Vanilla Frappe Macarons

Let’s see mornings in a new light with Nespresso VertuoLine Breakfast Coffees, Solelio and Giornio and some breakfast cookies.

A-yup. Breakfast cookies by way of French Toast Macarons and Vanilla Frappe Macarons.


Thank gawd for the little pleasures in life like morning coffee and cookies. If you are a regular reader around here, then you know I’ve been a long time fan and partner of Nespresso. Their new VertuoLine Breakfast Coffees, Solelio and Giornio are my new go-to blends. The Solelio has red fruity notes, while Giornio has white floral notes—both are light and medium in roast.


What really makes this coffee shine is that Nespresso’s coffees and espressos are topped with a silky and generous layer of naturally-formed crema—a sign of superior, high quality coffee. And if you are a coffee and espresso drinker like me, then you will love how the VertuoLine Evoluo machine brews both large-cup coffee and authentic espresso with one easy touch of a button. But foam—where is the foam to this at-home barista machine you ask? No worries there, because Nespresso has you covered with its Aeroccino4 milk frother, which helps you turn hot or cold milk into barista-worthy foam.

Look at how airy and tight that foam is.

Beyond that, Nespresso makes it easy to recycle the 100% aluminum capsules with a pre-paid Nespresso UPS bag, so go ahead and indulge in some Nespresso and don’t forget the breakfast cookies to go with it!

Vanilla Frappe Macarons

 

Ingredients:

Macaron Shells

• 60g almond meal
• 120g confectioner's sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla powder
• 20g granulated sugar
• 60g egg whites (about 2 eggs)
• 2 tablespoons vanilla seed powder (optional)

Filling

• 55g white chocolate
• 90g butter room temperature.
• 30g confectioner's sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste

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Strawberry Lemonade Sugar Cookies

These Strawberry Lemonade Sugar Cookies are so easy and taste amazing! The strawberry and lemon flavors fuse together in both cookie and frosting and combine for an out of this world cookie!

Strawberry Lemonade Sugar Cookies

Recipe type: Dessert

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1½ cups sugar, divided
• ¾ cup powdered sugar
• ¾ cup vegetable oil
• 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
• 3 Tablespoons lemon zest
• 2 eggs
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon cream of tarter
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 5½ cups flour

Strawberry Frosting

• ¾ cup butter, softened
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• ⅓ cup sour cream
• ⅓ cup strawberries, chopped

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S’mores Cookies on a Stick

S’Mores Cookies on a Stick – how cute and fun are these? My little guys loved these and loved making them for our latest HERSHEY’S

As many of you know, I’ve partnered up with HERSHEY’S,like the pudding parfaits from here and the sheet cake here. The idea behind #HelloHappy is to choose happiness anywhere and at any time during the hustle and bustle of life’s little moments.
For us We are celebrating summer break and Summer Solstice.

Things are finally slowing to a less frenetic, and less dramatic pace! Dramatic? Yup, you would be amazed how even little boys have their own little set of drama at school—things like, “Can you believe so-and-so chose so-and-so before me for his basketball team. I mean, Mom, I shot 10 points that last game the last one was basically a buzzer beater.”
But now that we are easing into summer, I’m thankful we can put the snooze button on all of the drama and the mad rush of school for a few good weeks. We are moving on to fun projects and more together time at home.

My little guy Cole is an avid Chopped watcher, so he loves getting into the kitchen with me and Matt. To celebrate Summer Solstice, we decided to bring the outdoors indoors with these S’Mores Cookies on a Stick. Of course you can skip the stick, but it really makes this cookie recipe that much more fun – to go hunt and gather sticks with your little ones.
Aside from that, it’s a great way to get your kids outdoors for a little hike that lasts longer than thirty minutes. Even the baby got into the act by pointing to his chosen sticks and saying, “this, this, this . . .”

Armed with our sticks (cleaned of course!), HERSHEY’S chocolate bars and some mini marshmallows, we got into the kitchen to get things started. Cole being the chef-in-training, always likes to take on the task of measuring and mixing, while the baby provides laughter as he darts in and out of the kitchen making little squeals.
This is exactly why I love our ‘Hello Happy Moments’. It’s nothing grand or anything that involves heavy planning, it’s just fun little moments like this that carves out special memories.

HERSHEY'S S'mores Cookie on a Stick

Ingredients:

Recipe from Hershey's Kitchen (only adaptations are the chocolate squares and marshmallows)

• 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. kosher salt
• 2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
• ⅔ cup granulated sugar
• ⅔ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 6-7 HERSHEY’S Milk Chocolate Bars
• 2 ½ cups mini marshmallows
• 20-30 sticks or small branches

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