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(Or, really, an ingredient-based cookie search.)
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(Or, really, an ingredient-based cookie search.)
Mmm, cookies.
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posted by Homo neanderthalensis at 8:20 PM on December 7, 2018 [4 favorites]
C is for cookie, that's good enough for me
C is for cookie, that's good enough for me
Oh, cookie, cookie, cookie starts with C
posted by Homo neanderthalensis at 8:20 PM on December 7, 2018 [4 favorites]
lemon squares are probably not a good choice for cookies that need to be shipped, right? I'd really like to make some.
posted by skewed at 8:25 PM on December 7, 2018
posted by skewed at 8:25 PM on December 7, 2018
If lemon squares and bars are the same thing, they need to be kept chilled so it's probably not a great fit. Delicious, though.
posted by Going To Maine at 12:16 AM on December 8, 2018
posted by Going To Maine at 12:16 AM on December 8, 2018
You can ship things that need to be refrigerated, but you'd have to use overnight or 2-day shipping, and pack them with dry ice. Pretty expensive for a batch of cookies.
posted by Autumnheart at 3:05 AM on December 8, 2018
posted by Autumnheart at 3:05 AM on December 8, 2018
Sugar cookies aren't right without barbecue sauce for dipping. Seriously: break out the Sweet Baby Ray's and try it. It's a bit like Subway cookies and dijon mustard: you'd never know that one needs the other.
→ If lemon squares and bars are the same thing, they need to be kept chilled
You use the word “kept” there … they've never made it as far as off the kitchen counter here.
posted by scruss at 4:48 AM on December 8, 2018 [1 favorite]
→ If lemon squares and bars are the same thing, they need to be kept chilled
You use the word “kept” there … they've never made it as far as off the kitchen counter here.
posted by scruss at 4:48 AM on December 8, 2018 [1 favorite]
>:-(
I went with the "incognito" link every time but still hit the paywall. Is this available somewhere else?
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:53 AM on December 8, 2018 [1 favorite]
I went with the "incognito" link every time but still hit the paywall. Is this available somewhere else?
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:53 AM on December 8, 2018 [1 favorite]
And my holiday baking is going all old-fashioned this year for some reason, to the point that I wrote home and asked for my grandmother's recipe for something. I'm crap at the fancy decorated cookies, so it's all homespun stuff here, the kind of thing that you'd find in a cookie jar in "Little House On The Prairie" or something.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:55 AM on December 8, 2018
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 4:55 AM on December 8, 2018
MetaFilter: this site uses cookies.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 7:22 AM on December 8, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by ricochet biscuit at 7:22 AM on December 8, 2018 [3 favorites]
Wow, not single recipe utilizing avocado and/or prunes? What good is it?
posted by Panjandrum at 7:58 AM on December 8, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Panjandrum at 7:58 AM on December 8, 2018 [1 favorite]
scrolling through this is the most soothing, satisfying thing I've done all week
posted by grandiloquiet at 8:16 AM on December 8, 2018
posted by grandiloquiet at 8:16 AM on December 8, 2018
Only three with xantham gum. :(
The pitch probably over-sells it, but you could try Measure For Measure.
posted by Going To Maine at 9:13 AM on December 8, 2018
The pitch probably over-sells it, but you could try Measure For Measure.
posted by Going To Maine at 9:13 AM on December 8, 2018
Wow, not single recipe utilizing avocado and/or prunes? What good is it?
Let me know if you need my sugarplum recipe. (Not precisely a cookie, but delicious.)
posted by Margalo Epps at 3:17 PM on December 8, 2018
Let me know if you need my sugarplum recipe. (Not precisely a cookie, but delicious.)
posted by Margalo Epps at 3:17 PM on December 8, 2018
I was being facetious earlier, but sugarplum recipe? Yes, please.
posted by Panjandrum at 3:43 PM on December 8, 2018
posted by Panjandrum at 3:43 PM on December 8, 2018
Site fails to generate cookies, only recipes. 2/5 stars.
posted by pykrete jungle at 8:30 AM on December 9, 2018
posted by pykrete jungle at 8:30 AM on December 9, 2018
I was being facetious earlier, but sugarplum recipe? Yes, please.
SUGARPLUM RECIPE
1 cup raisins
1 cup bite-size pitted prunes
1 cup dates
1 cup currants
1 cup dried cherries, dried cranberries, or dried apricots
1 cup walnuts
1/2 to 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
granulated sugar
Using a meat grinder or a food processor, grind the fruit and nuts and mix well. Work into the mixture as much confectioners' sugar as it takes to form 1-inch balls. Roll in granulated sugar, then place on a rack to dry for 24 hours.
This is from Leslie Harpold's advent calender 2006 Dec. 07 This recipe really makes the food processor work hard, so I don't advise doubling it. Halving it should work fine though. I've subbed in a number of dried fruits for the cherries, cranberries, or apricots line, and sometimes the raisin one; each taste a bit different, and as long as you have dates and prunes for stickiness, it seems to work fine.
I've been making these every year with my daughter (and some years my mom, when she's visiting for it). I went my whole childhood thinking sugarplums were fantasy food and it's so neat to be able to actually make them.
posted by Margalo Epps at 11:19 AM on December 9, 2018 [2 favorites]
SUGARPLUM RECIPE
1 cup raisins
1 cup bite-size pitted prunes
1 cup dates
1 cup currants
1 cup dried cherries, dried cranberries, or dried apricots
1 cup walnuts
1/2 to 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
granulated sugar
Using a meat grinder or a food processor, grind the fruit and nuts and mix well. Work into the mixture as much confectioners' sugar as it takes to form 1-inch balls. Roll in granulated sugar, then place on a rack to dry for 24 hours.
This is from Leslie Harpold's advent calender 2006 Dec. 07 This recipe really makes the food processor work hard, so I don't advise doubling it. Halving it should work fine though. I've subbed in a number of dried fruits for the cherries, cranberries, or apricots line, and sometimes the raisin one; each taste a bit different, and as long as you have dates and prunes for stickiness, it seems to work fine.
I've been making these every year with my daughter (and some years my mom, when she's visiting for it). I went my whole childhood thinking sugarplums were fantasy food and it's so neat to be able to actually make them.
posted by Margalo Epps at 11:19 AM on December 9, 2018 [2 favorites]
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