Two recipes done, two more doughs chilling. I still need to prepare the springerle, which gets rolled out and air-dryed in the morning. One of those with the morning coffee is something to look forward to. Fresh out of the oven is OK, but they are the rare cookie that actually only comes into its [...]

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OK, time for a break. Definitely starting to lose patience…I should have re-chilled the last of the spritz dough, but I forged onward, so the last 1/2 sheet of rosettes are only vaguely rosettish, tending more towards undifferentiated blobs. And then there’s always the issue of the last bit of dough that won’t go through [...]

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The last of the stupid spritz are in the oven. I swear I’m not gonna make them again next year.
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Note to self: Next time, remove pound of butter from top of stove BEFORE pre-heating oven.
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The convection oven in  the microwave is preheating for the bars, which take a long time. When I lived in my condo in San Carlos, CA, I got spoiled by having two ovens. It seemed superfluous until I actually cooked in that kitchen. And for our marathon baking sessions, it became indispensable. When we were [...]

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What good timing! Got to eat my savory lunch while doing the annual state-of-our-lives review with Kelly. Now, on to the lemon coconut bars.
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Spritz dough is chillin’, and so is the cook. Barry left a big ol’ pot of chicken soup on the stove, and of course there’s always beer around this house (even some that I’m NOT forbidden to drink).
I swore I would be low key this year and not go nuts making cookies (none with nuts [...]

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Spitzbuebe dough is chillin,’ on to the lemon-cream cheese spritz. I swear every year I will not make the damn pain in the ass spritz again next year. And then next year comes around, and I just can’t make cookies without torturing myself with the damn spritz press.
Barry has returned with lemons! cream cheese! light [...]

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Spice dough is chillin’. On to the spitzbuebe.
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The spousal unit reports that there are no dried cherries or creme fraiche at Kroger. Whole Foods, perhaps?
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