Oh my I thought i posted it in November baking
i mean seems pretty festive to me, i’m intrigued!
Yes after 20 minutes of baking the smell was divine.
Dorie’s new book is really beautiful as expected. All the cakes and loaves are illustrations. I had to convince my husband that they weren’t actual cakes. I would say most of them are the kind that you would bake when inviting a friend over for coffee or tea. I got the book as a birthday present.
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I’m eagerly awaiting my library hold.
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Yes, it was in the pile I was considering at the bookstore the other day. I was a little bummed at the illustration style (prefer big glossy photos of every recipe!) but I know I’ll end up baking a bunch of things from this book, because…. Dorie!
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Aren’t all of us on this thread a bit nuts??
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So many Xmas bazaars in London, Ontario are taking place this Saturday and next Saturday. It seems earlier every year. Which means you’re in good company, tons of people are baking right now.
I wish I wasn’t trying to lose weight.
This is from the bulletin board at my local indie grocery store. I have also driven past at least 2 dozen signs advertising upcoming bazaars and bake sales, as well as holiday concerts.
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I would never ….
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I might attempt a Rosca de Reyes next month.
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More cookies under consideration this year:
- Dorie’s devil’s thumbprints- a chocolate cookie with Callebaut ruby chocolate filling (which I have acquired for this purpose)
- Sarah Kieffer’s new chewy snickerdoodle bars
- Cuccidati cookie cake
- Lavender sandwich cookieswith lemon curd filling
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Just to muddy the waters, I’m going to recommend NYT’s snickerdoodle recipe (gift link). The results are exactly as I remember SD as a child (I loved them then, and I still do…).
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Innnnnnteresting - I might try that one on for size.
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I’m still trying to nail down the business of cookie stamping. This is Chad Robertson’s recipe for chocolate gingerbread cookies with cardamom. The stamp is Nordicware.
Every recipe I read calls for keeping both the dough and stamp well chilled. After doing this a 3-4 times times, I agree to keeping the stamp cold (and well floured), but unless one lets the dough - chilled and rested - warm up a bit before rolling, it’s pretty impossible to work with, let alone stamp deeply enough for the cookie to retain the markings. Today’s version was marginally acceptable.
Right now I’m at about 20 minutes on the counter before rolling and stamping for the most consistent results. I always pop the stamped and cut-out cookies in the freezer for 15 minutes before baking, which works well (switching the chilled pan out to one which is room-temp before inserting into the oven).
Tomorrow I’ll be taking these to a pre-holiday meet up with my sister and her hubs before things get holi-crazy.
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How’s the flavor?
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Good, and different from your standard gingerbread. I’ve made this recipe before, and am confident they’ll be even better tomorrow. If I’d had the time, I’d have let the dough chill a full 24 hours before rolling, but with we had a scheduling conflict (broken dishwasher, delivery of new, resulting power cutoffs, etc.), and I was able to chill only about 5 hours. I did want to make sure I baked them a day in advance, as they do improve with time.
If I had to choose, I’d choose in this order: chocolate brownie (posted previously when I baked for Halloween), then this one, and (lastly but still goodly) Chad Robertson’s straight gingerbread stamping cookies. Let me know if I can provide any links or resources.
ETA: Two years ago, when same sister - who is not a frequent cookie baker - made one of the Robertson recipes for a Christmas cookie bake-off (I had recommended them), she won top-prize for prettiest cookie. 
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That’s a labor of love with all the care and steps!
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Agree that the chocolate gbread version is the better between the two on that site.
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They look quite a bit better now that the glaze has set. I snuck another last night for a second taste - amazing how much they improve even after just a couple of hours. I’d say it’s a very, very close second to the all chocolate ones.
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They are very pretty!!
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