Sunday, January 17, 2010
Rainbow Cookies: Happy Birthday Marilena!!
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Labels: Cookies
Monday, December 21, 2009
Day 12: Chocolate-Peppermint Cupcakes with Eggnog Frosting.
On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me.. These wonderful Chocolate-Peppermint Cupcakes, topped with Eggnog Frosting!
- Ingredients: 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened2 1/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup eggnog
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Directions: Cream the butter until light and fluffy. Add the powdered sugar and mix until combined Last, add the eggnog, vanilla extract, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
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Labels: Cookies
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Day 11: Traditional Scalette Cookies.
The 12 Days of Christmas Baking On the 11th Day of Christmas my true love gave to me.. My families traditional Italian Christmas cookies, Scalette.
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Labels: Christmas Cookies, Cookies, Family Recipes
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Day 10: Chocolate ginger cookies.
7 ounces best-quality semisweet chocolate
1 1/2 cups plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 1/4 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter
1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
1/2 cup dark-brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup unsulfured molasses
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup granulated sugar
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Labels: Christmas Cookies, Cookies
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Day 7: Holiday Biscotti
The 12 days of Christmas Baking On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me these wonderful holiday biscotti!
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Labels: Christmas Cookies, Cookies
Friday, December 11, 2009
Day 2: Oreo Truffles
The 12 Days of Christmas Baking On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me These TO DIE FOR Oreo Truffles.
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Labels: Chocolate, Christmas Cookies, Cookies, Oreo Balls, Oreo Truffles
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Day 1: Tri-Color Italian Cookies
The 12 Days of Christmas Baking
That's right, 12 days in a row, one recipe per day. We thought about this for a bit, since it would definitely be quite a bit of work to bake, photograph and blog all these recipes. We've been trying to think of ways to get many recipes posted within a short period of time, so we decided, since it's the holidays, to blog about our favorite old and new recipes! Welcome to our first post!
Let the Baking Begin!
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me Some tri-color Italian cookies.
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Labels: Christmas Cookies, Cookies
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Nutella filled Cream Cheese Cookies
Do you guys ever get a recipe that you still get asked for years later? We've found this recipe about 4-5 years ago and we still get asked for the recipe till this day. I guess they are that good! This is kind of a bittersweet story....
It all started about 4 or 5 years ago. We were looking for a cookie recipe that had nutella in them. We came across this recipe on a girl's blog, way before we started our blog. We made these cookies for labor day, or some other summer event, and they were a HUGE hit! Everyone loved them, including us!
How can you not LOVE anything with Nutella in them?!! Although we know someone who isn't a fan of nutella.. yah you read that right! SOMEONE ON THIS PLANET EARTH DOESN"T LIKE NUTELLA!!
Anyways, we lost the recipe... and for a couple years tried to find it... We couldn't find the same one.... we tried multiple times to make these off of our memory and what we thought were the correct measurments. They failed try after try.
Well, this weekend, Lisa found a similar recipe, made some adjustments and discovered that she did it! She recreated the long lost recipe! So here you all go! The ones who have wanted this recipe for years, and the ones who recently have been asking for it!
Nutella Pocket Cookies
Makes 40 cookies
1 cup unsalted butter, softened plus 2 more tablespoons, melted.
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1 cup granulated sugar plus 1\4 cup for sprinkling
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups Nutella
In a large mixing bowl, cream together the 1 cup of butter, cream cheese, and 1 cup sugar until smooth, light, and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract and mix until well combined. Gradually add the flour to the creamed mixture and mix well. Divide the dough into two portions; cover and refrigerate until the dough is firm and easy to handle. An hour should be good enough.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Remove one portion of dough from the refrigerator. On a floured surface, roll out one portion of dough until it is about 1/4-inch thick. Using a circle cookie cutter that is approximately 3 inches in diameter, cut circles out of the dough and place them on an ungreased cookie sheet. Repeat this with the rest of the dough.
Place approximately 1 1/2 teaspoons of Nutella on the center of each circle.
With a fork, seal the edges more securely. Lightly brush melted butter on the tops and sprinkle with sugar.
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Labels: Cookies, cream cheese cookie dough, filled, Nutella
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
We're back: Pumpkin Whoopie Pies!
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
Anise Biscotti
Have any of you ever had Stella D'oro anisette sponge biscotto?? We grew up eating those since we can remember! We just started eating them again recently and remembered why we loved these so much! Wanna know what's even better? They only have 90 calories for 2 cookies!! =)
We wanted to see if we could come up with something similar to those cookies on our own. After giving it a few times and changing things, we finally got a recipe that we liked! They weren't exactly the same as the Stella D'oro ones, BUT these are definitely a keeper! They are nice and crunchy on the outside and the inside is nice and spongy. Also, we love anything that has anice in it. Not everbody is crazy about that flavor but we are fans of it!
If you want a simple biscotti recipe that is simple and fast and is perfect for breakfast with a cup of coffee or tea or even for a midday\late night snack definitely try these!!
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
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Labels: Cookies
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
OUR NEW FAVORITE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES!!
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Friday, April 10, 2009
Goodies for Easter!
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Labels: Cookies