Nieman Marcus cookies  (from 500 cookies by Philippa Vanstone; Apple Press, 2005) Ingredients 115 g unsalted butter 200 g light brown sugar 1 egg 2 tsp vanilla extract 200 g SR flour 1/4 tsp salt (optional; I don’t add any) 1 & 1/2 tsp instant coffee 225 g plain chocolate chips Preheat oven to 190ºC/170ºC […]

While recently life has been far from monochrome, in terms of embroidery I seem to have got stuck in the white on white rut. Not that I don’t love whitework but it does make for a bit of a challenging blog, particularly as I find the photography so difficult. I quite like the photo above […]