As every year I have a few classics (in the sense I'm practically make them every year) and a few newcomers.
My favorite recipe is probably the one for Cinnamon Stars.
Sweet, chewy and wonderfully nutty. This year I've made them a bit smaller then before, which I think works well. You can eat more of them without feeling too guilty, right?
A repeater from last year (on special request by my mom) are the Ginger-Fruit Sticks
Made with candied Ginger, dried apricots and almonds, plus some honey and other lovely things there are wonderfully nice and fruity.
I took a couple of those to friends last night and already got one request to pass on the recipe.
Another great hit from last night were the Linzer Cookies, which are a new addition to the list, but have a good chance of coming back next year.
I've made those having my dad in mind, as he rather likes cookies with jam. The cookies are base on a famous Austrian cake. They are a tad on the soggy side, but the taste is quite lovely.
The next cookie recipe is sort of a half cookie / half praline thing, which is in princible not a bad thing, but didn't quite work out the way I wanted.
They are very brittle and I already have quite a few broken bits in my cookie tin, which I really can't offer to anybody else.
Last, but not least, I've made a patch of my favorite short bread with ginger, which was in the oven when I made the pics, but to be honest they are a bit on the boring side of photography. Just imagine a round, light brown cookie. There, that wasn't to hard, was it.
The taste though .... mmmmmmhhhh.
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