Six days down and two to go. The eight-day Passover holiday is nearly over and we’ve run through our cookies and our brownies and our sponge cakes. Time to make macaroons. I grew up thinking of macaroons (as opposed to the French macaron) as Passover cookies. My mother would buy a couple of cans…
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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….
Alfajores (Latin American Dulce de Leche Cookies)
*This is an older post that was originally written as part of a holiday cookie series. I offer it to you again in honor of the election of His Holiness Pope Francis of Argentina. Enjoy!* This is Week 2 of our Saveur Holiday Cookie Challenge: Cookies We Love. I chose to bake the Alfajores, a…