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Makes 12 cookies

Ingredients

  • 145 g (1 cup) all-purpose flour
  • 1 ¼ tsp baking soda
  • ¾ tsp sea salt
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • 145g (10 Tbsp) (1 ¼ sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 145g (1 ¼ cups) dark brown sugar
  • 50g (¼ cup) granulated sugar
  • 110g (1 cup) raisins
  • 125g (1 ⅔ cups) oats
  • 1 jumbo egg
  • 1 ½ tsp pure vanilla extract

TIP:

  • For uniformly round cookies, use a cookie ring (or take-out container or whatever you have on hand) to gently shape the cookies, using in a ‘hula hoop’ motion, while still hot and the dough is soft (see video).
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Serves 8

Ingredients for the upside-down

  • 4 Tbsp unsalted butter, plus more for the pan
  • ⅓ cup (73 g) lightly packed dark brown sugar
  • 1 ½ Tbsp black rum or pure vanilla extract
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 20-oz can sliced pineapple, drained
  • 10 Maraschino cherries 

Ingredients for the cake

Makes one 10-inch round cake

  • 1 ⅓ cup (180 g) unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ tsp baking powder
  • 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ tsp kosher salt (or ¼ tsp fine sea salt)
  • ¼ tsp ground cardamom
  • 4 Tbsp unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 2 Tbsp neutral oil (vegetable, canola, or avocado work great)
  • 1 ¼ cups (200 g) white granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg, at room temperature
  • 1 ½ Tbsp black rum or pure vanilla extract
  • ½ cup buttermilk, at room temperature
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Serves 3

Ingredients

  • 18 jumbo (21/25 count) shell-on shrimp, peeled, deveined, and tail on

  • 3 cloves garlic, crushed

  • 2 bay leaves

  • 2 Tbsp kosher salt

  • ½ cup ketchup

  • 1 ½  Tbsp white horseradish

  • ½  tsp fresh lemon juice

  • ½  tsp Worcestershire sauce

  • pinch kosher salt

  • ¼ tsp sambal OR 1 to 3 dashes hot sauce (optional)

  • parsley springs and lemon wedges for serving

TIPS:

  • Cooking the shrimp off of the heat poaches them gently and keeps them from overcooking.
  • Add the shrimp heads and shells to the poaching water to infuse your shrimp with even more briny, flavorful goodness. 
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