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Green Tea Shortbread Leaves. Red Barn Candle Company: Christmas Buttercream Fudge {Never Fail} Peppermint Patties Recipe. Peppermint Patties: Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil, smoothing out any wrinkles.

Peppermint Patties Recipe

Lightly dust the foil with confectioners sugar (powdered or icing). In the bowl of your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat (on low speed) the sugar, butter, peppermint oil, vanilla extract, and evaporated milk until combined. Increase the speed to medium-high and beat until very creamy (about 2-3 minutes). Transfer the batter to a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and place in the refrigerator to chill until firm enough to roll into balls (about an hour). Roll the batter into 1 inch (2.5 cm) balls and place on the prepared pan. Chocolate Coating: Melt the chocolate and shortening in a heatproof bowl placed over a saucepan of simmering water. Makes 25 - 30 patties.

View comments on this recipe on YouTube Resources: bakerscatalogue.com McGee, Harold. 100% Whole Grain Almond Butter Maple Cookies. These soft and chewy maple almond butter cookies are naturally sweetened and made healthier with whole grains!

100% Whole Grain Almond Butter Maple Cookies

When I first started baking in a healthier way, I baked many horribly textured cookies. Really, they were just awful. These maple almond butter cookies were the first cookies that were actually successful, and after two years of experimenting, they’re still fantastic! When I make this recipe, I only make half the recipe because using 1/2 cup of maple syrup on cookies just kills me. A liter of maple syrup costs $27 here. Almond butter can also be expensive, but not if you make your own!

These almond butter cookies also seem to be quite forgiving. You can’t tell from the picture, but these are soft and kind of chewy. Right now I like them with maple extract. Lemon Tea Cookies. Happy Winter Solstice!!!

Lemon Tea Cookies

For years now, my mom has made these dainty little lemon cookies every Christmas. We call them girl cookies, because in my family, we’re the only ones who eat them! They’re a nice addition to a holiday cookie platter. Bite-sized and refreshing, they are the perfect little treat with a cup of hot tea. Even better yet, they are a slice-and-bake cookie, so there’s no rolling of dough, and you can bake them off as you like. Minty Cool Meltaway Cookies. I had my first McDonald's Shamrock Shake of the season yesterday and it inspired me to make Mint Meltaways.

Minty Cool Meltaway Cookies

Together, the vanilla and peppermint make a cool duo in this refreshing, minty cookie. Mint Meltaway Cookie Recipe Preheat oven to 400 degrees You will need: 1 C/2 sticks of unsalted organic butter 1/2 C sifted powdered sugar 2 teaspoons of vanilla 3 teaspoons of peppermint oil A few drops of green food coloring 2-1/4 C cake flour. Almond Icebox Rounds Recipe. Oatmeal, Chocolate Chip, and Pecan Cookies Recipe. Oma’s German Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe from Betty Crocker. Outrageous Chocolate Cookies. Oreo Cookies and Cream Cookies. Willpower is not merely a word; it is the underlying force that drives human action and reaction.

Willpower is both the power to suppress and the power to incite. Willpower, or lack thereof, is smothering my ability to review for final exams. It’s the reason I woke up at 10:30 this fine Saturday morning. It’s the reason there’s a pile of dishes next to the sink, begging to be cleaned. Despite the limits of willpower, it’s also why I love to run. Certainly, willpower has an endless number of applications to everyday life. Sure, one cookie is fine. But beyond the threshold of three is a point of no return, my friends. Or in this case, butter and crushed Oreos. Neapolitan Coconut Strips. Gingersnap Logs Recipe. Pfeffernusse recipe.

In large bowl, beat together eggs, brown sugar and granulated sugar on medium speed until slightly thickened and light in colour, about 6 minutes.

Pfeffernusse recipe

Fold in candied ginger and lemon rind. In separate bowl, whisk together flour, almonds, baking powder, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, pepper, ginger, cloves, allspice and salt ; stir into egg mixture with wooden spoon. Turn out onto lightly floured surface; knead until combined. (Make-ahead: Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate for up to 24 hours.) Divide into 12 portions. Into bowl, sift icing sugar. Additional information : Additional spellings: English pfeffernuesse; Danish pebernødder;