Last week playing with the iPad with my son we found an App with cookies recipes from Martha Stewart, we have chosen one and we made some cookies straight away:
They are delicious and very easy to preparare. There is a very good cookies section in her page. There are videos really interesting with ingredients and instructions.Just follow the link above if want know more.
The other night we made more cookies 🙂
MARASCHINO CHERRY BITES
(I found the recipe into a magazine)
Ingredients:
220 g jar maraschino cherries with sterns, drained
1/2 cup walnuts (I put almonds)
125 g unsalted butter, chopped, at room temperature
1/2 cup caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla beat paste
1 egg
1 1/2 cups plain flour
icing sugar mixture, to decorate
Dry cherries with absorbent kitchen paper. Place nuts in a food processor, process until fine crumbs form.
Beat butter, sugar and paste of an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add egg and beat until combined. Add sifted flour and nuts. Form a dough. Transfer dough to a floured surface, knead until smooth. Roll 2 tsp of dough into a ball. Place ball in the palm of your hand and flatten to the size of a 50c coin using your thumb, place one cherry in the centre. Mould dough around the cherry leaving stern exposed. Repeat with remaining dough and cheries.
Place on two oven trays lined with baking paper
Preheat the oven to 160 C (320 F) and cook for about 15 minutes or until lightly golden. Place tray on a wire rack to cool.
Dust with icing sugar before serving.
…..And so I had a wonderful idea for Christmas gifts: decorated personalized cookies for your friends choosing a special ingredient according their character: for your sensual friends bitter chocolate biscuits with a soft hazelnut cream, intense flavor. For those who like simple but refined things pastry with jam and philadelphia mousse. Biscuits with chocolate and nuts for the sportsman friend: a real bundle of energy. Paprika and cocoa for the romantic and passionate. For the sweet mood cinnamon, ginger for the brave and for those who love intense flavors biscuits with coffee or mint and chocolate. And if you want something unusual but with a delicate taste try the cookies with maraschino cherries!
But be careful to not exaggerate 😉
What biscuit are you?Let out your creativity and fantasy and let you be seduced by some unusual taste.
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I love the Mexican hot chocolate cookies and the cherry bites! They look delicious.
Love your holiday idea!!
Thanks Judy. I had hot cookies for the first time last week and I have to say that I love them.
Thank you! I am of the opinion that all cookies are relaxing. Chocolate more so than others though.
Lovely!!!!
thanks!
this looks so yum!
thank you!!!
I definitely need to add these Mexican Hot Chocolate cookies to my “to do” list for holiday baking! They look wonderful.
Thank you so much. I appreciate your kind words. I hope you enjoy the hot cookies with chocolate!!!
Have a nice day!!!
i love how the little cherry stems show..so cute..but those mexican hot chocolate cookies look delish…sarah
Thank you. They were deliciuos and our friends did enjoy them!!!
Cheers
Anto
Dear Anto,
you have got me into bread baking and now tempting me to bake cookies. I am afraid I may not be up to it 🙂 Can I just buy from you. They all look so good. I can almost taste them here.
Danny
Hi Danny
you always make delicious dishes Just take your time, I’m sure that if you make biscuits they will be nice too and I’ll taste them from here 🙂
Take care
Anto
Yummy to my tummy! LOL
😀 tanks!!!!
These are beautiful and wonderful as Xmas presents.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment!
they look super delicious! it’s great that your son like to spend time in the kitchen with you!
Thanks! He loves cooking and we have great fun together. He is a fan of my blog and he publicizes it with his friends and their mums 🙂
Mia cara se cominciamo cosi` mica lo so dove andremo a finire quando sara` Natale!!!
Quanto saranno buoni?
Complimenti
Scake
erano veramente buoni, be non so dove andremo a finire ma so dove andra’ a finire l’ago della mia bilancia 😀
Grazie un abbraccio!!!!
Yummy! I love your blog, your pictures, everything. I see Fae is your friend, no wonder, I love her. Thanks for visiting me. You wrapped those cookies so pretty.
Thank you so much, I appreciate your lovely and kind words!
Sincerely
Anto
They look wonderful and I cannot wait to give he recipe a try, regards, James
Hi James thank you, I’m always happy when my fellow bloggers want to try my recipes 🙂
Cheers
Anto
You are more than welcome Anto. I have plans to try it this weekend as I have been rather busy with the new book. I hope you have a great weekend
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Wow and double wow I’m honored to accept. Thank you so much Cathie I’m very happy and congratulation for your awards!
Have a nice day!!!!
Anto
Absolutely beautiful post (and everything looks so tasty too!) Thank you!
Thank you very much, your comment encourage me to do better every day!!!!
Oh! so beautiful to give these as presents! 🙂
The cookies looks wonderful! I am going to start my baking. It will be too much for my husband and me to eat. I do not bake too much – but do enjoy it around Christmas!
Thanks for your lovely words. Enjoy your baking , I’m sure some friends will appreciate too 😀
Anto
Nice.. Look tasty. Thanks for following my blog
You are welcome, I like your blog !!!!
Cheers
Anto
Thanks you 🙂
They looked fantastic and I bet they were great tasting as well!
Indeed 🙂 thank you so much!!!!