Part II of the Oatmeal Cookie Series concludes today with a variation that recreates flavors similar to that of the holiday favorite Panettone (need I say more?).  The cookies are bright with orange and cherry flavors along with an enhanced brown sugar sweetness.  The addition of Triple Sec or Cointreau is optional of course and was [...]

Do you still enjoy eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches or simply find this classic combination of flavors satisfying?  Then give this variation of my Grandma’s oatmeal cookies a try. The recipe uses freeze dried strawberries instead of jelly, which allows the fruit to be pulverized by the stand mixer.  The strawberry flavor is then [...]

The Oatmeal Cookie Series continues today with another scrumptious variation of my Grandma’s recipe: Oatmeal with Peanut Butter & Roasted Peanuts.  The cookies are a perfect balance between the flavors of a peanut butter and oatmeal cookie, with freshly toasted roasted peanuts adding a richness and textural crunch.  If you’re a lover of either of [...]

Last fall I posted a short series where I shared my Grandma’s Oatmeal Cookie Recipe and three different variations of these highly addictive cookies.  The variations included Toasted Hazelnuts & Nutella, Pumpkin & Toasted Pecans, and the use of Vosges Woolloomooloo Bar.  But being the glutton that I am, I couldn’t leave well enough alone [...]

“Die echte deutsche Kueche”, one of my favorite German cookbooks, has a few recipes of roasts stuffed with wondrous heavy carb based concoctions that look all too satisfying to this glutton.  However, heavy meat/carb based dishes aren’t always appreciated by my better half, something I’m sure most married men can relate to. So in the [...]

If you recall from last week, I posted a phenomenal recipe for citrus caramelized leeks served over grilled salmon topped off with an egg (click here for a refresher).  Well building off my new found addiction to caramelized leeks I experimented with using them as the base for a pizza topped with grilled asparagus (slightly [...]

There are times when circumstance and the ingredients on hand bring out the creation of a dish.  So it was during the height of the citrus season when we were inundated with oranges, possessed leeks which needed to be used, and happened to have just purchased half a fresh salmon. Per the Glutton household food [...]