If I were served this winter-holiday chocolate tart in a high-end restaurant, I’d be impressed and overjoyed. It’s beyond guest-worthy.
world’s best
Also finds “best ever.”
Perfect Buttermilk Pancakes on a Nonstick Griddle (plus waffles)
This is a simple and easy, everyday-cooking recipe that produces the world’s best homemade buttermilk pancakes. Best fresh; reheat decently.
Chocolate Chip Cookies: The Best I’ve Ever Made
I stumbled across this Jacques Torres recipe at Martha Stewart. Though it specifies bittersweet or semisweet, milk chocolate would be just as delicious. A combination of bread and pastry flour (maybe a touch of whole wheat), plus the secret of refrigerating the dough (thank you, NY Times), makes these cookies chewy, beautiful, and texturally interesting.
Margaritas Congeladas de Danilo
(Dan’s Frozen Margaritas)
Margaritas Congeladas de Danilo, (Dan’s Frozen Margaritas) uses a homemade sour mix made from freshly squeezed lemon and lime juice. A really good tequila is important, but I think it’s the Cointreau that kicks this recipe into “world’s best” league. A great blender will whip this into a fabulous frozen cocktail with minimal effort.
Oatmeal Raisin Sandwich Cookies
My grandma used to make the world’s best oatmeal raisin sandwich cookies. They’re delicious, unusual, and old-school. I’m talking really, truly old school … like, to get the recipe, I had to cross the river Styx and leave Sharon Stone behind in the underworld. Now that’s old school.
