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Week 8 of Twelve Weeks of Christmas Cookies - Apricot Almond Crescents

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Don't you wish there was a rule that all cookbooks should have a picture for every recipe? Have you ever looked at recipe that has no picture to go along with it and  imagined how it would look and taste? Does it live up to[...]

Week 7 of Twelve Weeks of Christmas Cookies - Almond and Macadamia Shortbread

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Shortbread is always popular in Australia for Christmas and there are many varieties that can be purchased at supermarkets and speciality stores but for the best variety you can't go past homemade shortbread. I love buttery shortbread[...]

Week 10 of Twelve Weeks of Christmas Cookies - Choc-Cherry Coconut Bon Bons

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Phew! What a week it has been! So much has happened it feels longer than it has been. Today my son finished his primary school education. It has been such an exciting week as he was awarded Dux of his school for 2010. This is such an honour[...]

Twelve Days of Desserts: Day One

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The Fine Living Network is running their "12 Days of Desserts" featuring recipes from celebrity chefs from now until December 24. It's 12 days until Christmas Day. From tonight through the 25th, I'll be posting a new blog with a different,[...]

Twelve Days of Desserts: Day Ten

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A delicious and unique cookie: perfect for last minute baking from Nile Style: Egyptian Cuisine and Culture. Cherry Topped Semolina Cookies Biskoweet bil Smeed wa Kareez 10 Servings Makes 20 Cookies Semolina is a yellow[...]

Twelve Days of Desserts: Day Four

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Calabrian Sesame Cookies/ Biscotti di Regina These cookies are a family favorite. Since antiquity, sesame seeds were seen as symbols of fertility. For this reason, in the Southern Italian province of Calabria they are served on[...]

Twelve Days of Desserts: Day Eight

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Cardamom Shortbread Cookies (Ghorayeba) This Middle Eastern cookie can be enjoyed on many special occasions. The cookies are a beautiful white color and are decorated with a single blanched almond sliver. These cookies can be frozen[...]

Twelve Days of Desserts: Day Eleven

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From Nile Style: Egyptian Cuisine and Culture Alexandria, Egypt's famous bakeries, like Patisserie Vinous often showcase these cookies stacked high on enormous trays. Mahlab , which is made from crushed cherry kernels, is the star of[...]

The Twelfth Cookie of Christmas

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  I?m sorry to say that the cookies I?m sharing with you (metaphorically, at any rate) today are not my finest work.   There?s nothing wrong with the recipe, I assure you. But some cookie batches?and days?don?t turn out[...]

The Twelfth Cookie of Christmas

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  I?m sorry to say that the cookies I?m sharing with you (metaphorically, at any rate) today are not my finest work.   There?s nothing wrong with the recipe, I assure you. But some cookie batches?and days?don?t turn out[...]