I probably won’t get them all done, but if I get at least 5 different things in the Cookie Boxes this year, I’ll be happy.\u00c2\u00a0 The Snowballs (also called Mexican Wedding Cookies) are the only ones I’ve made before, but this time I’m using a slightly different recipe.<\/p>\n
I’m also baking Fresh Gingerbread Cake with Whipped Caramel Frosting for Christmas Eve.\u00c2\u00a0 If I’ve got time, I’d really like to make Chocolate Bread Pudding Cake with Eggnog Sauce, too.<\/p>\n
And let’s not forget the Cinnamon Rolls<\/a> that have become a Christmas Day tradition!<\/p>\n So, I’ll be spending LOTS of time in the kitchen this week.\u00c2\u00a0 Before I dive back in to all the baking, here’s today’s recipe.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve only just begun, and I’m already in love with my first recipe! (A sure sign I know how to pick them, right?)\u00c2\u00a0 This is a Bobby Flay recipe, and he’s one of my favorite chefs.\u00c2\u00a0 These cookies are similar to the Chocolate Turtle Cookies<\/a> from a few years ago.\u00c2\u00a0 BUT, I like these even better because they’ve got cinnamon AND chocolate, and the filling is dulce de leche.\u00c2\u00a0 YUM!\u00c2\u00a0 And they just LOOK good, don’t they?<\/p>\n from Good Housekeeping, December 2010<\/p>\n Ingredients:<\/p>\n In large bowl, with wire whisk, stir flour, cinnamon, and salt until blended. In small bowl, with rubber spatula, combine cocoa powder, espresso powder, and oil until mixture becomes smooth paste.<\/p>\n In another large bowl, with mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks, one at a time, on medium speed until combined. Beat in vanilla, then cocoa mixture, until combined. Add flour mixture and beat on low speed just until dough<\/a> comes together. Cover bowl with plastic<\/a> wrap and refrigerate at least 20 minutes or up to 8 hours.<\/p>\n Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 3 cookie sheets with parchment paper.<\/p>\n Roll 2 teaspoons dough into a ball. Dip top of ball into egg whites, then pecans. Place on prepared cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining dough, spacing balls 1 1\/2 inches apart. With thumb or back of wooden spoon, make a deep indentation into center of each ball.<\/p>\n Bake, 1 sheet of cookies at a time, 9 minutes or until edges are set but centers are still soft. If necessary, make indentations again. Cool on pan on wire rack 2 minutes. With metal spatula, carefully transfer cookies to rack and cool completely. Store in airtight container at room temperature up to 3 days.<\/p>\n To serve, fill center of each cookie with about 1\/2 teaspoon dulce de leche.<\/p>\n The annual holiday baking has begun!!\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve got a laughably ambitious baking list this year… For my Cookie Boxes (given to family and friends), I’m planning: Mexican Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies Cranberry Bliss Bars Peppermint Bark Snowballs Peppermint Double Chocolate Cookies Momofuku Compost Cookies Spiced Snowcaps I probably won’t get them all done, but if I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,3,20,31,11,37,32,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chocolate","category-cookies","category-dessert","category-dulce-de-leche","category-freezer-friendly","category-holiday","category-pecans","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5267"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5272,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5267\/revisions\/5272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Mexican-Chocolate-Thumbprint-Cookies.jpg\" "\\"Mexican")
<\/a><\/p>\nMexican Chocolate Thumbprints<\/h4>\n
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