Has this ever happened to you? You make a cookie dough, roll it into a log and then chill it the way you are supposed to, only to take it out later and try and slice the cookies and the dough falls apart? This happened to me the morning my mother-in-law was supposed to be […]
Candied Cherry Slices Christmas Cookies
Coffee Shortbread Cookies
The Ridler Family Traditional Christmas Sugar Cookies
Photo taken with the last of the winter daylight sneaking in through our living room window My family has been making these Christmas sugar cookies since I was old enough to say, I want Christmas cookies so let’s bake some darn it! Store-bought cookies never taste truly Christmasy to me and I wanted Christmas cookies […]
Merry Christmas Meringues
People are frightened of meringues. Not of eating them of course, but of making them. In some ways I can see why, they are a little tricky and require more time than your average cookie but they are worth following some simple baking rules. The payoff is extraordinary. I once brought a big container of […]
Candied Chestnut & Cranberry Rugelach
I was asking people at the Canadian Food Network forums for the best holiday cookie ideas and Ava suggestion this Rugelach recipe. I had never heard of them before but wow, they looked absolutely delicious and realized I could use my candied chestnuts for the filling. Rugelach is apparently a Jewish pastry which I had […]