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Cookies, Chocolate & Cheer [Snickerdoodle Blondie Bars]

Maris Callahan — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 04:31:30 +0000

Snickerdoodle Blondie Bars are moist, dense and have a little added kick from a ginger cinnamon sugar topping. Perfect for rounding out a holiday cookie platter or packing up as a holiday hostess gift. I know, I know. This time of year there are sweets and cocktails everywhere and you’re actually sick of desserts and you’re tired of drinking and you just really want to eat a salad. Well, to that I say: TOO. BAD. Not only did I make cinnamon snickerdoodle blondie bars, but I am co-hosting an amazing event on Tuesday, December 13th, so put on your party pants and get ready to sip cocktails, decorate cookies and take home some delicious artisan chocolate. I am teaming up with a few of my blogging friends to host a cookie decorating party to raise money for Youth Outreach Services, an organization in Chicago uniquely dedicated to providing prevention services, child welfare, juvenile justice support and mental and behavioral health counseling to at-risk teenagers, all with the intention of helping these young adults reach a brighter future. Here’s the scoop on how you can join us too: Freehand Chicago 19 E Ohio St, Chicago, IL 60611 United States What better way to get in the […]

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Peppermint Truffle Cookies

Maris Callahan — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:24:42 +0000

During the holidays, the internet is awash with complicated cookie recipes. If you read from one blog to the next it’s almost, almost as if each blogger is trying to outdo the next with the extravagance of their brand new favorite holiday cookie. I am not one of those bloggers. Several years ago I saw a cookie recipe on Martha Stewart that required a few simple ingredients: prepared sugar cookie dough, peppermint extract, red food dye, white chocolate and crushed peppermint. The idea was to flavor the sugar cookie dough with the peppermint, dye half the dough red and braid them into candy canes. Once baked and cooled, you dipped them into the white chocolate and crushed peppermints. It was way too complicated for me. I consider myself to be an excellent baker but making things look pretty? Not always my bag. I can make desserts that naturally look appealing, like rustic apple tarts and fudge brownies that relentlessly call your name until you eat a second. I can’t, however, decorate a birthday cake to rival Cake Boss or ice a sugar cookie that resembles anything other than a second graders failed art project. The moral of this story is […]

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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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