The Salty Cook

Category: baking

  • Cheesecake Followup

    I forgot to post photos of our cheesecake from last weekend. Here you go: This thing was a beast. Dense, flavorful…decadent. If you like a good cheesecake, you owe it to yourself to bake this recipe at least once in your life. It puts commercial cheesecakes to shame. And best of all, it’s all ingredients…

  • Tonight’s Dinner: Homemade Pizza

    I have always loved making homemade pizza. Pizza is probably my favorite food. You can prepare it in so many ways: thin crust, thicker crust, Chicago style. You can top it with anything. There are hundreds, maybe thousands of sauce options. There are hundreds of cheese combinations. You can add herbs and spices to the…

  • Chewy Lemon Cookies

    These lemon cookies have a chewy texture and a soft lemon flavor. If you want a more intense lemon cookie, check out our Lemon Drop Cookies recipe. Ingredients Instructions Did you like this delicious cookie recipe? Check out the Recipes Page for more!

  • Addictive Chocolate-Chip-M&M Cookies

    This recipe makes a small, but potent, batch of highly addictive chocolate-chip-M&M cookies. Be warned: these cookies will be devoured before you know it, so maybe plan to make a couple of batches. Ingredients Process Did you like this recipe? Check out the rest of our Recipes Page to find more!

  • Lemon Drop Cookies

    These cookies have a bright, lemony flavor and a lovely soft texture, which makes them short-lived in the cookie jar. You might consider making a double-batch and freezing half the dough for later — these cookies have proven to be tremendously popular in our house! Ingredients For the glaze: Process That’s it! I hope you…

  • Homemade Pizza Dough

    Pizza is definitely my favorite food. A tasty crust, a nice sweet sauce, melty cheese, and savory seasonings…it makes me salivate like one of Pavlov’s dogs just thinking about it. This pizza dough recipe is a family favorite — bake and enjoy! Ingredients Process Did you like this fabulous pizza recipe? Check out the recipes…

  • Ben’s Delicious Cheesecake

    This cheesecake is a real panty-dropper. It’s moist, flavorful, and hard to stop eating. Best of all, it’s surprisingly easy to make! NOTE: This recipe needs to cool overnight, so build in plenty of time when baking it. Bake it the night before you want to eat it. Ingredients Cheesecake: Graham cracker crust: equipment Process

  • Chewy Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

    The recipe title says it all. These cookies are toothsome, chocolatey, and minty, perfect for a crisp winter’s evening in front of the Christmas tree. If you want to get really wild, you could have these with some hot cocoa and a nip of peppermint schnapps. That said, you can enjoy these delicious treats any…

  • Lisa’s Gingerbread Cookies

    These flavorful spiced gingerbread cookies are a holiday favorite of my wife, Lisa. It’s fun to make them in little shapes, and even more fun to devour them by the handful, ideally in a nice cool glass of milk. You can ice them if you wish but we usually just decorate them with sprinkles. Note:…

  • Homemade Sugar Cookies

    There’s nothing quite like homemade cookies for the holidays! These fun little guys can be cut into whatever shape you want and decorated with icing and sprinkles to make them festive. Ingredients Process If you liked this recipe, why not check out our Recipes Page for more?