I've added these (along with lemon shortbread and cornmeal thumbprints) to my lengthy Christmas Cookie Google Doc. I've been a cookie baker for a lot of decades (in December there's always a stack of butter softening on the kitchen counter). Each year I add at least one new variety and, if the reception it receives warrants it, that recipe makes it to the yearly list. You, Susan, have been reliable: Last year it was the pistachio cookies with lemon curd (now forever on the list) and the year before, the Moroccan-inspired Pistachios Cookies with rose petals—also now a permanent fixture!
Loved these! Took a special trip to Food Works for tahini and sesame seeds, found the most beautiful Lacinato kale so these cookies (and the kale salad) turned into my whole day. I used then again as much sesame seeds, and as usual the batch on the lower shelf burned a hair--but the slight dark quality was an enhancement. The cookies are harder the next day, like biscotti!
I just made these, and bravo - what a regal little cookie. Biscotti vibes, but so much easier.
Ah, I love your assessment. She's subtle but alluring.
I've added these (along with lemon shortbread and cornmeal thumbprints) to my lengthy Christmas Cookie Google Doc. I've been a cookie baker for a lot of decades (in December there's always a stack of butter softening on the kitchen counter). Each year I add at least one new variety and, if the reception it receives warrants it, that recipe makes it to the yearly list. You, Susan, have been reliable: Last year it was the pistachio cookies with lemon curd (now forever on the list) and the year before, the Moroccan-inspired Pistachios Cookies with rose petals—also now a permanent fixture!
So happy to be in your repertoire! My husband and I loved eating the lemon curd cookies straight from the freezer, where we tried to hide them!
Loved these! Took a special trip to Food Works for tahini and sesame seeds, found the most beautiful Lacinato kale so these cookies (and the kale salad) turned into my whole day. I used then again as much sesame seeds, and as usual the batch on the lower shelf burned a hair--but the slight dark quality was an enhancement. The cookies are harder the next day, like biscotti!