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May 13

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Tasting Jerusalem: Hot Cross Buns in Cookie Form

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My love for hot cross buns is well documented in the pages of this blog. But I only ever seem to think of them around Easter, when really, there’s no reason we shouldn’t be enjoying sweetened yeast buns with just a hint of spice, currants and candied fruit any ol’ time.  Which is what made these Spice Cookies my first choice for this month’s baking theme for Tasting Jerusalem.

You get the flavors of hot cross buns, the spice, the currants, the citrus in cookie form. And while it may seem slightly odd to be making spice cookies in the spring, because the truth is they do taste like the holidays, I couldn’t resist.

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Jan 10

Fit for a Cookie Craving: Date Walnut Spice Cookies

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You’re surviving on Pinterest, aren’t you? These first few weeks of January are hard. You’re back to eating the way you should, getting more exercise, but you’re eyeballing that lasagne with the stretchy cheese, living vicariously through images of pizza dip and cream cheese brownies. I see it in your pins! You know what, I’m right there with you.  Yesterday, I wanted a bag of Doritos like nobody’s business. And after dinner, I’ve been finding myself wanting a little something sweet. Not a full blown dessert, just a little something. These little spice cookies fit the January agenda — sweetened mostly with dates and applesauce, spiced with a little cinnamon (and high in fiber!).

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Dec 10

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Quick Hit: Betty’s But Better – Cinnamon-Chipotle Snickerdoodles

I’ve mentioned before that Betty Crocker’s Snickerdoodles are a mainstay of my holiday baking repertoire. It’s a cookie I’ve loved since I was a kid and it’s one of Wolf’s favorites, too.  While he was in NYC this weekend, sending me jealous-making photos from Momofuku Noodle Bar and Il Laboratorio del Gelato, I was in the kitchen whipping up these cookies. (Good man, he brought me some Milk Bar cookies).

With just a quick tweak, you get the cinnamon you’re expecting in a snickerdoodle, but with a slow building smoky heat from the chipotle.  Two additional changes I do make to the original recipe — add 1/2 t. vanilla and up the salt to 1/2 t. as well.

Betty’s, but one better.

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Oct 23

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Cookie Time: Chocowalnos aka German Chocolate Cookies

Every Christmas, I find myself making the same cookies. For every other holiday, it’s ok to add new dishes, but at Christmas, there’s something comforting about tradition, about knowing that there will be snickerdoodles and chocolate crinkles and that my mom will probably send me a batch of candy cane cookies. But if tradition is just something you’ve done more than once, these chocolaty, coconutty, walnut-studded “brownie meets German chocolate cake” cookies are going to be a new holiday tradition.

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Oct 11

Rosemary Cornmeal Pine Nut Biscotti

It’s Tuesday night.  The gorgeous Asian pears are gone, except for a half, the blueberry muffin from Craftsman and Wolves but a memory, the husband is sick and watching Corner Gas somewhere he can’t infect the rest of the household, and I had my dad’s Sloppy Joes for dinner.  It involves Campbell’s Chicken Gumbo soup. Don’t judge.  It’s back to real life.  It’s a relief.  Being on the road, dining out for every meal, sounds glam, but it is tiresome. I’m not 25 anymore.

But believe me, it’s not a complaint.  I had a fantastic time in San Francisco, catching up with folks I see once a year. Italian and Cal-Italian dominated our restaurant choices over the course of the week and Tim, the friend we hung out with at the market, and I chatted about lavender biscotti, so naturally I’m diving back into posting with these little Italian cookies on the brain. So, Rosemary, Cornmeal and Pine Nut biscotti.

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