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12th Day Of Christmas Cookies: Traditional Anise Pizzelles
Aired December 25th, 2010 on Recipes, Sweets, Uncategorized and christmas.1 CommentI’m not sure there is anything that tastes better than a freshly made pizzelle still warm of the iron. Of course you’ll need a pizzelle iron for these bad boys, but you can probably get one in the Italian Market. Make your pizzelles even more irresistible by sandwiching two together with cannoli cream (ricotta blended [...]
11th Day Of Christmas Cookies: Mint Chocolate Crinkles
Aired December 24th, 2010 on Recipes, Sweets and christmas.0 CommentsMmm Mint Chocolate Crinkles… They remind me of a frozen puppy poo that’d you’d find after a fresh snowfall. I may or may not be writing this after a few glasses of wine. Recipe and photo from Fake Ginger. Ingredients: 2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour, sifted 3/4 cup cocoa, sifted 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 [...]
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Whether your just stranded in Philly for Christmas, you ain’t got no family here, or you just hate to cook, you’ve got plenty of options for food and drink here in the land of plenty. Foobooz dishes it all out for ya. Thanks guys! Christmas Eve: 10 Arts – $75 tasting dinner will be offered. [...]
10th Day Of Christmas Cookies: Oatzravaganza
Aired December 22nd, 2010 on Recipes, Sweets, Uncategorized and christmas.0 CommentsHere’s an amazing twist on the other-wise drab oatmeal cookie. The ingredients may seem a bit much for such a conservative cookie, but all these flavors together will make you sing. This recipe is also from Chow.com. Tip: Ever wonder why your oatmeal cookies tend to spread out into an oily mess? Oats are mean [...]
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Last Minute Gifts: Local Chocolate!
Aired December 22nd, 2010 on Chocolate, Locavore and christmas.0 CommentsNeed a last minute gift for so-and-so, who you didn’t know was coming this year’s Christmas shindig? We’ve got you covered, with the following local chocolatiers in Philadelphia and the surrounding whose stores are choc-full (hah!) of chocolates for the holidays – from the basic to the breathtaking. There’s gotta be one close to you. [...]
9th Day Of Christmas Cookies: Hazelnut Anise Cookies
Aired December 21st, 2010 on Recipes, Sweets and christmas.0 CommentsThese simple icebox cookies have rich hazelnut and sweet anise flavors, perfect for the end of a hearty Christmas Dinner. The dough will also last up to a month in the freezer, so you can keep it on hand for for when you need another batch of these delicious treats. Hazelnuts usually have that thin, [...]
8th Day Of Christmas Cookies: Lebkuchen
Aired December 20th, 2010 on Recipes, Sweets and christmas.0 CommentsGerman Lebkuchen can be made in many different forms. You can make Lebkuchen biscuits, Lebkuchen squares, Lebkuchen cookies, Lebkuchen bars, Lebkuchen loaf cake or Lebkuchen cookies. There’s also a high quality variety of Nürnberg Lebkuchen, using no flour, that are called Elisenlebkuchen. The typical cookie sold in German marketplaces is a harder cookie, that is [...]
7th Day Of Christmas Cookies: Sweet Potato Cookies
Aired December 19th, 2010 on Recipes, Sweets and christmas.0 CommentsI love sweet potatoes, so much so that I always wind up buying so many that I can’t eat them all before they go bad. So this has been a wintry recipe I’ve used in years past, and they’re pretty good! Sweet potato cookies are good when they’re just plain too, with no oatmeal or [...]
6th Day Of Christmas Cookies: Spitzbuebe (Swiss Bad Boys)
Aired December 18th, 2010 on Recipes, Sweets and christmas.0 CommentsWhen I come home for the holidays every year, my father begs me to make these cookies for him. He was a professional chef, but has no patience to make these labor intensive cookies. He’s an avid reader of Saveur magazine and shared this recipe with me a few years ago. I’ve kept that same [...]
