121910 Cream Cheese-Walnut Cookies

This recipe is very rich - 1lb butter plus 6oz cream cheese....ooh, there goes the waistline. Personally, I think the cookies could stand to be a bit sweeter - the 1.25c sugar pales to the 4c flour. The recipe is relatively easy to make - easy to roll in walnuts and slice without falling apart. The cookies are buttery and simple - nothing complex about it. But, like I said, a little more sweeter...

121210Chewy Molasses Crinkles

After an hour in the refrigerator, the dough was still pretty soft and difficult to work with. May need to chill overnight. Contrary to the recipe prediction, I made almost 4 dozen cookies and I don't believe the cookie size was too small. The cookies have a strong molasses flavor, very reminiscent of gingersnap cookies. I'm not a big fan of molasses, but some of the guys at worked loved them! In fact, one replied that this was his favorite Martha Stewart recipe that I've brought into work so far!!! Others said the recipe was a "keeper"...guess I'll be making them again....

120310 Chocolate Pistachio Biscotti

Again, another easy recipe to assemble. I used walnuts instead of pistachios - they turned out great! As the recipe indicates, these biscottis are a bit on the dense/ thicker side, which is fine because they also tend to be a little softer in the middle (not hard as a rock like some biscottis). Next time, I would make 2 little logs about 2"wide because I think the 4" is way too big to go with my morning coffee. Very yummy and bursting with chocolate!