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Pumpkin Halloween cookies

Posted on 21 October 2013 by pattiblaine

Here we are, deep in October and well on our way to Halloween, so I have set aside all the other holiday cookie recipes in The Joy of Cookies and baked something more appropriate to the season. I was compelled … Continue reading →

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Lebkuchen

Posted on 18 October 2013 by pattiblaine

Lebkuchen is the German compound for overkill. Or overload. Or it should be. (sigh) Actually, it translates to gingerbread. (Incidentally, so does Pfefferkuchen, another appellation for these sweet spicy treats.) While Lebkuchen the word has been around since the early … Continue reading →

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Brune kager

Posted on 24 September 2013 by pattiblaine

Brune kager, Danish brown cakes, are thin and crisp. Sweetened with dark corn syrup, molasses and brown sugar, and rich with finely chopped almonds and butter, they must be a delightful Christmas-time treat. Fresh orange zest, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and … Continue reading →

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Ginger shamrocks

Posted on 23 September 2013 by pattiblaine

And now for something completely different. Sometimes holiday cookies are not Christmas cookies. Surprise! These three-inch-in-diameter cookies are sweet with brown sugar, and crisp and buttery like a homemade gingersnap ought to be. Spiced with lots of ginger and with … Continue reading →

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Moravian molasses cookies

Posted on 22 September 2013 by pattiblaine

Another holiday standby, Moravian molasses cookies are traditionally rolled paper-thin and are ultra-crisp. This recipe originated in Old Salem, North Carolina, one of the first Moravian settlements in the United States in 1753, or so says Sharon Tyler Herbst. I … Continue reading →

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Pepperkaker

Posted on 18 September 2013 by pattiblaine

In Norwegian, Pepperkaker; in Danish, Pebernødder; in Swedish, Pepparnötter; in German, Pfeffernüsse; and here at home, peppernuts. Ms. Herbst says the chopped toasted almonds are optional. But they’re peppernuts, nødder, nötter and nüsse, and in Norwegian nøtter, so really. Why … Continue reading →

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Spicy cocoa thins

Posted on 28 June 2013 by pattiblaine

So easy it’s shocking. Melted butter, cocoa, chopped pecans, a wee bit of ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice, and a few other ingredients. One bowl and a spoon, a scraper and a jelly roll pan. And voilà! A nutty thin, … Continue reading →

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A cookie by any other name would taste as sweet

Posted on 19 April 2013 by pattiblaine

Apparently Sharon Tyler Herbst’s mother, Kay, baked a delicious cookie for her children, a cookie that bore an unfortunate and boring name, and so she told her children that they were snickerdoodles. But they weren’t, something the author did not … Continue reading →

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West Indies banana-ginger cookies

Posted on 31 December 2012 by pattiblaine

Last night I baked the last of the drop cookies offered in Sharon Tyler Herbst’s The Joy of Cookies. At some point in 2012, and without fanfare, I also prepared the last of the bar cookies. What lies ahead? The … Continue reading →

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Soft gingerbread drops

Posted on 28 December 2012 by pattiblaine

My ankle kept me from baking much for a couple of weeks. Well, not directly. Truth is, the hassle, pain, awkwardness and general tedious bother of moving around with it, or not and just sitting still with it elevated, makes … Continue reading →

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