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December 2009

Monochrome Rainbow Cookies

December 31, 2009

Well, here we are today is New year’s Eve… and have I got a doozy for you. Hopefully I won’t upset any of my Italian friends for transforming a very classic Italian Christmas cookie the “Rainbow Cookie” which colors are supposed to represent the Italian flag. Here is what the original Rainbow Cookie is supposed [...]

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Tagged as: almonds, Chocolate, Italian, Peanut Butter, Vanilla

Danish Butter Cookies

December 28, 2009

I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season. My Christmas was very nice, we celebrated Christmas Eve quietly at home then Christmas morning [post present opening] the family and I drove to Las Vegas for a little weekend fun. But back to Christmas Eve… Having had to work that day and not having done [...]

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Tagged as: all-purpose flour, baking powder, egg yolks, granulated sugar, kosher salt, unsalted butter, vanilla extract

Winter Birthday – French Macarons

December 23, 2009

Not sure if it’s just me, but lately I’ve been seeing French Macarons everwhere, at Starbucks even! I recently had the pleasure of tasting my very first Macaron during a trip up to San Francisco, and let me just say… after taking the first bite I realized what the fuss was all about. Having read [...]

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Tagged as: almonds, Birthday, Buttercream, candy cane, Fall, French, gluten free, Meringue

Oatmeal White Chocolate-Pistachio Cookies

December 22, 2009

A few days ago, one of my friends from work had a couple of bags of flavored pistachios in his cube and offered me some, one in particular caught my eye… garlic and green chile, I had never had a “flavored” pistachio, and I was amazed at how good they tasted. Later on that day [...]

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Tagged as: oatmeal, pistachios, white chocolate

Cream Cheese Almond Cookies

December 20, 2009

As I was flipping through my Martha Stewart Cookie recipe book looking for more cookie making ammunition for the month, the Cream Cheese Walnut cookie recipe caught my eye. After a considerable amount of time was spent deliberating whether I should use the recipe as inspiration or if I should just replicate the cookie, since [...]

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Tagged as: almonds, cream cheese, Vanilla

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