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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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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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