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where design + flavor intersect

Stamped Chocolate Shortbread

1/16/2022

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No need to buy cookie stamps...use kitchen tools to create texture!
​See my Spicy Stamped Cookie recipe for details on the tools–scroll to bottom for pix. If you don't feel like stamping, skip step 7 in the recipe. These cookies are just as yummy without texture. :-)

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some tips:
  • butter — feel free to substitute vegan butter. i've done it and they turn out awesome. Most vegan butter has salt, but if you can find it, Earth Balance now has unsalted vegan butter sticks. If your butter has salt, omit the salt in the recipe.
  • black cocoa — if you don't have access to this oreo-like wonder, you can substitute natural cocoa. However, i HIGHLY recommend you make the effort to get it.​​


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Brooklyn Blackout Mint Shortbread

12/19/2018

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some tips:
  • black cocoa — if you don't have access to this oreo-like wonder, you can substitute regular cocoa. But i HIGHLY recommend you make the effort to get it.
  • meringue powder in icing — use if you want icing to firm up completely, which is a good idea for presentation purposes if you plan to pack/gift them
  • crushed candy canes — for years i used the crush-in-ziploc-bag method and no matter how neat i tried to be, i found little sticky shards all over my kitchen for weeks. this year i used a food processor. so much easier and neater! and no need to freeze the candy canes, as i read many places online. just pulse till you get the size pieces you'd like. 

Yield: about 60 2” cookies

​Dough Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
½ teaspoon sea salt
1 ½ tsp peppermint extract
¼ cup + 1 tbsp black cocoa (i use King Arthur)*
½ cup unsweetened natural cocoa
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
Coarse sea salt for sprinkling

Icing Ingredients:
2 cups confectioners' sugar
5-6 tbsp 
water
​pinch salt

4 tsp meringue powder (optional. i like Wilton)*
​crushed candy canes for sprinkling*




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edible flower shortbread

10/6/2018

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​I have been growing nasturtium, an edible plant, for several years now. This year I planted a bunch of new edible flowers in my garden: bachelor buttons, gem marigolds, bright lights cosmos, and chamomile. I always save the seed packets so I can identify new plants once (if!) they pop up. Well somehow I lost one particular seed packet, so all summer I assumed the pretty plants with scalloped leaves and purple flowers   were just pretty weeds. In fact so many started popping up that I almost pulled them, fearing they were too invasive!

​Anyway, I was recently at an event at  Feedfeed where they had created a fantastic edible flower/herb table-scape, and recognized my mystery plant! Turns out it’s called 'Lavender Hyssop.' It’s a perennial in the mint family, and has the most delicate licorice scent & flavor. What’s interesting is that it tastes slightly sweet. So it’s wonderful added to salads, or as a cocktail garnish. Traditionally it’s used to make tea & sachets...and commercially to flavor root beer and liqueurs. 
Seeds are mainly from Botanical Interests.


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Chocfetti Shortbread

10/6/2018

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Yield: About 3 dozen 2.5" cookies

Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
3/8 cup granulated sugar
½ teaspoon salt
2 cups all-purpose flour
​1/4 cup sprinkles (quantity can be adjusted to taste)
extra sugar for sprinkling
coarse sea salt for sprinkling
 
You will also need:
Parchment paper or silicone baking mat
wax paper
fork




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not so classic shortbread

10/6/2018

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Yield: About 2 dozen 2.5" cookies

Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
3/8 cup granulated sugar
½ teaspoon salt
2 cups all-purpose flour
extra sugar for sprinkling
coarse sea salt for sprinkling
 
You will also need:
Parchment paper or silicone baking mat
wax paper
fork




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