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The Year I learn to Bake: Salted Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies

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It’s been nearly a week since moving my blog to WordPress and it has been a learning experience, let me tell you!  I’ve been so busy setting everything up that I haven’t even had time to cook!  I finally just had to tear myself away from the computer for a little while tonight and get in the kitchen!  Now, a couple of weeks ago, I introduced you to my New Friend in the Kitchen, my KitchenAid stand mixer!  Oh my goodness, I cannot believe that I have survived for so long without this machine!  For years, I’ve admired them, but never bought one because, well, I simply didn’t think I did enough baking to justify it. Well, I could not have been more wrong.  So far, I’ve used the mixer to make masa for tamales and several batches of pizza dough (we like pizzas around here) and these amazing salted dark chocolate chip cookies! I am now a true believer in the power of the mixer and I am loving it! Now New Year’s Resolutions are …

Lemon-Herb Shortbread Tea Cookies

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Monsoon season is upon us and I can’t think of a better way to enjoy it but to sit and watch the rain over a nice cup of hot tea and a plate of cookies.  Some of you are probably thinking that it’s too hot for tea, but I drink green tea each and every day, throughout all four seasons.  I decided to make these cookies after listening to The Splendid Table this weekend.  This week’s episode featured chef and author Sally Schneider who demonstrated making herb salt, which I definitely plan to make soon.  But what really caught my attention was when she started talking about adding the herb salt to chocolate cake and butter cookies!  I rarely make cookies, but one of my favorite cookies is shortbread.  I love that it’s not too sweet and has a texture that stands up to a cup of coffee or tea.  I adapted Ina Garten’s basic shortbread cookie recipe and added lemon zest and Herbes de Provence to the dough.  It resulted in a cookie that …