by Juli Leonard
Tweet “Every year when I pull out my collection of Christmas cookie recipes, it’s like shuffling through the pages of my life.” That was the opening sentece of Amy Galloway’s story, “A Recipe Box full of Christmas memories,” that appeared in the 2016 Holiday Baking section. To read about these Chocolate Snow Balls and the other […]
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by Juli Leonard
TweetThese Rainbow Cookies are a classic Italian treat; the cake layers are meant to look like the Italian flag. These cookies as well as Pizelles were Mary Tully’s contributions to the annual holiday cookie exchange that she started in the 1970s. To read about Tully and her family continuing this tradition, go to “Raleigh woman’s […]
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by Juli Leonard
Tweet The Penniman family of Cary learns the rewards of baking and delivering 600 cookies as thank you gifts during the holidays. Lucky for us, Kim Penniman shared the recipe for her Snowflake Chocolate Chip Butter Cookies. To read the full story, which was published in the 2006 Holiday Baking special section, go HERE. 1 pound […]
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by Juli Leonard
TweetThese Pizelles and the Rainbow Cookies were Mary Tully’s contributions to the annual holiday cookie exchange that she started in the 1970s. To read about Tully and her family continuing this tradition, go to “Raleigh woman’s holiday cookie exchange lives on,” which appeared in our 2016 Holiday Baking section. You will need a pizelle iron […]
Categories: Christmas, Cookies, Dessert, Holiday • Tags: cookie, dessert, holiday
by Juli Leonard
Tweet “Every year when I pull out my collection of Christmas cookie recipes, it’s like shuffling through the pages of my life.” That was the opening sentece of Amy Galloway’s story, “A Recipe Box full of Christmas memories,” that appeared in the 2016 Holiday Baking section. To read about these Fresh Snow on Plowed Ground […]
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by Juli Leonard
TweetChapel Hill cookbook author Nancie McDermott, author of “Southern Cakes” and “Southern Pies,” explains how and why coconut became the star ingredient at Southern holidays. And she shares this recipe for Coconut Cake and Ambrosia. About the cake, McDermott writes: “This is the cake that made my grandmother famous all over Orange and Durham counties. […]
Categories: Cake, Dessert, Holiday • Tags: Cake, coconut, dessert, holiday, Nancie McDermott