AJ's Handmade – Cookies, Pies, and Pastries

AJ's Handmade – A Florida Cottage Food Business

Category: Our Products

  • Plain Biscotti

    Plain Biscotti

    These are classic, twice baked, Italian breakfast biscuits with a hint of Anise flavor best served with coffee for dipping. We’re using this recipe for ours, it’s not very sweet and goes great with your favorite flavored espresso drinks. https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/17241/biscotti/ Read more

  • Italian Wedding Cookies

    Italian Wedding Cookies

    I’ve also heard these called Mexican Wedding Cookies, Russian Tea Cakes, or Butterballs. They are DELICIOUS buttery cushions of coarse ground almonds coated in powdered sugar and a huge favorite amongst friends and family. They are measured to half the size of our other cookies so they have that distinct crumbly texture and shape. We’re… Read more

  • Pumpkin Pie

    Pumpkin Pie

    There’s all kinds of ways you can get creative with pumpkin pie, by all means do some googling to find your own twist. We considered going down this path and making our own filling from fresh pumpkin’s but ultimately we wanted to focus on other pastries. We’re using Libby’s canned pumpkin puree and the recipe… Read more

  • Apple Pie

    Apple Pie

    Our Apple Pie filling is our own recipe: This makes one 9″ pie, prepare your pie dough ahead of time, while it’s resting in the fridge you can prepare the filling. Mix dry ingredients in a small bowl, then peel, core and slice apples into a large bowl and sprinkle with lemon juice. Toss apples… Read more