Holiday Cookies 2021

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A celebration of all things baking

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EDITORIAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Brian Hart Hoffman MANAGING EDITOR Kyle Grace Mills ASSISTANT EDITOR Olivia Kavanagh BAKING AND PASTRY EDITOR Tricia Manzanero Stuedeman EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Alex Kolar, Hannah Pellicer SENIOR COPY EDITOR Rhonda Lee Lother CO
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Editors Letter
I can’t believe this is our fifth annual Holiday Cookies special issue! In a festive celebration of five years of cut, iced, and sandwiched cookies, I’m introducing a new roster of all-star bakers and their crave-worthy recipes. Though each baking bl
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Meet the Bakers
JOSH LEHENBAUER is a self-taught baker, food photographer, and stylist residing in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his husband and their little pup. He’s always tackling new bakes and sharing recipes along the way to help brighten up your day—anything from pa
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Thumbprint Cookies
Makes about 20 cookies Recipe by Bake from Scratch These thumbprints are light and bright like the fresh fallen snow of winter and ornate enough to rival even the loveliest snowflake. The buttery, shortbread-like cookies get a spike of homemade almon
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Retro Revamps
Makes 8 cookies Recipe by Josh Lehenbauer A holiday twist on the classic New York black-and-whites! These fluffy, almost cake-like cookies are topped with both a peppermint and a vanilla glaze. 6 tablespoons (84 grams) unsalted butter, room temperatu
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Holiday Twists
Makes 24 madeleines Recipe by Emma Duckworth Flavored with warming ginger, dipped in white chocolate, and sprinkled with gingersnap crumbs, these light and tender madeleines conjour the best of the holiday season. ½ cup (113 grams) plus 1 tablespoon
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Sandwich Cookies
Makes 24 sandwich cookies Recipe by Annalise Sandberg These classic soft and buttery spritz cookies are pressed into fun holiday shapes and then sandwiched together with raspberry jam, for the perfect poppable holiday treat. 1 cup (227 grams) unsalte
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Cookies That Snap
Makes about 30 cookies Recipe by Annalise Sandberg You can’t go wrong adding chocolate to this favorite. Traditional gingerbread cookies with cocoa powder are even more tempting than the classic. 10 tablespoons (140 grams) unsalted butter, softened¾
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Chocolate Decadence
Makes about 30 cookies Recipe by Allie Roomberg These rich, fudgy brownie cookies feature a deep, dark chocolate punch along with a sunny hit of bright, seasonal satsuma flavor. 1⅓ cups (267 grams) granulated sugar1 cup (85 grams) unsweetened cocoa p
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Recipe Index
Pecan Sticky Bars 68 Tiramisù Cheesecake Bars 57 Browned Butter-Chai Spice Snickerdoodles 43 Chocolate Chip Graham Cracker Cookies 107 Chocolate Hazelnut Snowballs 106 Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies with a Peppermint Twist 35 Cranberry-Pistachio Thumbp

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