National Cookie Month – Cookie Recipes to fill your holiday baking needs
Don’t you love cookies? When I was a young mom with kids under 5, I used to think it was the measure of my mommy-skills to always have a full cookie jar. That was before we worried about things like phytates and anti-nutrients and before sugar was a worry. Cookies were the joy of childhood, always accompanied by cold milk in a mug. I can still remember the thrill of scraping hot, soft, triple chocolate cookies off the baking sheet and onto the cooling rack, where they crisped up as they cooled.
In October I’ve teamed up with 9 other bloggers to celebrate (Inter)national cookie month by bringing you a month of both original and time tested cookie recipes that dance around a theme. This is strategically planned to give you plenty of cookie recipes to try right before you begin your holiday baking. Each week we are giving you cookies around a theme — with one or two recipes each — more than 10 recipes each week.
Nothing says Christmas, like the buttery, gooey, crunch of butter tarts or pecan pie. You take that first bite and feel the initial resistance against your teeth give way to smooth, honey sweetness and the crunch of pecans. The golden caramel slides across your tongue. It’s toothsome, with a slight tartness from the fruity filling, followed by the tender crumb and crunch of the pastry shell. Get the recipe.
A refrigerator cookie that’s perfect for shipping. Crispy, and flaky with a hint of lemon and maple flavours and warming ginger makes this cookie, perfect after a Thanksgiving feast. Here’s the recipe.
Cookies need to keep well and hold up to a bit of abuse in order to stay fresh and crisp in the box and to hold their shape in travel. Refrigerator cookies are a little […]
Sometimes you don’t want a sweet cookie. Sometimes you want crunch and quick nourishment. Sometimes you need a snack to take with you, which is more satisfying and nourishing than a cookie. […]
Triple chocolate chip cookies are the very best chocolate chip cookie. Add this one to your repertoire and delight your family and friends. Especially good with a cup of tea. Read more….
Grandma Cook baked cookies one at a time. She checked each cookie for loft, chewiness, and crunch, adjusting the recipe with a tsp more of flour or an extra egg yolk, until she had the perfect cookie. Then she completed her baking with a dozen cookies at a time. Her daughter in law, whom I was living with, used to mock her MIL’s fastidiousness in cookie baking and the time wasted on these delectable hospitality foods. Mrs. Cook senior had mastery in cookie baking, something she obviously loved to do. Mrs. Cook junior clearly couldn’t compete. (Read more….)
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