These Kahlua truffle triangles are great bar cookies. Rich Kahlua truffle tops a vanilla crumb bottom. Serve these cookies as a snack or an elegant desert.

by Jill O’Connor
from Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey, Treats for Kids
(Chronicle Books, 2009)
Makes about 2 dozen 4-inch meringue ghosts
I still remember my third-grade Halloween party. So when my oldest daughter, Olivia, was in the third …

Ciambelline
by Deirdre Heekin and Caleb Barber
from In Late Winter We Ate Pears
(Chelsea Green Publishing, 2009)
Makes 15-20 3-inch cookies.
Rome never sleeps. Beyond its many blocks of government ministry offices is a neighborhood complete unto itself: cheese …

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by David Leite
from The New Portuguese Table
(Clarkson Potter, 2009)
Makes about 15 wafers
Cookies aren’t exactly a specialty of the Portuguese. The traditional ones tend to be crumbly and plain, more like a dunking biscuit. One day …

by Julie M. Usher
from Cookie Swap
(Gibbs Smith, 2009)
Makes 3 1/2 to 4 dozen (1 3/4- to 2-inch) squares

Monday night football and weekend golf with the guys are ordinarily stiff competition, but have no fear. Serve …

by Julie M. Usher
from Cookie Swap
(Gibbs Smith, 2009)
Makes 2 dozen (1 3/4- to 2-inch) squares
If “rich,” “chocolate,” and “decadent” sound seductive, then these moist fig bars, studded with chocolate chips and oatmeal streusel, will have …

by Julie M. Usher
from Cookie Swap
(Gibbs Smith, 2009)
Makes 2 dozen (1 3/4- to 2-inch) squares
In this triple-decker brownie, everyone’s favorite aphrodisiac factors into three places: a buttery crumb crust, a dense chocolate-raspberry filling, and a …

by Vefa Alexiadou
from Vefa’s Kitchen
(Phaiden Press, Inc., 2009)
Makes 30 cookies

convert Ingredients
For the dough
3 1/2 cups (14 ounces) self-rising flour
1 cup (8 ounces) butter, chilled and diced
4 to 5 tablespoons plain yogurt
Butter, for greasing
Confectioners’ sugar, for …

On the TV program Connecticut Style, David demonstrates to hosts Desiree Fontaine and Sonia Baghdady how to make the New York Times cookie that “was heard ’round the Internet.”
Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies
adapted from a recipe …

by Lisa Zwirn
from Christmas Cookies: 50 Recipes to Treasure for the Holiday Season
(William Morrow, 2008)
Makes about 36 cookies
This cookie dough is conveniently made in a food processor, just as you might make pastry dough. The …

by Shirley O. Corriher
from BakeWise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking with Over 200 Magnificent Recipes
(Scribner, 2008)
Makes about 30 intricate cookies
Great Grandmother Schorr’s recipe is from Janice, my daughter-in-law, who is a wonderful cook. …