Category Archives: christmas

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

And Now A Word From Our Sponsor…

  Me, that is. Or I should say, Freakin’ Flamingo! You know I’m making some wild and sexy jams with a South Florida / Caribbean twist down here, right? I’m playing with Florida’s seasonal best and sometimes bringing in the flavors of other parts of the country – but always with our own local flavor. [...]

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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
Monday, December 13, 2010

Kasha Pilaf Varnishkes for Share Our Holiday Table

This post is part of Share Our Holiday Table, a seven-day, online progressive dinner series that we hope will encourage you to support and donate to Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry Campaign during this critical holiday period. I’m honored to be one of more than 50 bloggers who are participating. If you’ve been following [...]

By RJ Flamingo ~ 9 Comments
Sunday, December 5, 2010

Tozzetti (Roman-Style Hazelnut Almond Biscotti) – Cookies We Love

Last year at this time, our intrepid troupe of cookie bakers were baking The 12 Days of Cookies, attempting to bake 12 holiday cookies in 12 days. While I did eventually bake all 12 cookies, I don’t think I finished until January! This year, the group decided to take it a little easier and bake [...]

By RJ Flamingo ~ 13 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
Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Coffee Chocolate Chip Mini Cheesecakes & Mini Nutella Cheesecakes

I recently began cooking and writing occasional mini-reviews for Cooks & Books & Recipes, an awesome website that focuses exclusively on reviews of the latest cookbooks, featuring a sample recipe from each one. Okay, I’ve done two, so far. But if you’re thinking of buying any of the new cookbooks coming out, be sure to [...]

By RJ Flamingo ~ 10 Comments
Thursday, November 11, 2010

A Green Holiday Season

I don’t want to panic you or anything, but have you looked at the calendar recently? The Holidays (capital H, here) are racing up on us and along with them, the dinners, the parties, the last minute and impromptu get-togethers. I’m going to do something a little bit different today, and I’m not going to [...]

By RJ Flamingo ~ 10 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
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

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