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Review: Williams-Sonoma Circus Cookie Cutters

June 1, 2008

I’m an impulse shopper, especially when it comes to kitchen gadgets and products.  If you show me something pretty, shiny, or god forbid pink and it somehow relates to cooking...

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Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

April 8, 2008

Dear ErinCooks: I have a chocolate chip cookie conundrum: try as I might I can’t get my cookies to the consistency I like. I am a fan of chewy chocolate...

Baked Goods, Cookies, Desserts, Holidays / Entertaining

Brown Sugar Shamrock Shortbread Cookies

March 8, 2008

During the holidays my uncle’s girlfriend makes these amazing brown sugar shortbread cookies that she rolls out and ices. Unfortunately, she wont give me the recipe. I have searched all...

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Coconut Sandwich Cookies

February 24, 2008

Coconut made quite a few guest appearances in my childhood. In 2nd grade, my teacher brought in a coconut, a hammer, and a nail and proceeded to mercilessly beat on...

Baked Goods, Cookies, Desserts, Holidays / Entertaining, Pink Things

Hungry Heart Cookies aka Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies

February 6, 2008

Once upon a time I lived in Portland, Maine where there was a really great radio station called WCLZ. One morning, while driving to my cubicle dwelling office job, I...

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Chocolate Chip, Toasted Pecan, Coconut Cookies

January 22, 2008

I picked up Amanda Hesser’s book Cooking for Mr. Latte after the holidays at the Harvard Book Store. I honestly had no idea who she was. In reality I thought...

Baked Goods, Desserts, Garden / Crafty, Holidays / Entertaining, Nostalgia, Products

All Aboard The Jolly Express Gingerbread Train!

December 17, 2007

I’ve had the Avon Jolly Express cookie cutter set since 1992. When I first used the kit (way back when I was 12 years old) it came with prepackaged gingerbread...

Baked Goods, Holidays / Entertaining

An Erin Cooks Christmas Day 1: Cranberry Orange Dark Chocolate Cookies

December 2, 2007

A Cookie Wingman? Check out what I'm whipping up for holiday treats this week!