Tag: dessert

• Batch #5: The Brigadeiro (Brazil)

  

  I live in San Diego (CA) where the weather in the wintertime is typically warmer than the rest of the country. This is one of the reasons why so many yearn to live here, and housing costs are insane. I unfortunately didn’t buy a house when it was more reasonable, but back then I wasn’t…

  Carrie Bolger

  March 3, 2025

  Batches, In the Kitchen

  baking, Brazil, Brigadeiros, chocolate, cookies, cookies & cream, dessert, fudge, recipes, San Diego

• Batch #4: Mbatata cookies (Malawi)

  

  Love may not necessarily be “in the air” for me, but the aroma of cookies definitely is. I don’t usually celebrate Valentine’s Day since, a) I’m a single lady, and b) it’s my furbaby’s birthday (he’s 14 now). This year, I made a slight exception and made a batch of Mbatata cookies from Malawi. These…

  Carrie Bolger

  February 18, 2025

  Batches, In the Kitchen

  Africa, baking, cookies, dessert, hearts, Malawi, mbatata cookies, recipe, recipes, sweet potatoes, valentines day

• Batch #3: The Almond Cookie (China)

  

  Happy Lunar New Year! 2025 marks the Year of the Snake, which means the shedding of bad energy and is all about renewal and regeneration [1]. My latest batch: The Almond Cookie, is a traditional Chinese cookie enjoyed during the New Year to bring good fortune as they symbolize coins.  There’s not much history about…

  Carrie Bolger

  February 4, 2025

  Batches, In the Kitchen

  almond cookie, baking, Chinese almond cookie, Chinese new year, cookies, dessert, lunar new year, recipe, recipes, snake, year of the snake