not the right answer! What you do is mix up a small batch of cookies--in this case oatmeal--and bake them two or three at a time in the air fryer. Yes, it works. Using the air fryer, you can turn out nicely browned cookies that are just as good (if not better) than if you used a regular oven. Plus, the air fryer lends itself to small batches,

Feb 19, 2019
2 min

Broken Santa Cookies: Chocolate and Crispy

So, what do you do with leftover chocolate Santas from Christmas (yeah, I know, it's past Valentine's Day)? No, you don't scarf them down whole! You break them up and make cookies! Specifically, Milk Chocolate Crispy cookies, which are chunky with milk chocolate from the Santas, a wee bit crispy from cereal, and include a smidgeon of white whole-wheat flour so that you can feel virtuous while eating cookies. Besides being tasty, the cookies are economical. Rather than sp

Feb 8, 2019
2 min

Weekend Cookies: Cranberry-Orange-Ginger Buttons

Need a treat for the weekend? Try Cranberry-Orange-Ginger Button cookies. They're easy, not-too-sweet, and flavored with tangy cranberries, orange zest, and a little crystallized ginger. The dough should be refrigerated before you bake it, so preparing it tonight is ideal, if you want to bake the cookies this weekend. Mixing up the dough will take you only a few minutes, and you can speed up the process considerably if you chop/grind the cranberries and crystallized ginge

Jan 15, 2019
2 min

January Warm Up: Gingerbread Biscotti

With 10 inches of snow in our yard, I decided we needed something to warm us up besides hot chocolate--gingerbread biscotti. The biscotti take next to no time to make, and they can bake while you're munching on your dinner. Yes, you have to bake the cookies twice, but the second bake can happen while you clean up the kitchen after you've eaten your dinner. When you've finished with the dishes, you'll have warm, spicy, crunchy cookies to accompany your after-dinner coffee o

Dec 18, 2018
2 min

Simple But Good Christmas Cookies

I suffer from Christmas cookie envy. I love the beautiful decorated versions that probably take hours to make. Nonetheless, I don't have that kind of time, and the cookies often are tasteless--lovely to look at, but that's all. So, I often opt to make cookies that are simple and taste good rather than the fancier versions. Peanut Butter M&M cookies are great. You can mix them up in 10 minutes and bake them in about the same amount of time. If you'd like, use holiday col

Dec 12, 2018
2 min

Cheap and Elegant Christmas Cookies: Vanilla Biscotti

How can you have cheap--okay, frugal--yet elegant Christmas cookies? You can do so by limiting the number of fancy, expensive ingredients in your cookies and concentrating on baking techniques that, though simple, create delicious results. Vanilla biscotti don't require pricey ingredients--not even butter. Yes, vanilla is expensive. Use imitation vanilla. You probably won't be able to tell the difference in baked goods, and some people actually prefer the taste of the im

Oct 30, 2018
2 min

Quick Cake Mix Pumpkin Toffee Cookies

Sometimes making cookies from scratch isn't an option, but you don't want to resort to the refrigerated cookie dough tubes, either. Enter Quick Cake Mix Pumpkin Toffee Cookies. Yes, you use a cake mix, and, yes, the cookies are really good. No, using a cake mix isn't cheating. After all, you do add some extra ingredients. And no one will know you used a mix unless you tell them or forget to hide the cake mix box. So make the cookies and be happy. The domestic goddess p

Oct 1, 2018
2 min

Simple Comfort: Chewy M&M Cookies

Sure you could have a fancy cake, pie, or torte, but the most sought after dessert often is the one eaten out of hand: cookies. Few people will turn them down, especially if the cookies are simple, chewy in the middle, and a bit crispy on the edges. These M&M cookies fit the bill. They also have a hint of caramel that deepens their flavor and complements the whole-wheat flour in the dough. The cookies are great for snacks, lunch boxes, befriending ice cream, or on a fanc

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No, there's not a lot about me here. I'm a writer, cook, and normal person, most of the time. I'll tell you a little about my life in my posts but not much (I'm kind of boring).

The filler is the food, not my life story! And, after all, "food is love." I hope you are filled to capacity. And cook to fill others, too!