Tag: cookies

Mom’s Sour Cream Sugar Cookies

Hanuka (Hanukkah / Chanuka / Chanukkah) is coming, and I’ve been searching my brain for an interesting recipe to contribute. We aren’t really big fans of frying, although we love dairy. It’s been tough to find a food I want to write about because we don’t eat a lot of “fancy” traditional food. Don’t get …

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Saved again! A story of cookies, surprise work guests, and my beloved freezer

Remember a few weeks ago when I had surprise work guests for dinner and 20 minutes to get it made? Well, I had a flashback today. Except it was Friday night when a mini-crisis happened, and a work colleague of my dh dropped by to straighten it out. Then they decided to come by over …

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Uh-oh! Cookie trouble? (Trouble shooting tips)

Speaking of cookies (and all those cookie recipes!), there is a lot of science that goes into making cookies. A lot could go wrong, but here are some things that make cookies… have a sticky dough: not enough flour too warm (chill in fridge/freezer briefly) have a crumbly or dry texture: Not enough fat Not …

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White chocolate chunk cookies

These are good. I made them white chocolate candy cane cookies with chopped peppermint hershey’s kisses for our upcoming work holiday party, but they would be good with so many other things. Think almonds, dried cherries or cranberries, maybe oreo cookie chunks. This can be parve or dairy, and makes about 2.5-3 dozen, depending on …

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