holiday baking

  • Holiday Baking: Sugar Cookies

    These cookies are excellent for rolling, with a few tried-and-true tricks up your sleeve. 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 3/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup unsalted butter, softened 1 cup sugar 1 egg, beaten 1 tablespoon milk… Continue reading

  • Holiday Baking: Rugelach

    This recipe is the traditional one. You may find others — I tried currants one year and didn’t like that. Chocolate chips are not traditional but we’ve also tried that and love it. Cookie Dough: 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted… Continue reading

  • Holiday Baking: Spitzbuebe

    Original recipe here. For years I was making the recipe for Drei Augen from Gourmet, which I posted at Baking Delights (now Blisstree) when I was still blogging for b5media (reposting below). This is also similar to Linzer cookies, although… Continue reading

  • Holiday Baking: Stephanie Schrader’s Walnut Cups

    Original recipe here. My adaptation: Makes about 60 cookies Crust: 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened 6 ounces cream cheese, softened 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt Filling: 4 large egg 4 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled 3… Continue reading