Monday. Oh yeah – I remember you now. You start the work week, right?
I don’t make this stuff up.
I wasn’t done staring into space and thinking about nothing yet.
What’s the best Christmas cookie?
- No chocolate chips allowed.
- Any comment about chocolate chips will be sent to the trash.
Do you suppose that a basement-stored 3 Liter bottle of Chanti from 1979 is still good?
“nut horns” Sour cream pastry wrapped around sugared, chopped walnuts, baked, then rolled in powedered sugar.
Anything that starts out with sour cream pastry is ok with me.
Kris Kringles – buttery citrus flavored dough, dipped in beaten egg, rolled in nuts, candied cherry on top (must alternate both red and green.
I second the no-chocolate-chip rule.
Are these similar to the “thumb” cookies? Thumb pressed depression, filled with jam or preserves?
You, madame, are a woman of distinction.
Not so fast with the cookie chat when I don’t know if you’ve been properly welcomed home yet. Here’s where the bottle of Chianti comes in:
Thank you for being brave enough to address the chanti issue.
Best Christmas cookie is a cinnamon biscotti. SOOOOO yummy and dead simple to make.
I just started making biscotti this year – this is a great idea.
It’s a toss up between date pinwheels and those miniature pecan tarts. Those are the two that I head for first.
This is fascinating – two sophisticated items. Tres tasteful, my friend.
Pignoli or cherry winks.
YES pignoli.
Snickerdoodles or good old buttery sugar cookies, sprinkled with green and red sugar. And not the store bought rolled kind. The real thing only.
As for the Chianti, isn’t aging supposed to make it better?
+1 on the sugar cookies, with various cookie cutter shapes in Christmas theme. Best ones are ever so slightly brown around the edges.
*sigh* The brown-edged cookies of childhood. I have some of the old cutters – I should trot them out.
If you have not visited this grouping in Epicurious before, you gotta take a look …
25 varied and incredible looking … extremely different from each other … Christmas cookies (and not a chocolate chip to be found):
http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/holidays/christmas/christmascookies
PS: Glad to see your family “managed” through Sandy!
Good resource. I’m bookmarking that.
Rainbow Cookies (also sometimes called Italian Christmas cookies, or Tri-Colored or 7 Layer bars)
I’ve never tried making those. they always seemed beyond my skill level.
You’re in NJ, I’ll bring you some!
Gingerbread men! Gotta have them. Those little round cookies rolled in powdered sugar. Checkerboards and pinwheels (they’re a lot of work so only at Christmas). Anything with red and green candied cherries.
I see you are a cookie enthusiast.
Krumkake-Norwegian flat, crispy thingies made with a krumkake iron. Sigh.
Oh, I do like specialized equipment.
Martha Stewart’s Lime Melt-a-Ways OR Pecan Pie Bars, a shortbread cookie topped with pecans in a caramel, OR THESE http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/chewy-molasses-spice-cookies/
Suzette, what are your thoughts on Pinterest? There is a world of cookies ([content removed]) to be found on Pinterest. [content removed]
Lime melt-aways! Very appealing.
Forgot about peppermint meringues.
I forgot Park Plaza Squares: a bar cookie with chopped Heath bars in the crust and a sweetened cream cheese layer on top.
Those Lime Melt-a-Ways sound good. I looked up the recipe to try this year.
All things that I like!
this is a bit off topic, but if you happen to like ice cream you simply must try Target’s Market Pantry brand “Cake and Sprinkles”. It saved me after the election. I’m even lactose intolerant but eat it anyway’s it is that amazing! Best ice cream on the planet. Proof that God still loves us!
Spritz! Of course. But they have to be made correctly, with tons of butter, and powdered, not granulated, sugar. And no food coloring, dammit! Colored sugar lightly dusted. These are the ultimate.
I’m a few days late but…You must try the Chianti and let us know. It has been long enough to have developed a secondary ferment and mellowing if it is going to stay good. If its not then you know and can toss it! At this moment I might say Sprtiz are my best Christmas cookie, but really having a variety is part of the fun. My husband says any that start with “Christmas” and end with “cookie” is his favorite.