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A cookie I’ve been curious about but have never tasted is Baltimore’s famous Berger Cookie. Created in 1835 by German immigrants George and Henry Berger, the cookies are now sold by DeBaufre Bakeries and can be purchased on line or at various retailers. Given the hot weather and the fact the cookies have …
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The first (successful) pound cake I ever made, was called Five Flavor Pound Cake. Named for its five extracts, coconut, lemon, rum, butter, and vanilla extracts, it has a unique flavor all its own. This week I decided to see if that same flavor combination would work well in sugar cookies. It did. I didn’t [...]
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The last time I put a secret ingredient in sugar cookies, it was pudding mix. This time it’s something different. Pineapple extract! Not a lot – just a few drops or enough to add a tiny bit of flavor to the cookies. I got the idea from a reader in California who thought pineapple extract [...]
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Fuzz and her friends love cake mix based confetti cookies, so I was really happy to see a scratch version in my newly acquired Momofuku Milk Bar cookbook. If you don’t have the book, you can grab the Confetti Cookie recipe off Serious Eats. And if you’re still on the fence about getting the book, [...]
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I didn’t get my holidays mixed up. Fuzz needed something edible and red for a school project and the first thing that came to mind was a batch of heart shaped cut-out cookies. In hindsight, I could have made red circles and called them “Rudolph Noses”, but that might have led to a conversation about [...]
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A special sugar cookie recipe appeared in my inbox this week. It’s from Jean Philippe Patisserie, which you’ve probably seen if you’ve walked through the Bellagio hotel. It’s hard to miss with the long line of people waiting for gelato and the big chocolate fountain, plus it’s the only place I can think of to get [...]
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It’s been a while since I posted a sugar cookie recipe, so here’s one I made yesterday and wanted to share. At first I was on the fence. The cookies were okay, but not great. But after a full day of chilling, I baked up a second round and thought they were much better. Being [...]
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I was reading a forum recently and came across the topic of who has the best cookies in town. It wasn’t my town; it was Dallas, and a few people said the best cookies were the sugar cookies from Potbelly Sandwiches. Interesting. There’s a Potbelly store not too far from my house, but I’d never [...]
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