Traditional Italian Recipes: Almond Biscotti

(Blog Repost)

*NEW* 4-Ingredient PB Cookie Recipe

As promised, here is a NEW  recipe idea to share with our followers. My daughter found this recipe on TikTok a few weeks back. Sweet, simple and will not use many of your stock-piled quarantine pantry items! (p.s. they are gluten free too!)

 

*NEW* 4-Ingredient PB Cookie Recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup PB 

6 tbsp granulated sugar

1 egg

Chocolate Chips (eyeball amount to your preference)

 

Directions:

1. Set oven to 350 degrees F. 
2. First, Beat egg in a separate small bowl. 
3. Then, combine sugar, PB and egg and mix with fork. 
4. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
5. Scoop 1 tbsp of cookie dough onto cookie sheet.
6. Using a fork, press down onto unbaked cookie, both vertical and horizontal.
7. Bake for 10-12 minutes.

Yields 24 cookies. Store in seal tight container to maintain freshness. 

 

Thank You to TikTok! My daughter did not save the post, so apologizes for not giving credit to the original creator. This recipe has been shared by memory and we just baked them to confirm it is correct 😉! Enjoy! 

Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies – You’d Be Fooled!

These Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies could have fooled anyone! I have been visiting a new cafe in my town and indulge in their gluten-free baked good items. The owner shared with me that she uses King Arthur’s Gluten-Free Measure to Measure  Flour for any gluten-free baking recipes at the cafe. I was craving her cookies one day, searched Pinterest, and came across this Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe. You would never even know they were Gluten-Free… I even fooled my own kids! Here is the recipe from Pinterest and it is pretty close to Latte Love Cafe’s cookies!

Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies (Compliments of lifeslittlesweets.com, inspired by Latte Love Cafe and some of my own minor preferences. Thank You for sharing!)

Ingredients: 2 1/4 cups King Arthur’s Gluten-Free Measure to Measure Flour, 1 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp salt, 1 cup butter, softened to room temperature, 3/4 cup granulated sugar, 3/4 cup packed brown sugar, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 2 large eggs, 2 cups chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Stir together flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
3. In a separate bowl, beat together butter, both sugars, and vanilla extract.
4. Add one egg at a time and beat well.
5. Add in flour mixture 1/4 cup at a time.
6. Add in chocolate chips.
7. Scoop 1 tbsp of dough onto cookie sheets lined with parchment paper.
8. Bake 9-11 minutes or until edges are golden brown.

French Meringue Cookies Recipe… An A+ Recipe

Parlez-vous français? My daughter decided to take French this year as her foreign language. One of her assignments this past quarter was to share a french-inspired food with the class. She decided to bake French Meringue Cookies, and trusted her go to brand and website at http://www.wilton.com. Much to her surprise, the other students liked them, especially how professional they looked! Needless to say, I wanted to share this simple, yet elegant, recipe with my followers. Thank you to Wilton for always inspiring my daughter to bake their tasty creations!

French Meringue Cookies (Recipe compliments of Wilton.com)

Ingredients: 2 tsp vanilla extract, 1/4 cup Meringue Powder, 1/2 cup water, 1 1/3 cups granulated sugar, food coloring ( your choice)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees F. Place parchment paper on cookie sheets.
2. In a large bowl, whip meringue power and water with mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form. While still mixing, gradually add sugar. Whip until stiff peaks. Add vanilla and coloring and whip until combined.
3. Fill a decorator tip of your choice and decorator bag of your choice (she used Pampered Chef’s Easy Accent Decorator for this recipe). Pipe 2 in circles  or swirls onto the parchment paper (She used the markings on the Reynolds Wrap Brand Parchment Paper for spacing).
4. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until meringues feel crispy. Cool completely.

For more French-inspired recipes, visit our other blog recipes at An Easy and Unique “Steak and Frites” Recipe and Nutella Crepes

Classic Christmas Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing Recipe

Christmas and cookies go hand in hand in our family. This year, my daughter and I were looking for something new and different for us to bake. I had saved this recipe clipping from The Food Network Magazine’s September 2015 edition. It was shared by the winner of The Food Network’s Kids’ Baking Championships, Hollis Johnson. The royal icing was key because we had never decorated cookies with anything other than homemade buttercream or store bought frosting.  Although our original designs were much harder than we thought, we ended up with some cute cookies! Here is the recipe for us to share with you.

From the Home Sweet Mama Mia family, wishing you and your family a wonderful Christmas and a healthy and happy New Year!

Basic Sugar Cookie and Royal Icing Recipe (compliments of The Food Network Magazine, September 2015)

The recipe can be found at https://www.google.com/amp/www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/basic-sugar-cookies-3363929.amp

A Christmas Cookie Tray : Family Recipes Inside!

Every year, I bake many of my favorite family cookie recipes for Christmas. I store them in festive tins or plates for gifts or to serve my guests at Christmas events (or even to leave out for Santa!). I gathered all of the cookie recipes that I already shared with you on my blog this past year and put them all into ONE convenient post! Happy Baking!

Almond Biscotti:  https://homesweetmamamia.wordpress.com/2015/11/24/traditional-italian-recipes-almond-biscotti/

Chocolate Chip Cookies:  https://homesweetmamamia.wordpress.com/2015/08/25/chocolate-chip-cookies-back-to-school-treats/

Wine Biscuits: https://homesweetmamamia.wordpress.com/2015/06/10/family-recipes-inspired-by-mom-wine-biscuits-for-fathers-day/

Egg Biscuits:  https://homesweetmamamia.wordpress.com/2015/04/01/egg-biscuits-recipe/

Great American (or Peanut Butter) Blossoms: This classic cookie recipe has not been on my blog…but is one of my favorites! This recipe is courtesy of Hershey Kisses and can be found here:

https://www.hersheyland.com/recipes/peanut-butter-blossoms.html 

 

A Christmas Countdown…

It’s almost Christmas Day! The final countdown has begun!

Check out my guest post on ModMommy.com that posted last December for fun family Christmas activities, recipes and traditions leading up to Christmas Day…keep the Christmas season alive with your family this year!  Click here  http://www.modmommy.com/christmas-countdown-12-days-of-fun-family-activities/

Thanks to ModMommy.com for my guest post!

Merry Christmas!

Traditional Italian Recipes: Almond Biscotti

Almond Biscotti Recipe

Check out my guest blog post which posted on December  22, 2014 on ModMommy.com during the 2014 Holiday Season. Click here to learn how to make Almond Biscotti, a Italian family recipe inspired by my Mom, and soon to be making its way to your own holiday cookie tray!

Click here for recipe:

http://www.modmommy.com/recipe-almond-biscotti-for-Christmas/