cookies

[vonnielee]

What's your favorite holiday cookie? What one cookie must you have, or feel like you got cheated during the holiday season? What are your memories of the special cookies?

I wish I could answer my own question with a simple answer, but of course I can't. Special cookies range from the kinds my mom fixed when I was a kid, to the special cookies I

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[sherina]

My favorites are the ones my mother always makes especially for me. They're almond-flavored, and she puts raspberry jam between two of them, making a sandwich cookie. They are so delicious.

[vonnielee]

Terry made something like this one year and I think of them often, an almond "crust" with raspberry jam filling type of cookie. They were delightful. I think it's been almost 16 yrs since he made them and I still remember how lovely they were.

[jesamynn]

You are probably talking about the famous Raspberry Almond Torts and they are wonderful. He hasn't made them in a few years, and probably won't have time this year. But yes, they are delightful little mouthfuls! If I could find the recipe somewhere...

[vonnielee]

As it happens, I have about a pound of crushed up almonds in the freezer... it wouldn't take much to make them into paste. Ooooooooo

[ex_serenejo]

Mmmm, shortbread. Recipe?

[vonnielee]

Scotch Shortbread
1 c. butter
¾ c. brown sugar
2 ¼ c. sifted cake flour

Cream butter & sugar, work in flour. Chill. Roll out ¼ inch thick on lightly floured board, cut into shapes, bake slow oven 325 degrees until lightly brown.

I double the recipe, skip the rolling part and pat into a 9x11 pan, spinkle with colored sugar when still warm.

I did roll out one year. Lots of work, as if you add too much flour the dough gets tough, and not enough it's a bear to peel off to put on the cookie sheet.

[wimsey70]

Every Christmas, I make two "family" cookies -- molasses (gingersnaps), which were the cookies my maternal grandmother always made, and kolacky (Polish butter cookies with fruit filling), which are the cookies my paternal grandmother always made.

I also tend to make frosted sugar cookies (Alton Brown's recipe) cut into shapes, of course, and maybe chocolate chip or oatmeal raisin or something standard.

[vonnielee]

I made gingersnaps one year and they tasted great, but were too soft. How do you get yours snappy and crisp? Maybe it's a humidity related thing? We were having an incredibly moist and warm December that year.

[wimsey70]

Hm. I've never had a problem. Do you want my gingersnaps recipe?

[vonnielee]

Sure! Gingersnaps are our favorite just any time cookie. I bet the kids would like to make it.

[70schild]

There shoudl be a cookie recipe meme goin' on here. JUST SAYING.

Meaghan made sugar cookies last night and a bunch of icing, then got out the cookie cutters and made christmassy shapes, then made the icing and let Ema help. I've been *replaced*.

They were yummy tho.

[vonnielee]

Oh, yeah, the best part of it all is now I can say, "Zoe, make the chocolate chip dough! Tristan, make the peanut butter dough!" And then make them responsible for baking each different cookie. Cuts down my workload and really, I don't mind.

They won't spring for the cut out cookies, though. Drat.

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[chiaslut]

It's actually snickerdoodles. For the simple reason that my grandmother made them for me and they just take me back. Made a batch for myself recently. I did share though.

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[vonnielee]

I'm looking forward to making the snickerdoodles. I've been really trying to remember eating them and I just don't. Could it be I've been so deprived?

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[chiaslut]

Y'know, they're not super fantastic on the scale of cookies, but they're like eating pure nostalgia for me. ;)