Day 4: Dried Cherry and Almond Biscotti
When I saw the picture and read the recipe to this "cookie", I was convinced I couldn't make it. No way I could make a biscotti, which I didn't consider a cookie. Boy was I wrong. I did change the main ingredient, dried cherry to dried cranberries, which I think helped me like the recipe better. It did take some time to make the dough (I have a hand mixer which started smoking due to all the mixing I was doing). My main issue was how to make the shape of a biscotti. What I did was put the dough on a cookie sheet and spread it out with a rolling pin. that helped with the shape and size. Once the cookies were baked, I set up a dipping station with melted chocolate chips and different types of sprinkles to put on the biscotti. Carlita and Karl got very involved in the making of these cookies. I must say that I was highly impressed by my own skills with the end product. They were so tasty and better than those in the stores or Starbucks. Will definitely make them again next year to give away as gifts.
Day 5: Giada's Lemon Ricotta Cookies With Lemon Glaze
OMG! These cookies melt in your mouth. when people ate these cookies, they wanted the recipe so badly. I can't tell you how easy and delicious these cookies are. With ricotta as one of the ingredients, you can't go wrong. I followed the recipe and the cookies came out perfect. They didn't last long in the house either.
This will become of one of my holiday cookies for years to come.
Day 6: Claire Robinson's Turtle Graham Bars
This was very fun and easy to make. My only issue is the syrup/sauce isn't thick enough. It kinda made the cookies moister than they should have been. The concept is great but not truly a favorite for everyone. you definitely have to like the "non-cookie concept of this recipe.
Day 7: Sandra's Raspberry Cake Bar
Yummy!!! This was so easy to make (Thanks Sandra!). A total of 5 ingredients. Amazing! and fast to do. Instead of raspberry I used strawberry jam for the filling. It was more moist than it should have been but again it was worth it. Loved making these cookies due to the layering of the filling. Definitely a recipe I will used to impress the office or company.
Day 8: Sunny's Holiday PB&J Thumbprints
Tasty, easy, delicious, tasty. And did I say easy! Make the dough, put in the filling (I used strawberry jam and chocolate chips melted for the middle), and bake. Cookies were a big hit and something I will make over and over again for years to come!
Day 9: Melissa's Fruit and Nut Shortbread
When I saw this recipe, I was excited to see how the chocolate chips and fruit would mix. This recipe was a grand FAILURE. The shortbread mix was wrong, and the topping taste gross. Really - I threw these away within one night. It definitely wasn't my errors in making these cookies - it's just a bad recipe. Maybe you need to have a certain taste buds to like the combination of orange orange marmalade, pecans dried cranberries, and chocolate chips.
Day 10: Alton's Chocolate Peppermint Pinwheel Cookies
When I saw the picture and video for these cookies, I was so excited to make them. But I quickly learned to hate this recipe. I made two batches of these cookies, both times they didn't work out well. The first time I used pre-made sugar cookie dry ingredients. I messed up on the order of the cooling times for the dough. But I did everything by the book. the final product was too thin and the cookies got overcooked. There was also way too much candy cane/peppermint in the cookies so I tried a second time, determined to get this right. This time I made the sugar cookie from scratch, following Alton's directions. I did put less peppermint in. I cut the cookies bigger but immediately I could see I had issues with my dough - it was cracking. I baked them - looked better but still cooked too long. So in the end these cookies took way too long for the little satisfaction they gave us.
Day 11: Marcela Valladolid’s Polvorones (Walnut Meltaways)
These cookies, otherwise known as mexican wedding cookies, are amazing!!! I didn't change anything from the recipe and they came out so good. They do include walnuts so I think you can take those out if you have someone who's allergic to nuts (like I do).
Day 12: Guy's Craisy Oatmeal Cookies
Great cookie to make. I stayed true to the recipe, even though I'm not a big oats eater but these cookies were goners! Carlita enjoyed making these and made one huge cookie for herself. Very easy to make and tasty. Definitely going to make these every year.
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