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Snowflakes Cookies
Post | Linda Avery on 10.23.02 | No Comment
Snowflakes Cookies

by Tish Boyle
from The Good Cookie: Over 250 Delicious Recipes from Simple to Sublime
(John Wiley & Sons, 2002)
Makes 24 cookies
I look at these cookies more as a holiday project than just a batch of cookies …

Glazed Lemon Ginger Shortbread Wedges
Post | Linda Avery on 10.23.02 | No Comment
Glazed Lemon Ginger Shortbread Wedges

by Tish Boyle
from The Good Cookie: Over 250 Delicious Recipes from Simple to Sublime
(John Wiley & Sons, 2002)
Makes about 12 cookies
Lemon and ginger are a personal favorite flavor combination of mine. The lemon glaze with …

Korova Cookies
Post | Linda Avery on 04.23.02 | No Comment
Korova Cookies

Sablés Korova
by Dorie Greenspan
adapted from Pierre Hermé Paris
from Paris Sweets: Great Desserts from the City’s
Best Pastry Shops
(Broadway Books, 2002)
Makes about 36
These easy-to-make, easy-to-eat, easy-to-love chocolate-chocolate chip cookies are from Pierre Hermé, the man Vogue magazine …

Glazed Orange-Spice Cookies
Post | Linda Avery on 08.23.01 | No Comment
Glazed Orange-Spice Cookies

by Caprial Pence and Melissa Carey
from Caprial’s Desserts
(Ten Speed Press, 2001)
Makes about 30 medium-size cookies
While working on this recipe, I aimed for cookies with a rich butter flavor, a heady scent of spices, and a …

Pecan Shortbread
Post | Donna Desfor on 04.23.01 | No Comment
Pecan Shortbread

by Tina Salter
from Nuts: Sweet and Savory Recipes
(Ten Speed Press, 2001)
Makes 16 wedges
Elegant, nutty shortbread, crowned with pecan halves, is baked the traditional Scottish way, in a round pan, then cut into wedges. They’re perfect …

Almond and Walnut Macaroons
Post | Donna Desfor on 04.23.01 | No Comment
Almond and Walnut Macaroons

by Kitty Morse and Danielle Mamane
from The Scent of Orange Blossoms: Sephardic Cuisine from Morocco
(Ten Speed Press, 2001)
Makes about 30
Whether during a cozy winter afternoon or a balmy summer evening, our macaroons pair perfectly with …

Meringue Bubbles
Post | Flo Braker on 08.23.00 | No Comment
Meringue Bubbles

by Flo Braker
from Sweet Miniatures
(Chronicle, 2000)
Makes 4 dozen 1 1/4-inch cookies
You taste chocolate right away when you bite into these, but the appearance of a snowy white meringue “kiss” shape atop a short tender cookie gives …

Madeleines
Post | Donna Desfor on 06.23.00 | No Comment
Madeleines

from The Gourmet Cookbook
(Houghtlin Mifflin, 2006)
Makes about 20
This cookie launched a thousand memories — and a literary masterpiece — for Marcel Proust. Enjoy these madeleines with tea, just as the narrator did in Swann’s Way.
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