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2024 Christmas Treats – Moroccan Cookies

What’s that you say? You want a cookie with a bit of spice gently teasing your tongue, some sweetness, a bit of crunch and a bit of chew! Have I got a cookie for you! This is a classic from one of my favorite "free" magazines “LCBO Food & Drink”, a few years back. I've [...]

2024 Christmas Treats – Moroccan Cookies2024-12-20T09:58:01-05:00

2024 Christmas Treats – Lime Crinkle Cookies

Getting close to the end of the 2024 Christmas Treats. Just a few more to go! This is a riff on a classic crinkle cookie. But instead of chocolate, I’ve used lime. Not what you think of traditionally for Christmas (not mine anyway) but it is an absolutely refreshing cookie with a strong lime taste. [...]

2024 Christmas Treats – Lime Crinkle Cookies2024-12-19T10:58:09-05:00

2024 Christmas Treats – Broas de Mel (Portuguese Honey Cookies)

One of our favorite countries to visit is Portugal! The people, the food, the wine, well just about everything! Yes the home of Pasteis de Nata (which you will find a recipe for on this site) is also the home of the Broas de Mel or Honey Cookies. This was a find of my wife’s. [...]

2024 Christmas Treats – Broas de Mel (Portuguese Honey Cookies)2024-12-15T12:57:09-05:00

2024 Christmas Treats – Spicy Prosciutto Cheeselets

In my house, Christmas would not be Christmas without some type of spicy cheeselets. Everyone looks for them and the chance to grab a few before they are all gone - no matter how many batches I make. There are a number of cheeselet recipes on my site, all with variations for you to try.  [...]

2024 Christmas Treats – Spicy Prosciutto Cheeselets2024-12-15T10:37:09-05:00

2024 Christmas Treats – Bouche de Noel Cookies

What can I say about this recipe!! It is delicious and so easy to put together. It is adapted/amended from a NYT Cooking recipe. This is a wonderful addition to my sweet table with loonie/toonie sized cookies. The original recipe called for cutting the logs into what looked like sawed wood, but it is not [...]

2024 Christmas Treats – Bouche de Noel Cookies2024-12-13T19:34:23-05:00

2024 Christmas Treats – Chocolate Peppermint Pinwheel Cookies

I love the taste of chocolate and peppermint in a cookie. I like the way the sweetness of the chocolate offsets the spice of the peppermint. Add chunks of crushed peppermint candy canes and you have a perfect tasting cookie. This is a 2024 Christmas Treat – Chocolate Peppermint Cookies. This recipe begins with a [...]

2024 Christmas Treats – Chocolate Peppermint Pinwheel Cookies2024-12-13T19:33:02-05:00

2024 Christmas Treats – Gochujang Caramel Cookies

This isn’t a new cookie recipe, it was published by the NYT Cooking site late last Christmas.  I saw it and immediately wanted to try it but it was published after I had my Christmas Treat recipes picked out.  I made it this year and truly delighted to present it to you.  This is another [...]

2024 Christmas Treats – Gochujang Caramel Cookies2024-12-13T19:36:00-05:00

2024 Christmas Treats – Shortbread-ish Cookies

If you are anything like me, time flies when researching for something to delight my guests with. I can sometimes spend days and weeks looking for that perfect recipe to try. The internet sure has made this process easier. I remember having to leaf through cut out or torn pages from magazines or newspapers or [...]

2024 Christmas Treats – Shortbread-ish Cookies2024-12-13T19:37:40-05:00

2024 Christmas Treats – Lemon, Strawberry and Ricotta Cookies

Pink, I know, it’s the first color I think of at Christmas! Just kidding, but these cookies are no joking matter! This is the first of the 2024 Christmas Treats. I picked it because they are flavored with freeze dried strawberry powder and lemon zest. Ricotta leaves them cakey on the inside with a slight [...]

2024 Christmas Treats – Lemon, Strawberry and Ricotta Cookies2024-12-13T19:38:59-05:00

2023 Christmas Treats – Two Meringue Cookies

Okay, if you tried the Bibik recipe, you will be left with a large amount of egg whites. There are a ton of things you can do with egg whites so don't fret! Here are a couple of meringue style cookies that are delicious - Coconut Meringue and Chocolate Meringue. Both similar, but my favorite [...]

2023 Christmas Treats – Two Meringue Cookies2023-12-20T14:45:54-05:00
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