These lovely pistachio shortbread cookies melt in your mouth and have a slight sandy, crumbly texture that's expected with shortbread. Ground pistachios add a touch of sophistication and a flavor boost. Once they're baked, the cookies are topped with a tangy lemon glaze and sprinkled with crunchy, vibrant pistachios.
This little one-tiered cake packs quite a punch. Freshly zested lemons, icing with clipped rosemary sprigs from the bushes in our yard, and the unexpected texture of cornmeal create a perfect, humble snacking cake.
Happy first week of summer! There’s something quintessentially summer about the flavors of key lime pie. Instead of a whole pie, these graham cracker shortbread cookies are topped with a lime icing to get a taste of the pie in bite-size form!
Chocolate and orange together is one of my absolute favorite things. The addition of orange oil or flavor to chocolate makes an incredibly moreish dessert. These cookies have bittersweet chocolate, orange zest and extract, and toasted walnut crumbles to make them even more addicting—you can’t help but want to eat more of them!
Filled with fresh, tangy lemon and poppy seeds, these biscuits are perfect for the ushering in of spring. The poppy seeds add a little crunch, nuttiness, and a slight earthiness.
These lemon curd bars are so easy and quick, and the only tools required are your hands! Lavender is added to the crust and crumble to compliment the tang of citrus.
A farewell to winter: moist, light cake flavored with grapefruit, almond, and a dash of orange liqueur.
"Bourbon does for me what the piece of cake did for Proust." --Walker Percy
Y'all. These are outrageously good. These are better than any pecan pie I've ever made or tasted. They have all the components that make you want just a bit more--sweetness, saltiness, acid from the orange, and a touch of bourbon.
These ginger lemon bars are perfectly simple to make. The sweetness of the brown sugar is balanced by two forms of ginger (dried and crystallized) and lemon (both the zest and juice). As the days are getting shorter and the darkness is coming earlier, these are a cold weather comfort, but they're also light enough to enjoy year round.
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