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Friday Cookies: Ginger-not-so-snaps (or, my first time with molasses)

gingersnaps 

When I first set myself to the cookie challenge, I knew eventually I would come across a cookie I was a little less than fond of. And this morning, there it was: the gingersnap. This is a least-favored nation kind of cookie. I have never liked gingersnaps. I kind of, actually, hate them.

But in my own twisted inclination to stick to arbitrary rules, and in the recognition that other people do, in fact, like these cookies, and that in this season of giving I could probably always give them away, I figured what the hell. Gingersnaps here I come.

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1 comment December 15, 2006

Friday Cookies: Cranberry, Orange, and Chocolate Chip Goodness

Cranberry, Orange, and Chocolate Chip Cookies

‘Tis Friday, which means Slashfood’s Cookie of the Week. Yay for cookies! (That is what my housemates said as they rushed out of the door this morning. They are stoked about this cookie thing.)

This week: Cranberry, Orange, and Dark Chocolate Chip. Oh christ, they are good. They are rich and buttery, and the orange and cranberry add this bright, tangy awesomeness. And beating the butter and sugar together without an electric mixer gave me a little bit of an upper-body workout. Sweet. Keep reading for the recipe…

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We are Chocolate Peppermint Cookies, and you will be happy if you eat us!

Slashfood is featuring a cookie a week until Christmas, and I am all over that. I used to think I was no good at baking, but after my pumpkin cheesecake and oatmeal cookies and two loaves of whole-wheat break with nary a problem, I’m starting to revise this opinion. This week’s cookie: Chocolate Peppermint Drops.

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