Here's the thing. I swore I wouldn't make cookies this year. Too bad for me. Too bad for my sleep. But of course I cannot turn down a chance at making cookies with the DiGiorgios. I approached this year's cookies with the edict: do the least amount of work possible. I also did all my cookies in the company of friends, making two batches with my friend Addie right after. We missed Ashlay.
Cookies 2011:
1. Peanut Butter Toffee Cookies. Made in advance. Annette loved them. Lesson learned: make one batch in advance.
2. Black tea and orange shortbread. Dough can be made ahead and be first in line to get baked at cookie day.
3. No Bake Cookies. The best recipe -- I let it boil for 1.5 minutes. Perfect. Doesn't hog the oven.
4. Cocoa Nib Shortbread. The thing is, I didn't even read this recipe which calls for you to use a mixer and *happened* to be going to Addie's to try out the mixer she got for her wedding. Ha!
5. Moroccan Ghoribas. This cookie is not only really impressively beautiful, it is a cookie you can know is based on thousands of years of cultural history. It's a tried and true. I left the simply syrup glaze off cos I don't like sticky sweet things. But I do love almonds! Thanks James for putting up with the tiny food processor while you watched Car Wash on streaming. I first got excited about Macaroons when driving back with N. from NYC one day and reading this off my phone.He said he doesn't think he's ever heard me be so excited about anything besides Angry Birds.
