Snowy and cold (and will soon be colder!) weekend in Maine visiting my mom, so I decided to raid the pantry to see what type of combination that I would bake with and as usual, I ended up with a crumble bar combo. As you know, they are my “go to” treat. This time with hazelnuts and apricot jam… a little bit of sunshine with the golden color and tartness of the apricots.
Thought that I would try something a little different today and decided to make cookies using hot honey. What is “hot honey”, you ask? Well, apparently it is becoming all the rage to serve with such things as cheese and on charcuterie boards. It’s chili-infused honey. I’ve seen a number of brands, and the one that I have comes from Italy. It is quite spicy when served with cheese and such, but the cookies just taste more like “cinnamon with a kick”. Still delicious though.
I know that you might be getting sick of me saying this (although I don’t think that I say it all that often), but sometimes I make a recipe that just turns out perfect. This is one of those recipes.
I have this tendency to buy 3-4 bananas when I know that I can’t eat all of them before they get too rip (I am more of a less-on-the-ripe-side banana girl) so by the time two weeks rolls around, I have 2 or even more bananas to “use up”. That means a lot of banana bread. This time, I decided to make something different and made these Banana Blondies. They are delicious. Moist, a little chewy, super-banana-y. I added walnuts to the mix but skip them if you aren’t a fan. Other “mix in” options are toffee bits, chocolate chips or other nuts. Swirling in a but of Nutella might also work!
Catching up on some recipes that I have been toying with, and while these are just “boring old” oatmeal cookies, they are packed with butterscotch chips and sprinkled with maple crisp (like maple sugar, only more irregularly shaped. More crispy style than chewy side, they would delicious with a glass of milk!
Every once in a while, you come across a cool cookie cutter that you just need to have. OK, I do. Maybe not everyone. So I saw this one, believe it or not at a Dollar Store, and for $1.25, I really couldn’t resist. So, I made more cookies. Also not surprising with me. Almond. Vanilla. Chocolate. Great little snack for a cold January.