20 February 2013
Gnome Cookies
I had to share with you these sweet little gnome sugar cookies made with an adorable cutter from Hammer Song Tin! I might have gotten carried away with the (...)
18 November 2012
Sweet Potato Ice Cream
Instead of complaining about another Tucson summer, I've decided to be proactive. I'm going to make new flavors of ice cream to get me through these trying (...)
11 November 2012
Baked Apples with Savory Pork Stuffing
I can't believe it's almost Thanksgiving. The school year is flying by. Being a first year teacher has its moments to be sure, but most of the time I'm just (...)
11 November 2012
Sautéed figs with balsamic bourbon glaze and ricotta
I can't even begin to describe how amazing this is. So I won't. Just make it. Sooner rather than later.Sautéed Figs with Balsamic Bourbon Glaze and (...)
5 November 2012
Banana bread during hurricane sandy
Today the DC area shut down for Hurricane Sandy.The TV stations are streaming continuous coverage of winds, waves, and water-bottle-less ailses at the grocery (...)
5 November 2012
Chicken Fricassée
Winter is coming. The fall crisp in the air is beginning to dig deeper. Scarves serve a purpose rather than merely to add color to daily wear. I find myself (...)
14 October 2012
Pumpkin Muffins Recipe
Last weekend I went to the Waterford Fair in Waterford, Virginia. This quintessential colonial town turns into an artisanal crafts market for three days every (...)
8 October 2012
Homemade Apple Pie
Hi. It's me, Meghan. It's been a while.I'm sheepishly peering around the room, like a kid who ate the last cookie in the jar while no one was watching. I feel (...)
26 August 2012
Beet Ice Cream with Orange Zest and Poppy Seeds
Eating beets has never been an attractive choice for me until now.I'll be honest: I made this ice cream for the color. That's all natural fuschia, my friends. (...)
7 June 2012
Venus Transit Sugar Cookies
I try to hide my extreme nerdiness from you as much as possible here at CosmoCookie, but sometimes there is just no denying it. On Tuesday, Venus transited (...)
3 June 2012
Blackberry Limeade Bars
My friend KC emailed me the other day, saying that she had made thestrawberry lemonade bars. It always makes me happy when people make the recipes that I post. (...)
3 June 2012
Profiteroles with blackberry mascarpone, chocolate and pistachio
Happy New Year! Let us hope 2012 brings happiness to us all. I rung in the new year with these little fellows: flaky profiteroles filled with blackberry (...)
3 June 2012
Iced gingerbread snowflake cookies at u.s. botanical gardens.
This week I went to the U.S. Botanical Gardens next to the U.S. Capitol to see the annual Christmas display.This year's "Who Lives Here?" exhibit features (...)
3 June 2012
Cranberry Orange Walnut Loaf
Cranberry Orange Bread is a favorite in my family. My mom always makes many mini loaves to give away to friends. She wraps then in little cellophane bags with (...)
31 May 2012
Blueberry Pie
How did you celebrate Memorial Day Weekend? My weekend was a croquet-playing, bloody-mary-drinking, poolside-reading, floppy-hat-wearing, guacamole-dipping, (...)
22 May 2012
Carrot cake and red balloon
Last week, my good friend Cecilia asked me to paint a mural on her staircase wall. Ever since, I've had five legitimate paid offers to paint people's (...)
20 May 2012
Jalapeño Beer Cornbread
I have returned from Mexico! Some friends and I headed south of Tucson until we hit the Pacific to get SCUBA open water certified. It was a great trip, and (...)
20 May 2012
Carrot Cake Basket Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
We're so removed from our food as a society that I actually find it to be a novelty when they sell carrots with leafy tops in the grocery store (Don't carrots (...)
7 May 2012
Unicorn Rainbow Cupcakes
These rainbow cupcakes (clickHEREfor recipe or see below) with glitter unicorn cupcake toppers celebrated my friend Ingrid's birthday. Thanks for being (...)
5 May 2012
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
I never, ever have to take another planetary science class. ever. Celebration Pie. Strawberry Rhubarb Pieyields one 9" pie with top and bottom (...)
25 March 2012
Chocolate raspberry crêpe cake
I... I can't even... I don't know where to begin, really. I almost didn't share this with you. Chocolate, cream, crêpes, more chocolate, more cream, ganache, (...)
22 March 2012
Mini Key Lime Pies
For Christmas, my mom got me this adorable mini cheesecake pan. The bottoms pop out! Genius. It's been three months, but I finally took this guy for a test (...)
21 March 2012
Strawberry Banana Muffins
Today, in sunny Tucson, it hailed and snowed in mid-March. The apocalypse is near, my friends...So instead of biking into work early, I decided to ride out the (...)
21 March 2012
Chocolate Malbec Cake
This was the birthday cake for my friend Kristen here in Tucson. Kristen is a great cook (the woman makeshomemade pastaand ameanmeatball), a wine lover, and, (...)
