Category Archives: 12 weeks of christmas cookies

Friday, December 17, 2010

Vanillekipferl (Vanilla Crescents) Cookies

This is Week 3 of our Saveur Holiday Cookie Challenge: Cookies We Love. I chose to bake the Vanillekipferl, that is – Vanilla Crescent – Cookies, this week. Here’s the recipe from Saveur, with my notes following: Vanillekipferl (Vanilla Crescents) (Yield: 4 dozen cookies) Ingredients: 1 cup confectioners’ sugar, plus more for finishing cookies16 tbsp. [...]

By RJ Flamingo ~ 6 Comments
Friday, November 19, 2010

Peanut Butter Cup Bon Bon Cookies

Yes, I said Peanut Butter Cup Bon Bon Cookies. A little bit today and a little bit yesterday. At the moment, we’re only going up to my in-laws’ condo about once a week, picking at cleaning things out. No, we’re not making a lot of forward progress that way, but what’s the rush? It all [...]

By RJ Flamingo ~ 13 Comments
Sunday, November 7, 2010

Shortbread Dulce de Leche Sandwich Cookies

I’m a little late, but here’s my contribution to the 12 Weeks of Holiday (Christmas) Cookies roundup! I made some dulce de leche (delicious milk caramel) earlier this week, and wanted to incorporate it into a cookie. For the sandwich cookies, I chose to adapt a shortbread cookie recipe out of Marye Audet’s Everything Cookies [...]

By RJ Flamingo ~ 13 Comments
Friday, October 22, 2010

Rugelach – The Every Holiday Cookie

I love Rugelach. A soft, but crispy, pastry rolled up with a sweet filling and sliced into 2-bite pieces, to me, they’re the ultimate holiday cookies, no matter which holiday you feel like celebrating. While they’re considered a “Jewish” cookie, rugelach are a tasty addition to any cookie platter. That’s why I’ve chosen them for [...]

By RJ Flamingo ~ 17 Comments
Friday, October 15, 2010

Due to Circumstances Beyond My Control

M and I were called to go to my father-in-law’s last night. Right in the middle of making the dinner that was going to be my #GoJunkFood post. His aide didn’t think he was going to last the hour it took us to drive up here. When we got here, we didn’t think he was [...]

By RJ Flamingo ~ 5 Comments
Thursday, October 7, 2010

Greek Orange-Scented Almond Cookies

We’ve been spending a lot of our time lately clearing out the DVR, watching or erasing a ton of stuff we’ve recorded, and I ran across a really old Melting Pot that we recorded on Cooking Channel. Hosting, were a really green Rocco DiSpirito and Cat Cora – they were so cute! Anyway, the theme [...]

By RJ Flamingo ~ 18 Comments
Saturday, October 2, 2010

“Neiman Marcus” Chocolate Chip Cookies

The 12 Christmas Cookies series snuck up on me, this year, mainly because the group decided to start now, and – very wisely, I might add – to post one cookie a week instead of one cookie a day. So, I’m starting off simple, with my favorite chocolate chip cookie in the world. I’ve never [...]

By RJ Flamingo ~ 20 Comments

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