These cookies go by the many endearing names for pigs in Spanish: cerdito, cochinito, marranito, or puerquito. This is the recipe that is the most requested on my blog by Mexicans living abroad.
You may think I have gone off the rails by adding curry powder to cookies, but along with the ground and candied ginger, the combo really wakes up a classic American cookie.
Having made this so many times with so many combinations, I can now say with confidence what Laurent told me when he first described the dish, “You’ll love it.”
The problem with pumpkin pie is pumpkin. Most pumpkins teeter toward tasteless. Instead, roast butternut squash and you get lush sweetness and kicks of caramel.
Before serving decorate with whipped cream and sprinkle with pecans.
A lush, yet light dessert that's much better if made a day ahead.
The tart looks homey, but it's oddly sophisticated in its own way and not-so-oddly very satisfying, particularly after a hearty meal.
That it can be served minutes out of the oven makes this the perfect last-minute sweet.
The cookies are chubby and chewy and just a little soft at the center -- altogether great.
Using a good-quality olive oil makes a difference in this cake, which is dense and moist and just the right amount of sweet.