Full Description
A fresh batch of deliciously distinctive recipes from the Star Tribune's beloved annual cookie contest-with even more recipes, enticing photographs, and bakers' stories
Cold winters call for warm kitchens and cookie baking, especially around the holidays. The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Book, a compendium of Minnesota's rich baking traditions and innovative recipes, stirs up winning treats from twenty years of the Star Tribune's popular holiday cookie contest.
Significantly expanding and updating its 2018 predecessor, The Great Minnesota Cookie Book, this collection features thirty-five new recipes, including Grasshoppers and Dark Chocolate Fig Rolls, Tiramisu Twists and Cardamom Cherry Buttons, Diablo Snowballs, Spumoni Squares, and Maple-Roasted Walnut Delights. This sweet-tooth treasure trove of cookie recipes will inspire bakers to discover how many ways flour, sugar, butter, and eggs (plus several unexpected ingredients) can be combined to create new favorites for the holidays-or any time of year.
The best of the best, these contest-winning cookies are accompanied by beautiful photographs and baking tips, insights, and essays. Indulge in these delightful, mouth-watering recipes while Minnesota's best bakers share stories of cherished holiday traditions, recall memorable cookie moments, and celebrate how baking brings us together.
Contents
Contents
Introduction
A Baker's Dozen: Tips for Great Cookies
Sandwich Cookies:
Alfajores
Almond Sandwiches
Apple Pecan Stars
Cinnamon Cookie-Butter Sandwich Cookies
Clareos
Peanut Stars
Pistachio Orange Cookies
Red Velvet Whoopie Pies
Rosemary Lemon Creams
Drop Cookies:
Acorn Cookies
Bacon Cornmeal Venetos
Brandy Cherry Cookies
Buttery Blueberry Buttons
Candy Cane Sugar Cookies
Cardamom Cherry Buttons
Cardamom Cookies
Cardamom Crescents
Cardamom Orange Sugar Cookies
Cashew Lemon Shortbread Cookies
Chocolate Decadence Cookies
Chocolate-Dipped Triple Coconut Haystacks
Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
Chocolate Toffee Cookies
Coffee and Irish-Cream Dreams
Cranberry Cat Kisses
Devil's Delight Cookies
Diablo Snowballs
Double-Chocolate Cherry Drops
Espresso Hazelnut Truffle Cookies
French-Swiss Butter Cookies
Frosted Cashew Cookies
Grasshoppers
Hot and Sassy Peanut Butter Buds
Hot Cocoa Cookies
Italian Almond Cookies
Italian Cream Cake Cookies
Lime Coolers
Limoncello Kisses
Malted Milk Ball Cookies
Maple-Roasted Walnut Delights
Mocha Cappuccino Cookies
Nut Goodie Thumbprints
Orange Almond Melting Moments
Orange Ginger Drops
Orange Kisses
Persian Molasses Crinkles
Pumpkin Cookies
Ricotta Sugar Cookies
Sambuca Chocolate Crinkles
Snowball Clippers
Strawberry Margarita Gems
Sugar Plum Doodles
Swedish Almond Chocolate Macaroons
Swiss Chocolate Buttersweets
Taffy Treats
Whiskey Gingers
White Chocolate-Cherry Tea Cakes
Cutout Cookies:
Chai Crescents
Cherry Almond Turnovers
Cherry Pinwheels
Cranberry Cornmeal Shortbread Cookies
Cranberry-Filled Cookies
Ginger Creams
Kolaches
Lemon-Lime Christmas Trees
Minnesota Sundae Cookies
Orange Chocolate Cookies
Smoky Blue-Cheese Cherry Cookies
Spiced Orange and Rye Shortbread
Viennese Wafers with Lemon
Zazvorniky
Refrigerator Cookies:
Almond Palmiers
Cappuccino Flats
Cinnamon Bun Cookies
Cranberry Lemon Drops
Cranberry Pecan Swirls
Korova Cookies
Marzipan Cherry Shortbread
Nancy's Anise Pecan Cookies
New Scenic Cookies
Orange Turmeric Cookies
Pistachio Pine Cones
Swedish Shortbread Cookies
Bar Cookies:
Almond Ricotta Bars
Almond Triangles
Cardamom Shortbread Cookies
Kit-Kat Treats
Kossuth Kifli
Spumoni Squares
Other Cookies:
Almond Spoons
Chai Meringues
Chocolate-Drizzled Churros
Chocolate Salami
Cranberry Pumpkin-Seed Biscotti
Dark Chocolate Fig Rolls
German Sour Cream Twists
Gingerbread Cornmeal Biscotti
Macadamia Nut Tarts
Nutmeg Sticks
Raspberry Truffle Tartlets
Royal Sweets with Chocolate Balsamic Sauce
Tiramisu Twists
Cookie . . . or Bar?
Nanaimo Bars
Cookie Memories:
Ambassadors of Scandinavian Treats
Sandbakkels
Laverne's Million-Dollar Cookies
Salted Peanut Cookies
Cinnamon Dreams
A Cookie by Many Names
Russian Tea Cakes
In the Kitchen with Hedvig
Ranger Cookies
Mrs. Hewitt's Molasses Crinkles
Chocolate Sugar Cookies
Sesame Ginger Cookies with Miso
The Ultimate Cookie Pairing
Peanut Butter Blossoms
Baker Memories
Acknowledgments
Index
Cookies A-Z
Cookies by Category
Cookies by Contest Year
Cookies by Contest Baker
