St. Patrick's day is next month and there are lots of fun green and minty recipes out there. Here is a twist on a basic cake ball that incorporates the mint-flavored Oreo cookies you see in the store this time of year. These remind me of the Girl Scout thin mint cookies only as a cake pop!. Ingredients:
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Thumbprint cookies are so quick and versatile it's no wonder that I bake them pretty often for the salon. With just a few recipe changes you can take a plain thumbprint cookie and dress it up for any event! I used a bag of Andes Peppermint Chips and created a chocolate peppermint thumbprint for Valentine's weekend. Check out the great results! Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter flavored Crisco 1 oz square of Baker's unsweetened chocolate 1/4 cup butter, softened to room temperature 1/2 cup white granulated sugar 1 egg yolk (save the white for another time) 1 cup flour 1/4 tsp. salt 1 12 oz. package of Andes Peppermint Chips (red and white Directions:
Filling:
I recently purchased several jars of Lemon Curd (in the jelly section at your store) for some holiday baking. Once the holiday passed I found one unused jar of Lemon Curd and decided to make a variation on the traditional thumbprint cookie. Hope you like it! Ingredients: 1/2 cup shortening or butter (I use butter flavored Crisco) 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed 1 egg yolk (save the white for the recipe below) 1/2 tsp. vanilla 1 cup flour 1/4 tsp. salt 1 jar Lemon Curd (see jelly section of your grocery store) Directions:
Royal Icing Drizzle:
Using the egg white that you saved from the recipe above, add 2 cups of powdered sugar to the egg white. Mix with a hand mixer or whisk adding 1 tablespoon (or more) of cold water until you get the consistency you want. If you don't have a piping bag, simply pour the Royal Icing into a small Ziploc baggie and snip off one corner of the bag so that you can drizzle the icing over the cookie. This recipe comes from a popular New England based cookie called Hermits. This variation (Rocks) is similar as it is a brown sugar based cookie with lots of raisins, nuts and spices. Soft and plump this cookie is a great go-to cookie that everyone will enjoy. This version is the "Rocks" cookie which has less dried fruit and spices than the traditional Hermit cookie. Enjoy! Ingredients:
1 cup shortening like Crisco Butter Flavor 1 1/2 cups brown sugar (I use dark but either works) 3 eggs 3 cups Flour 1 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. salt 2 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp cloves 1 cup seedless raisins 1 cup chopped nuts (I usually use walnuts but any nut will do!) Directions:
To make the cookies more like the traditional Hermit, add ginger and nutmeg to the cookie dough and add currants, dried cranberries or other dried fruit. Enjoy! |
GrammatlcGrammatlc bakes all the cookies for the clients at Split Ends Hair Studio (to visit the salon website, click the button above). She also bakes sweet treats for friends and family. Enjoy the recipes! Archives
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