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Vanilla Bean Shortbread

Many shortbread recipes showcase their rich butter flavor and contain no vanilla. This recipe highlights the flavors of vanilla bean and also partially uses rice flour, which gives the cookie a slightly more granular texture. Rice flour is used in many traditional Scottish shortbread recipes. Image: Peter Muka Print Vanilla Bean Shortbread Author: Bakepedia Makes: Makes 16 […]

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Espresso White Chocolate Cookies

These white-chocolate cookies are great with an afternoon cup of coffee or a glass of ice-cold milk. These are based upon a simple chocolate-chip cookie dough, and since white chocolate is very sweet, we have counter-balanced it with fresh-ground espresso coffee in the batter. The result is unexpected, sophisticated and fabulous. Image: Dédé Wilson Print […]

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Striped Peppermint Meringue Cookies

These cookies are based on a light, crunchy meringue (which is fat-free and gluten-free, by the way) to which peppermint extract and a bit of color have been added. They are a nice alternative to the abundance of rich, buttery holiday cookie recipes and they are easy to make. As with all meringue, just make […]

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Animal Crackers

Attaining the dry, cracker like texture of commercially produced animal crackers is tough to achieve in a standard home oven. While slightly softer than the original, these biscuits are nonetheless nostalgically delicious. Recipe from The Secret Lives of Baked Goods (Sasquatch Books, 2013) by Jesse Oleson Moore. Photography by Clare Barboza ©. Print Animal Crackers […]

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Hamantaschen

We love Kyra Bussanich’s gluten-free version of the holiday classic for her book, Sweet Cravings. The tangy apricot lends contrasts wonderfully with the tender cookie. My first experience with hamantaschen was at a holiday cookie exchange hosted by family friends. I slowly circled the cookie-laden table, enthralled with all the different choices. The fruit-filled whole-wheat […]

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Nutmeg Logs

These log-shaped cookies are redolent with freshly grated nutmeg and spiked with a hint of rum. The silky dough is very easy to work with and you don’t even have to chill it before forming the logs. Instead of rolling these nutmeg cookies on a floured surface,  sprinkle your work surface with sugar to give […]

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Eggnog Macaroons

Eggnog Macaroons

There’s pretty much nothing that can’t be reinvented or reimagined. Eggnog is no different. And since macaroons are a Christmas tradition for some, why not combine the two and see how crazy we can get? In reality, macaroons provide the perfect vehicle for classic eggnog ingredients: nutmeg and bourbon. Reprinted with permission from the publisher, […]

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Salted Caramel Macaroons

Salted Caramel Macaroons

This is the recipe that put Danny Macaroons on the map (and by “map” I mean “convinced HMH to publish [my] book”). I cannot guarantee that you will have similar success, but you may gain friends. Reprinted with permission from the publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, from The Macaroon Bible by Dan Cohen. Photography by Alice Gao. © […]

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Bittersweet Chocolate Chunk Cookies with Cacao Nibs

These chocolate chunk cookies are packed with a huge dose of chocolate and have a rich brown-sugar flavor, crispy edges, gooey centers and chewy mid-sections. To further accentuate the chocolate factor, cacao nibs are added and provide flavor and crunch. All chocolate begins with the cacao nib, which is ground up to create the actual […]

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Browned Butter Chocolate Chunk & Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Yes, we know the title is a mouthful and so are these cookies. They begin with heating butter until it melts and browns, producing a nutty, roasted flavor that is infused within the resulting cookie. The melted butter also creates a chewier texture than you would get by creaming the butter. We like cinnamon with […]

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Painted Rolled Sugar Cookies

This recipe will reward you with very decorative sugar cookies arranged in an unusual tableau. Sushi rice, which looks like snow, or whimsical red-hot candies are poured in a deep layer in a shallow container and are used to prop the cookies upright. In this way you can arrange women, men, kids, reindeers, trees, houses […]

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Homemade Thin Mints

You don’t have to wait any longer for a local Girl Scout to knock on your door and sell you cookies. These are a homemade version of the beloved Thin Mints sold by the millions every year, which by the way, are seasonal. This recipe can be whipped up anytime, is fairly easy to make […]

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Cherry Cacao Nib White Chocolate Cookies

The dough for these white chocolate cookies is based on melted butter, which not only gives them a nice chewy texture, which we think enhances the chewiness of the dried cherries, but also makes it very easy to prepare. Print Cherry Cacao Nib White Chocolate Cookies Author: Bakepedia Makes: Makes about 15 cookies   Ingredients 1⅓ cups […]

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Gluten-Free Nut & Seed Butter Chocolate Cookies

These gluten-free cookies can be made with any natural peanut butter, but we like the complexity and health values when made with NuttZo Nut & Seed Butters. See our review of NuttZo products over on our blog. Print Gluten-Free Nut & Seed Butter Chocolate Cookies Author: Dédé Wilson Makes: Makes 14 cookies   Ingredients 1 cup NuttZo […]

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Coffee Toffee Crunch Cookies

If you like coffee Heath Bar ice cream, you’re gonna love these toffee cookies. They aren’t the prettiest ones around – the edges can be a bit jagged – but they are rich and buttery, crumbly and satisfying, filled with coffee flavor in the dough, which is packed with nuggets of Heath Bars and semisweet […]

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Sugar Cookies

Everyone needs a basic recipe for sugar cookies – sometimes referred to as rolled or cut-out sugar cookies. This is a basic dough, not too sweet, but sweet enough, buttery and handles easily. Make sure to chill the dough as recommended to retain your cookie’s shape. Print Sugar Cookies Author: Bakepedia Makes: Makes about 60 two to […]

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Pistachio Butterball Cookies

If you are a fan of the buttery, crumbly, nutty cookies known as Mexican Wedding Cakes and Russian Tea Cakes, you will love this pistachio version. The pale green color of the nut shows through the hefty coating of confectioners’ sugar that envelops these butterball cookies. They are rich and elegant and keep quite well. […]

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Ménage à Trois Cookies

These cookies have quite a history, as you might imagine from the name. In 1985, Dédé was working at a scratch bakery where she was developing recipes for the retail store. The name came before the cookie itself. She was brainstorming with her colleagues about what would sell and this provocative little term seemed perfect. […]

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