The Mothership

  Favorite. Cookies. Ever.  INGREDIENTS:  3 eggs 2 cups of sugar 3/4 cup softened butter 1 tsp vanilla  2.5 cups flour 12oz fresh cranberries (either frozen or cool from the fridge work well) 1 cup white chocolate chips 2 cups powdered sugar 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice and more if needed Recipe: Preheat oven to 350 With a mixer beat eggs and sugar for 5-7 minutes - should double in size, be thickened, light in color, and form a ribbon when you lift the paddle out of the bowl. DONT SKIP THAT STEP! Add the butter and vanilla. Beat for 2 more minutes. Stir in the flour till JUST combined.  With a silicone spatula or spoon, mix in the cranberries and white chocolate chips.  Using a 2 tablespoon scoop, portion the cookies on a parchment lined baking sheet about 6-8 to a regular sheet (these cookies are large and spread!) Bake for 18 minutes or a few minutes more. They will have golden brown edges. The tops might look undercooked.  Remove from the oven a...

  My kids love ginger and the kick in these make them feel a little more adult - so it's ok to eat :) This recipe came from a friend, Gabi, who knows how to throw down a beautiful dessert. Ingredients: 2.5 cups (320g) flour  1.5 tsp. (8g) baking soda 3/4 tsp. (4g) cinnamon 1 tsp. (4g) ground ginger 1/2 tsp (2g) ground cloves 1/2 tsp. (5g) salt 1/2 tsp. (2g) cayenne pepper 1/2 cup (113g) softened butter 1/2 cup (112g) sugar 1 cup (209g) packed brown sugar 1/3 cup (110g) molasses 1/4 cup (70g) of egg whites extra sugar in a bowl for rolling 1/3 cup softened butter 3 cups of powdered sugar  3 tbsp. lemon juice 1 tbsp. lemon zest  Recipe: Heat oven to 375. Combine the first 7 ingredients and set aside.  In another bowl, cream the softened butter. Then add in the sugars, molasses, and egg whites. Stir until combined.  Add the flour and spices mixture into the butter and sugar mixture. Mix till all incorporated.  Take the dough and make small 1-2inch round b...

I love experimenting in the kitchen and the more I do it, the more comfortable I get with making mistakes. As a child, I would stand with my tippy toes stretching and my head straining to see exactly what my grandmother would be orchestrating. She was ALWAYS cooking.  You know how your memory fades, but for memories that mean so much to you, they are imprinted in your mind?!?? And if you close your eyes hard enough it’s like you are right there in the memory?!? One thing I can still picture to this day is her arthritic hands stirring ingredients. She rarely used a spoon for stirring. She almost always used her pair of hands. The hands that God gave her. The hands that orchestrated so many things...notes, lists, phone calls, present wrapping, crossword puzzle filling, hugs, finger shaking, and stirring ingredients most frequently. My grandmother was amazing. She is my tie to the “hills” and my reason for being slightly sassy. She always encouraged me to make things in the kitchen an...