When we’re craving a bit of bonus kitchen inspiration beyond what we can find in our cookbook collections andEatingWellrecipe archives, we turn to Instagram—and to some of our favorite celebrity chefs, who are letting us in on their culinary adventures at home.
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While we’re still firm believers that Ina Garten is thequeen of quarantine cooking, she has some fierce competition for the crown from Martha Stewart. Stewart has been stuffing and steaminghomemade pierogiand whipping upbread puddingin her PJs. And this weekend, in honor of her new bookMartha Stewart’s Cookie Perfectionshe letCBS Sunday Morningviewers in on the secrets for her favorite supersized snack.
Baking is one of her favorite pastimes, and “sharing cookies is a real joy,” Stewart said. She’s been known to drop off a basket on the doorstep of her across-the-street neighbor (who just so happens to be Dennis Leary).
At ¾ cup(!) per cookie, one should last you all day long, according to Stewart (to put that in perspective, most cookies call for 2 tablespoons of dough). Since it’s loaded with oats, dried fruit and nuts, starting at breakfast doesn’t seem quite so out of order. (Hey, dessert for breakfast is totally appropriate some days!) She says it’s fine to substitute a different nut or dried fruit, based on what you have or what you prefer.
If you’re not so strong in the portion control department, though, this might be one cookie that’s best to split one in half and share…
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