Creative Challenge: Satisfy an overwhelming craving for my amazing classic chocolate chip cookie recipe WITHOUT the use of flour or sugar. To be honest, I was reluctant to even try The Bite Sized Baker’s Paleo Chocolate Chip Cookie ... [ Read More ]
The Many Lessons of Kris Kringle Cookies
Food bloggers and cookie cravers, start your egg beaters… it’s time for The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap once again! Hot Pink Apron has proudly been involved with The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap since it launched three years ago. ... [ Read More ]
Candy Bar Shortbread Squares
When you live alone, and suffer from a crippling candy addiction, you basically have two post-Halloween choices: bury your face in all those leftover Oh Henrys and Reese's Pieces in that cauldron, or turn them into something magical that will help ... [ Read More ]
Cinnamon Girl Cookies
In this kitchen, the holidays are officially a GO! once the yearly Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap sign-up email drops into my inbox. I love this yearly blogger process - if you are actively posting to a food blog you can sign up to the swap and the ... [ Read More ]
Earl Grey Shortbread Invasion
I received an amazing care package in the mail this week. Inside were English chocolates (my favourite milk chocolates), a hot pink apron with "Keep Calm and Bake Cake" printed across the front, British-themed cupcake wraps with little Union Jack ... [ Read More ]
Dreaming of a White Christmas Cookie
When hungry, Bing Crosby dreamed of a White Christmas... Cookie... just like the ones he used to know ;) As I wrote this, I realized there may actually be people reading it that don't know who Bing Crosby is. It frightens me to think that there may ... [ Read More ]
Graham Cracker Toffee, Save Me From Myself
Someone needs to come to my house and rip these crazy addictive chocolate toffee things out of my hands. Now. Please! I'm about 3 bites away from calling my own intervention. Here's the story: Last night I was enjoying an amazing glass of ... [ Read More ]
Cacao, the Caped Crusader
su·per·food noun /ˈso͞opərˌfo͞od/ A nutrient-rich food considered to be especially beneficial for health and well-being. For months I have been trying to enjoy one of the trending "superfoods", in the form of Raw Cacao Nibs. Don't be fooled by ... [ Read More ]
Brown Butter, Bacon & Chocolate Chip Cookies. You’re Welcome.
How do you improve upon an already amazing Chocolate Chip Cookie? You brown the butter and add bacon to it: Brown Butter, Bacon & Chocolate Chip Cookies. And, yes, these are spectacular! I have been trying to bake these cookies for weeks but ... [ Read More ]
Your Last Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
"Like the omelet, which many believe to be the true test of a chef, the humble chocolate chip cookie is the baker’s crucible." - New York Times, July 9 2008. I have experimented on nearly a hundred chocolate chip cookie recipes. From too thin ... [ Read More ]