Benne Wafers – 12 Days of Cookies

Day 2 of our Gourmet cookie extravaganza thing, and for today’s cookie I chose benne wafers from 1954. These have a short list of ingredients and are very easy to make, and though those are not the primary reasons I chose this cookie, it certainly made the decision easy. I happen to really enjoy benne [...]

Cajun Macaroons – 12 Days of Cookies

A few weeks ago I came across a very cool commemoration of Gourmet magazine’s favorite cookies from 1941-2008. They chose their favorite cookie from each year, made them again and shot photos, then posted the recipes exactly as they had been originally written. As it turns out, I wasn’t the only food blogger who enjoyed [...]