the hungry tiger: Holiday baking

December 13, 2004

Holiday baking

My oven is currently occupied by a batch of the basic sable cookies described in this week's New York Times style magazine. I suspect linkrot will soon render that reference useless, and as so often seems to happen with the Times things I want to link to, this article seems to have the kind of "special URL" that the New York Times Link Generator can't handle. As it just so happens, however, the recipe is basically the same as this one, but without lemon and with the cookies cut a little thicker and baked a little longer. I also added a bit of Maldon salt to the demerara sugar I used to decorate the edges of the cookies, for even more salt-sweet sophisticated appeal. I highly recommend taking the minimal extra trouble required to gild the lily with the egg yolk wash and sugar around the edges. The result is both chic and texturally pleasing.

I'd love to post a picture of the cookies, as well as the army of nutsacks (ho ho) I made up this weekend as part of the holiday gift preparation extravaganza, but the battery charger for our camera is malfunctioning. Crumbs.

Posted by redfox at December 13, 2004 11:20 AM (recipes) | Comments (2)

Comments

Hi -- I just found your site today, and wanted to say that I really like it! I'm going to use your spiced pecans recipe. You've earned some great holiday karma for saving me (as I had no ideas, and needed some quick, tasty gifts!)

Happy Holidays! :)

Posted by anna at December 16, 2004 02:42 PM

Excellent! I think you and your giftees will be happy with them, as they're highly addictive. I'm working on a companion recipe that's not sweet, as well. I came up with a version that tastes good for giving away, but there was so much tweaking involved that it doesn't really qualify as a recipe yet. I'll keep working at it, though -- S. will enjoy being the tester -- and hopefully soon I'll have a recipe to share for those as well.

Posted by redfox at December 17, 2004 06:59 PM