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Sour Cherry Almond Thumbprint Cookies

Maris Callahan — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 13:40:00 +0000

No matter what kind of holiday entertaining you’re planning, I can’t think of one occasion where cookies are inappropriate. Holiday brunch? Absolutely. The office potluck? Bring a platter of thumbprint cookies. During the month of December, cookies also happen to be a perfectly acceptable breakfast or midnight snack and if there is any time of year where you’re going to allow yourself to eat cookies in bed, this the one. I think you understand where I’m going here. It’s December, get out your rolling pins and preheat your ovens. If you have leftover preserves from in the fridge from a holiday brunch, bake off a batch of simple almond thumbprint cookies, rolled with toasted almonds for extra texture and crunch. These cookies are filled with the perfect amount of festive, tart cherries to balance the cookies’ mild sweetness. Save Print Sour Cherry Almond Thumbprint Cookies Author: Maris Callahan Recipe type: Sweet Treats Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 15 mins Total time: 25 mins Serves: 2 dozen cookies Ingredients ½ Cup (or 1 stick) butter ⅓ Cup lightly packed brown sugar ½ Teaspoon almond extract (you can sub vanilla extract if it's all you have) 1 Cup all-purpose flour ½ Cup of […]

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Peppermint Mocha Brownie Cookies

Maris Callahan — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 13:00:00 +0000

Even if you’re not a big cook or baker I am going to go ahead and guess that the words “holiday” and “baking” will appear in your vocabulary at some point before you change your calendar page from December to January. No matter what holidays you celebrate, cookies bring a smile to anyone’s face – especially when they’re packed with seasonal flavors like peppermint, almonds and cranberries. My current favorite cookie is one that I invented on a whim when my friend Jennifer sent me a stash of flavored Starbucks VIA, which is quite possibly my favorite product ever invented. These cookies are perfect for grown-ups, but kids with a taste for coffee might like them too. Eaten warm from the oven, they have a soft texture, almost like a fudge brownie but as they cool, they will turn to a more cake-like consistency. If you need a dessert or homemade hostess gift to bring to a holiday party, serve a dozen of these cookies in a festive, silver tin lined with parchment paper. With a touch of mocha, hints of peppermint extract and of course, the rich chocolate you crave throughout the holiday season, these cookies will be sure to land you on everyone’s […]

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You Need To Make These 10 Holiday Cookie Recipes

Maris Callahan — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:04:29 +0000

Chocolate Chip Blondies from In Good Taste Christmas is in two days and in all likelihood, you will eat cookies over the next two days. And if for some crazy, freakish reason you don’t eat cookies, you’ll probably at least see cookies somewhere. Just maybe, you’ll need to make cookies because your boss gave you a present and you didn’t get her one, or your mother-in-law sent you an email subtly asking what you’re bringing to Christmas dinner even though she told you last week that you didn’t need to make anything. In any event, no one doesn’t like cookies (well, no one shouldn’t like cookies). So if you’re in a pinch, try some of these festive holiday treats and nobody will ever know that you were feeling the Christmas crunch. Chocolate Truffles from Two Peas and their Pod Chocolate Candy Cane Lollipops from What’s Gaby Cooking? Low-Carb Almond Flour Snickerdoodles from Kalyn’s Kitchen Spicy Double Chocolate Biscotti from A Good Appetite Chocolate Caramel Bars from Bake or Break Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies from In Good Taste Chocolate Peanut Butter Mini Brownies from Dana Treat Peppermint Bark Coated Pretzels from Sarah’s Cucina Bella Chocotorta from Matt Bites Chewy Molasses […]

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Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Maris Callahan — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:37:45 +0000

December is the most notorious month on the calendar. It’s both cheerful and stressful: full of parties, shopping, tree-lighting ceremonies, holiday cookie recipes — in this case, white chocolate chip cookies. The television blah-blahs about kisses beginning with K and finding meaning inside (wherever that is), and if you read magazines, well, then you feel like you should be baking Christmas cookies, no matter what you celebrate. And really, that’s great. Because sure, I like to bake and I like to look at tinsel and enjoy Christmas markets in the city. Any city! And one would think that I would use any excuse in the book to churn out batch after batch of the holiday cookies splashed all over the front page of Martha Stewart Living. But for some reason, not this year. I’ve opened Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day about eight times in the past week and none of the recipes that used to leave my drooling have inspired me. And while I suppose they’re still drool-worthy, the idea of actually preparing them sounds utterly too time consuming and impossible. So I’ve been sticking to simple things: chicken meatballs, grilled cheese sandwiches. I did muster up the motivation […]

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