Whole Wheat Honey Wafers

February 3, 2012 by mymateriallife

This was my homage to Groundhog Day yesterday – Maida Heatter’s Whole Wheat Honey Wafers cut with a Foose Tinsmithing groundhog cookie cutter. You might not have thought you could find a groundhog cookie cutter, but Foose offers such an extensive range.  And this is the perfect recipe for the groundhog cutter.  These cookies are made with 100% whole wheat flour, but you wouldn’t necessarily know it or mind for that matter.  They’ve also got cinnamon, ginger, instant coffee, brown […]

Categories: Beverages, Sweets • Tags: foose cookie cutters, guinness, maida heatter, whole wheat honey wafers

Greenwich Village Brownies

January 18, 2012 by mymateriallife

If you’re looking for toilet paper roll knitting nancy ideas, do stay tuned.  I promise that I have some new, fun projects to share very soon.  In the meantime, I’ve been baking.  This time, brownies for a special Brownie (of the Girl Scout variety) ceremony last night.  As much as I love Maida Heatter, I usually make the Goddess of Chocolate’s (Alice Medrich’s) cocoa brownie recipe.  But I needed a recipe with a large yield for last night’s event and […]

Categories: Sweets • Tags: greenwich village brownies, maida heatter, maida heatter's book of great cookies

Aspen Oatmeal Bars from Maida Heatter

January 11, 2012 by mymateriallife

If you like butterscotch then I think you’re going to like this recipe.  I was looking for an oatmeal cookie recipe when I ran across this old favorite in Maida Heatter’s Book of Great Cookies.  She describes these bars as “the height of ease and simplicity“, and they certainly are.  I’ll share the recipe for them in a minute, but I have to tell you I’m equally excited about the Ikea picture frame that I’m using as a sign frame.  I’m not […]

Categories: Sweets • Tags: aspen oatmeal bars, ikea, maida heatter, tolsby

Craig Claiborne’s Cardamom Cookies

December 4, 2011 by mymateriallife

I baked these this morning as a thank you gift for my former co-worker neighbor and friend who catsits for us now and then.  I found the recipe in one of my Maida Heatter cookbooks, Maida Heatter’s Brand-New Book of Great Cookies.  Do you know Maida Heatter?  I wish I knew her in person.  In fact, I wish she was my next-door-neighbor and that she would invite me over for a glass of wine while she baked cookies for us; […]

Categories: Sweets • Tags: cardamom cookies, craig claiborne, maida heatter

Maida Heatter’s Danish Butter Sandwiches

June 21, 2010 by mymateriallife

I know these look like peanut butter cookies because of the fork indentations, but they are really quite something else – Danish Butter Sandwiches from my favorite baker, Maida Heatter.  And really, with the amount of fat in these cookies you might as well be eating butter sandwiches!  But for a special occasion (an adult tea party perhaps?) they are fantastic.  Of course it helps if you enjoy the taste of brown butter because that is the predominant flavor of […]

Categories: Sweets • Tags: brown butter, danish butter sandwiches, maida heatter