Adventures in Mika's Kitchen
Lately, I’ve been making a bunch of chocolate chip cookie variations. The latest, are my triple chocolate chip cookies. It’s “triple chocolate” because it has dark cocoa powder, semi-sweet chocolate chips, and milk chocolate chips. If you don’t have (or want to buy) two different kinds of chocolate chips, you can just use all one [...]
Last week I had a cookie craving and figured it would be a great time to try some variations on the standard chocolate chip cookie recipe that I always make. ”Maple Bacon” flavor seems to be all the rage these days… and I usually have bacon crumbles in the refrigerator, as well as maple extract [...]
Here’s one of my favorite winter time cookie recipes… Pecan Sandies! Also known by some as Austrian “Vanillekipferl”, ”Russian tea cakes”, or “Mexican Wedding cookies”… these are a wonderfully rich nut-based shortbread cookie, coated with a generous layer of powdered sugar. These cookies are really nice to serve with a cup of hot tea. It’s easy [...]
In my free time, I like to go through the “food & drink” section of Pinterest, and drool all over the delicious looking photos. Making the rounds around Pinterest… I’ve seen several links for versions of “Cake Batter Fudge”. After seeing the pictures of Cake Batter Fudge over and over… I couldn’t take it anymore, [...]
Every once in awhile, we all need that EASY and QUICK go-to recipe for a dessert! While nothing can beat the taste of homemade cookies (made from scratch with real butter)… sometimes boxed mixes can be a real time-saver when we need something fast and homemade-tasting! Convert that box of cake mix from your pantry [...]
It’s time for the Holiday season! With Thanksgiving over, and Christmas coming up… that means Christmas cookies!!! (Or, if you don’t celebrate Christmas, it just means COOKIE TIME!!!) It’s time to start baking! :) Spritz cookies are always a favorite to put in mixed cookie platters… they also make a wonder buttery cookie to bring [...]
Awhile back, I spent the day trying to figure out the Starbucks Lemon Pound Cake recipe. After baking three loaves in a row, making changes here and there… I think I came pretty close. The first loaf… was just ok. The second… better, but still not exactly what I wanted. The third… score! That was [...]
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