one of the fussiest cookies i’ve ever made! yummy, but.. whoa.
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True. I just clocked the panforte recipe you posted on a related thread. I’m thinking of making that next week if I get the time. The panforte seems very straightforward compared to the zimtsterne!
And soooo good. I’ve loved them almost all my life, starting at age 4.
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Mexican-Spiced Chocolate Pecans . But with espellette pepper instead of cayenne.
Does that count as baking?
ETA the recipe
I few years ago I subbed Baharat seasoning for some of the spices.
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Yes, it does. Can you share the recipe?
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Still don’t have any idea what dessert I’m making for my holiday party. Another person is bringing a cheesecake, so it has to be not that. Which is fine, I have no cheesecake chops.
I recently watched a video of a floating island that Zoe Bakes made for a Jacques Pepin party and I was like “I SHOULD MAKE THAT!” but truly I should not.
Final cookies for the family boxes and friend trays. And some for us, of course… but I still have 4 more on a just-for-us baking plan, in a couple of weeks.
“Mary B’s cookies” - more of a candy - White bark melted & mixed with chunky peanut butter, then stirred into rice krispies, miniature marshmallows and dry roasted peanuts.
And a single batch of almond biscotti, which half those getting boxes don’t care for so they’ll not get – more for us and less baking time. I do ask every year which cookies were “favorites” and which ones “not-so-much”. No point in baking/sending ones that aren’t to their taste, and I’m not at all offended to hear feedback. The ones I mail are all taste-tested here and husband approved so WE think they’re good. But it’s easy for me to assemble boxes for the next year to individual tastes.
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Has anyone made pain d’epice cookies?
Second q, he says they keep for… three days?!
I find a lot of cookie recipes, especially for this type of cookie, understate their keeping time, assuming they’re kept airtight in a cool place.
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True, also my experience. I keep them hella long.
I think their shape tricked me into lumping them in with biscotti, though.
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Very impressive! And yes.. I always need another trip to the grocery store/bulk barn..
Oh that looks spectacular!
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Your friends and family are very lucky! I am sending out my boxes later this week… very behind this year!
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Oh hello… that looks very tempting ( and also very time consuming)
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Yes.
OTOH, it has to be made the day before, which is good. And I’m actually relieved that the cakes don’t have to be split three ways - I suck at that.
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Stick toothpicks into the cake at the level you want it split.
Get a very long piece of dental floss and put it around the cake, resting on the toothpicks. Cross the ends and gently pull the string tight, keeping the ends level with the picks.
It will gently split the cake evenly without a crumb storm or (much) swearing
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Linzer cookies maybe? Showcase some homemade jam.
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Makivnyk (poppy seed roll). It wouldnt a Ukrainiani Christmas is I didnt bake a makivnyk. Actually I always bake 2 because my very British SIL is crazy about it.
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Oh, cookies are a given… by “dessert” i mean something like a cake, tart, etc.
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