December 29th, 2010 | by Jeri | published in A State of Yum
This year we decided to leave the cookie beaten path and venture off onto the road less traveled (by this family anyway). A love of sugar, pecans and peppermint made adding two new cookies to our list easy. So this year we decided to make Mexican Wedding Cookies and Peppermint Snowballs. These two cookies are [...]
December 28th, 2010 | by Jeri | published in A State of Yum
Yes, yes, yesterday I was supposed to post day 2 of the 12 Days of Cookies, thereby providing you with this lovely recipe for Paradise Macaroons. But in my defense, I slept all day yesterday, which I suppose is not much of a defense at all. That said, and without further ado, I give you [...]
December 26th, 2010 | by Jeri | published in A State of Yum
Today, on the 1st day of Christmas (okay 2nd, but the 1st day of the 12 days of Cookies), let’s take advantage of the post-Xmas downtime time and make some delicious cookies! The trick to this cookie is making sure you spend the time beating the egg white mixture into stiff peaks and setting aside [...]
December 2nd, 2010 | by Jeri | published in A State of Yum
Each holiday season I bake a plethora of pure yum, choosing from over 300 recipes and posting the occasional recipe upon request. This year, I thought I’d do something different. As I bake many of our family’s favorites and add a few new cookies to the mix over the next twelve days, I will post [...]
