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Day Seven of our 12 Days of Cookies Extravaganza brings a bit of sunshine on a day that surprisingly absent of it, which makes it a very pleasant day to be baking. I’d like to say that Bing is crooning holiday songs on the Bose …
Everyone sing along: On the Fifth Day of Cookies, my oven gave to me….another batch of yucky looking discs. Wait. I'm not blaming this one on my oven. In fact, I'll never blame anything on it. They taste great, as long as you don't mind …
My contribution to Day 3 of our little 12 Days of Cookies event is the Black-and-White Cookie, and to be honest, I’d never heard of them before. I was simply attracted to the look of the frosting and the simple aspect of dark and light. Well, and that cute little screen Gourmet has on their site with dancing Black-and-White cookies.
I had no idea that they were close to being a revered treasure to New Yorkers. Absolutely none. Does it count that we have fish tacos? Okay, so maybe not.
Black-and-White cookies are not really cookies, evidently. And now that I’ve made my own, I’d agree. Biting into one is more like biting into a piece of cake. They’re light, they’re fluffy, and they’re less than fun to frost, but oh so worth it.
Do you think The NY Black-and-White Cookie Police will nab me because I used orange juice instead of lemon? And sprinkles?
So far in this foray into Gourmet’s Favorite Cookies: 1941 – 2008, I’ve only experimented with new cookies. But I have nine days to go, so I’ll get to the older recipes soon enough and true to form, I’m already struggling with making the recipes exactly as written. I can’t help it. I’m incorrigible.
But these Black-and-White Cookies? Oh. My. Forgive me for choosing not to make dainty proportioned cookies.
Amidst the sawing and banging that is going on in my home right now which escalated to an unbelievable level yesterday, my kitchen — usually the most “used” looking room in the house — was an oasis of calm. Okay, so maybe not. But it …
As I look outside my window, I find it difficult to believe that it is December 1st. It was nearly 70 degrees outside today, the sky perfectly clear, and as always, the trees leafy and green. It never ceases to amaze me, but in the …