Looks like Galley Pirates can’t get enough sweets this season. Fellow live-aboard Taylor invited me over as she prepared Brigadeiro spoons for an upcoming cookie exchange. They are an oh-so-chocolately confection from Brazil which is similar to a truffle…but MUCH easier to make. The balls are traditionally rolled in chocolate sprinkles, but they can be…
This melt-in-your mouth shortbread is a combination of two shortbread recipes. One of the recipes, Tuscan Rosemary and Pine Nut Bars, is a savory-sweet, uniquely earthy bar that our friend Kathy would bring to most every office holiday gathering. And by the looks on our faces she knew she had to bring it. This recipe…
It’s “Pump Day Hump Day”; Wednesday morning when the Annapolis Pump Out Boat is in Spa Creek. We’ve been teased with some warm spring-like weather last week, but now it’s back to reality. Cold and cloudy all week…so what better day to make cookies. And just in time to share with the pump out team.
No, it’s not Friday. It’s Wednesday. Pump out day. Everyone knows it’s a good idea to tip the pump out crew well, especially on cold, blustery mornings. But hand them a bag of Almond Rum Balls along with their tip and you’ll have them believing in Santa again! And these aren’t your typical vanilla wafer…
For whatever reason I thought it’d be a good idea to make toffee while I waited for the Wednesday pump-out boat. Cooking and pumping your heads is not an easy association to make* but timing is everything, and this time of year there’s no time to be wasted. This is such an easy recipe. I’m…
These are the perfect cookie for autumn on the Gulf Coast. We get a distinct change of seasons here — not least of all because there’s a noticeable arrival of cool air that the locals pray for as the end to hurricane season. And, particularly if you’ve lived in more New England-y climes, this meteorological shift…