Tate's Bake Shop Chocolate Chip Cookies

If you like thin and crispy chocolate chip cookies, these are for you. The recipe comes from Tate’s Bake Shop in Southampton, NY.

We went to visit my parents last weekend and I brought a box of chocolate chip cookies from Gourmet Garage which I thought were pretty good. They’re soft and [...]

Orange Scones with Chocolate Chips

Ok, so these were really supposed to be cranberry orange scones, but I knew that if I tried to put a single cranberry in them, they would have been patently rejected by the boys. Chocolate chips are safe. Cranberries, no way. I think I would have prefered them with [...]

Chocolate Chip Waffles

My boys love waffles for breakfast, and I must admit that we always have a box of Eggo waffles in the freezer for the days when I don’t cook breakfast.  I have made waffles before, but I didn’t have a go-to waffle recipe until now.   I found this recipe about a month ago, and I [...]

No-Bake Chewy Granola Bars

My husband went out to play guitar with a bunch of friends tonight and I stayed home with the boys.   It’s a Friday so the boys are allowed to play with their Wii (they’re not allowed to play during the week, so they look forward to Friday afternoons!)   Three of the four like the Wii.   [...]

Peanut Butter Pancakes with Chocolate Chips

My sister Gail periodically sends me recipes that she finds online. When I got this one, I immediately put it in my “to make” folder. Our boys love pancakes and waffles in the morning, so I thought this recipe was a good way to mix their breakfast up a bit. [...]

Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Sandwich

My friend Nancy told me that she made a batch of these last week and I’ve been craving one ever since.  Let me tell you, they were a BIG hit with the boys. I gave each of the boys a half of one after school today and they were definitely happy campers.

I didn’t [...]

Banana Caramel Cake

It was a rainy day today and one of my sons is sick so I was stuck in the house with him and three overripe bananas.   I’m always on the lookout for new banana recipes and I found this one on a blog called Technicolor Kitchen.    It is really good.   The caramel on top is [...]

Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

I was looking for a new cookie recipe to try and I noticed that I had a couple of overripe bananas on my kitchen counter just begging to be used.   I thought about making my favorite banana bread which I make all the time, but I wanted to try something different so I ended up [...]

Whole Wheat Cinnamon Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

It snowed  in NYC today and the boys didn’t have school, so we went sledding in Central Park.   It was lots and lots of fun.   We stayed out until they got cold (and wet).   Our tradition after sledding is to come home and have a piping hot cup of hot chocolate to warm up.   We [...]

Cinnamon and chocolate

I don’t know what made me do it, but a number of years ago I decided to dump some cinnamon into my chocolate chip cookie batter. And it was delicious. I’ve been doing it ever since. I don’t think I’ve made chocolate chip cookies without cinnamon in about 10 [...]