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Valentine's Day Baking: Sprinkle Pink Peppercorns on Sugar Cookies

Pink peppercorns are deceiving little things. They're not actually peppercorns but, in fact, dried berries cultivated in Madagascar. To me, these faux peppercorns have a delicate floral taste with a spark of pepperiness.

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2 Comments | Posted by Andrea Lynn, February 7, 2011 at 2:15 PM
Tagged: cookies, pink peppercorns, Serious Heat, sugar cookies, Valentine's Day

5 Tricks to Baking Perfect Sugar Cookies

1. Measure Carefully Any sugar cookie recipe is a delicate proportional balance of fat, sugar and flour, so be sure to measure your ingredients carefully in order to get the desired finished texture (crisp, chewy, delicate, melting, etc). 2. Mind Your Butter! A key step in making sugar cookies is the creaming of butter and sugar. If the butter is too soft, your cookies will be greasy, and if it is too cold, they'll seem like lead weights. It is important to start with evenly softened butter, and the only way to do this properly is to take it out of the refrigerator and, uh, wait. Always soften butter in a temperate environment until it yields gently to pressure;...

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10 Comments | Posted by Gina DePalma, December 8, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Tagged: cookies, desserts, Gina DePalma, holiday recipes, sugar cookies