a little glimpse of me

December 09, 2004

cookies unlimited

Bah. No one offered up any ideas for a treat for me, but I ended up deciding on my own, so don't let it keep you up tonight.

I picked a really cool-looking pair of Ugg clogs (the black ones, obviously) and, tomorrow I'm finally calling that skin doctor and making an appointment for some kind of acid peel. Blotter, preferably.

I made those lemon-pine nut biscotti tonight and oh my god are they good. But the pine nuts on top didn't stick very well. If I make them again, I'm skipping that part and just putting them all inside.

It turns out that I won't be provided with cookie recipes for the class I'm teaching on Sunday, so I have to come up with them on my own! By Sunday!! And, me being me, type and format the recipes!! The boss gets to pick, but I'm thinking that I need to vary flavor and shape as much as possible, so I suggested

  1. Grandma Sylvia's Mandelbrot

  2. Peanut Butter Tassies

  3. Nancy's Shortbread with Chips and Nuts (easy sliced butter squares)

  4. White Chocolate Chip Cookies with Dried Cranberries and Pecans

  5. Chocolate Raspberry Sandwiches

  6. Chocolate Cookies with Dried Cherries and Toffee Bits (from Regan Daley's In the Sweet Kitchen-- link is below and elsewhere)

  7. Sour Cream Cinnamon Drops (from Nick Malgieri's Cookies Unlimited)
I'm thinking also maybe rugalach, which look nice but are easy. Except that, around here, i think I have to call them "Cream Cheese Crescents" or something so they don't sound too, you know, Hebrew. Is there anything inherently semitic about cream cheese, I wonder? if you say no, I say it's only because you've never stepped foot inside Barney Greengrass. Can you imagine? I'm worried about the relative religious affiliations of DAIRY PRODUCTS, but I've got "mandelbrot" on my suggestions list. Note to self: rename recipe "Nonna Sylvia's Biscotti."

I talked to Julie tonight. Charlie's doing really well, and the end of their first tunnel -- the transport from the NICU where they're stranded to the one at home -- is in sight. Charlie will have to stay in the hospital for a while, but it looks like Julie and Paul will be home for Christmas, which is great news.

I just looked at the countdown on the right and nearly fell off my chair. HOLY MOTHERFUCK. ELEVEN WEEKS!?! How did it get to be eleven fucking weeks left? That whoosh you just heard was my youth, speeding past your head.

Posted by volfie at December 9, 2004 11:29 PM
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Posted by: WindReader on December 10, 2004 07:18 AM

Rugeluch are good for kids cuz you can fill them wih whatever and just roll. You don't have to do crescents - you can roll rectangular strips which may be easier for kids. You can also just pat out circles in your palm, fill, and fold in half - Mezza Luna style. Easy.

Posted by: delegatrix on December 10, 2004 08:58 AM

this is for grown-ups, actually, which is why I'm all anxious about it. either way, you don't find that the jam makes mezzalunas explode in the oven?

Posted by: terry on December 10, 2004 09:16 AM

I would do a light layer of jam, and then go heavy on the chips, nuts, etc. I've also done this with rugelach dough and chopped nuts and cranberries with a little brown sugar.

Posted by: Lisa on December 10, 2004 11:06 AM
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