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With raspberry preserves.

Grab recipe from EatMakeRead.

Maple cookies

I recently came across the blog Eat Make Read and instantly became a fan. Upon seeing the post on maple glazed cookies from Martha Stewart's Everyday Food (November 2009), I had to try it.

3 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon coarse salt + 2 Tablespoons for sprinkling on top
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup and 1 cup pure maple syrup
2 large egg yolks

Preheat oven to 350 C. Sift flour and salt. In a separate bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then add 1/2 cup maple syrup and egg yolks. Beat in flour mixture. Drop batter 3-inches apart onto to baking sheets with parchment paper and flatten. Bake 12-15 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through. Reduce 1 cup maple syrup to 3/4 cup and spoon over cooled cookies. Sprinkle with salt.

Vegan treats

Yam fries: Dipped yams in soy milk with vanilla extract and coated with panko bread crumbs in cinnamon and sugar. Drizzled with cinnamon and oil, baked at 425 for 30 minutes.

Oatmeal cookies: Modified recipe from a vegan recipe. Used half the amount of sugar and added dried cherries and chocolate chunks.

Goodies at home

Been back in MN for about a week and thankfully have not gone hungry. Here are just a few things that make me smile:

Eating at my friend's new Indonesian inspired restaurant BALI. Pictured is fried tofu, they're HUGE. I enjoyed everything: anchovies and peanuts, deviled eggs, shrimp curry. Open late, check them out if you can.



Baked goodies by my sister. Junk cookies: chocolate chips, dried cherries, caramel, banana chips:


And myself. Salmon tarts: garlic, onions, feta or goat cheese, and smoked salmon on a puff pastry. Seasoned with pepper.



Family hot pot.