1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2. Place butter, syrup, and sugar
in a saucepan and melt together.
3. Set it aside to cool a little.
4. Place the flour and baking powder in a bowl and add the
butter mixture.
5. Work together until you have a smooth
dough.
6. Roll the dough into walnut-sized balls and place
on a baking tray covered with parchment paper.
7. Use your
thumb and make a bowl for the caramel to sit in in each ball.
8. Bake until golden, about 10 to 12 minutes.
9. Cool on a
wire rack.
*Before serving fill each cookie with a little caramel sauce.
Pepper Cookies
A german classic, a more spicy cookie.
Makes 30
1 stick butter, soft
3⁄
4 cup light brown sugar
1⁄
4 cup molasses
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
21⁄
4 cups plain flour
1⁄
4 cup ground pepper
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1⁄
2 teaspoon ginger
1⁄
4 teaspoon cloves
1⁄
2 teaspoon baking powder
confectioners sugar
Marshmallow & Hazelnut Globes
These are really sinful and great. Fill them just before serving.
Makes 16
4 eggs
1⁄
2 cup sugar
1 cup plain flour
1⁄
2 teaspoon baking powder
1⁄
3 cup ground hazelnuts
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1⁄
2 stick melter butter
1 jar marshmallow fluff
1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2. Beat eggs and sugar until
smooth.
3. Add molasses and vanilla and beat well.
4. Add
flour, pepper, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and baking powder
and stir until you have a smooth dough.
5. Roll dough into
walnut sized balls and place on a baking tray covered with
parchment paper.
6. Bake until golden, about 12 to 15
minutes.
7. Let them cool slightly on a wire rack and then roll
in confectioners sugar.
Amaretto Dreams
Like a cheat cookie, no baking! But they are awesome.
Makes 30
1 store-bought brownie cake
1⁄
4 cup amaretto
sanding sugar
1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2. Beat eggs and sugar until light
and fluffy.
3. Add flour, hazelnuts, vanilla, and butter, and
beat until you have a smooth dough.
4. Spoon two teaspoon
of the dough onto a baking tray covered with parchment
paper.
5. Bake until golden, about 10 minutes.
6. Cool on a
wire rack. Just before serving, sandwich two cookies together
with some marshmallow fluff between them.
1. Break up the cake into a large bowl.
2. Add the amaretto
and work in into the mixture. It should come together like a
dough.
3. Roll into walnut sized balls and roll in sanding sugar.
4. Place on a tray and refrigerate until serving.
