Summertime is the ultimate time for fruits like oranges and lemons. They are used in many cakes, cookies and stuff like that. I made some really nice Lemon & Rosemary Cookies the other day – you should try them! Delicious and refreshing. This recipe for Polenta Biscuits today is equally delicious and made with mandarin oranges (tangerine) – another citrus fruit I like to use in summer.
The combination of “sweet and salty” is quite common nowadays. There are many recipes out there with that kind of contrast of flavors/sweetness/saltiness. A good example are baked goods with salted caramel I think. Really nice, but how about adding another flavor to that? Some smokey flavors maybe? Combine the sweetness of chocolate, salt, and smoke and you will get these delicious Double Chocolate Smokey Sea Salt Cookies. Ok… that conclusion was quite obvious ;P
Do you like butter cookies? Those super-simple cookies your grandma probably offers when you are over for tea or coffee? My grandma did that at least… ;) I think these cookies do not get enough appreciation – that’s why I made a big batch of Butter Cookies with Chocolate and Hazelnuts so everyone can have a bite and enjoy them… ;)
Cookies are not only good if you make them with chocolate and nuts… even though you could think so looking at the number of cookie recipes I got for cookies with chocolate and/or cookies with nuts ;) Nope… there are many other combinations that work well. For example, everything with citrus is normally awesome – like these Lemon & Rosemary Cookies. So good!
How about some chocolate cookies for Cookie Friday? Cookies loaded with chocolate to be precise. Would you be interested in those Chocolate Crinkle Cookies? The crunchy on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside type of CHOCOLATE COOKIES! Yeah… I can see your eyes getting bigger the more I talk about CHOCOLATE… :P
Less is more. As a designer I follow this rule as often as possible – unless the client wants something else ;P When it comes to baking this rule should also be a mantra for any baker. Keep it simple. More is not automatically more. These classic Shortbread Cookies we all know from British tea parties are a good example for the “less is more” rule ;)
I love my job, but in between I love to bake and try new things in the kitchen. A lot of my friends and colleagues encourage me to bake - for a very simple reason: they get the leftovers - and it seems they like it most of the time ;)
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