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I hear you, Andy M. Baking Christmas cookies starts at the beginning of November for me. I probably make 12 different kinds of cookies & give them out. For the people who don't bake, they have no idea how much that tray of cookies is worth!! I love doing it, though. The only problem is that when...

I can't wait to taste it!

A friend of mine told me that she gets her vanilla extract in the Spanish section of the market. The bottle says " ingredients: water, alcohol, extratives of vanilla beans". I went to the market & looked & the same brand, "Badia", said "imitation flavoring". Hers might be slightly older? It's...

Thanks so much for your answers. You are right, dragnlaw! The discussion about making vanilla has been great & very informative! I knew I could count on you guys!! (((HUGS))) Clara

Geez....my daughter & her husband & kids just got back from Mexico. If I had thought of making my own vanilla before they left, I definitely would have had her get some. I was telling her about it & she said that she saw some & it was cheap!!! When my parents would go to Italy, they'd buy...

Doesn't the alcohol evaporate when baking?

Oh my gosh! I love Discuss Cooking! There's always someone ready to help with anything you ask. Thank you, thank you, thank you to all! (((HUGS))) Clara

Thanks so much for your responses. I'll be getting some vanilla beans. I wish I had thought of this earlier since I bake a lot of different cookies for Christmas. Another question. Is there a big difference using bourbon as opposed to vodka? I would imagine the flavor might be stronger with bourbon?

Hi! I haven't been here for so long! I was thinking about making my own vanilla with vanilla beans & vodka. I know it has to ferment for about a month. My question is can I use the liquid as vanilla extract? I know you're supposed to cut the tip of the bean & squeeze the insides, seeds (?) out...

Thank you so much, jennyema!! Why didn't I think of Limocello! Of course it would have Limoncello! I can see these being made in my immediate future! :o)

Hi! I went to Italy 3 years ago...Rome, Sorrento, Naples & Capri. One of the desserts we had was cream puffs with vanilla ice cream. It had a lemon cream sauce poured over it. :yum: OMG! It was amazing. I'm trying to figure out how the sauce was made. Here's a picture..... We had those in...

babetoo...you'll love them. They're really moist & chewy. What I do is after baking & cooling, I put them in plastic freezer bags & when I getting a dish of cookies ready, I take them out of the freezer & roll them in the 10x sugar. Clara

mollyanne... Yeah...the picture on his site doesn't look like the cookies at all. That other photo is more like it. They are more square & at least 2" square. They are strong in taste of almond & cherry. I know what you mean..they are a pistachio cookie, but that's how Mike's makes them. As...

Hi! I posted some recipes in a reply to Pistachio Cookies, but I thought I'd add them here. They are soooo easy & NO candy thermometer needed! One of the recipes, the Amarreto Bon Bons, are from a friend on an art group I'm on. Candy Bark Preheat oven to 400º 1. Line cookie sheets with...

replying to mollyanne & added candy recipes You know, I made some more last night, trying to "fix" the recipe. They still came out more flat & round. I added bkg. powder & flour, but the dough way way too sticky for me to roll, so I'd just sprinkle flour on top as I'd scoop them up with a...

mollyanne... Thanks for this! I wonder what the difference is in letting the cookies stand for 2 hours and THEN baking them??? Maybe I will try these....lol...I bought pistachios in the shell...cheaper. My husband can shell them for me, but he has to do it in front of me because he'll eat half...

Mollyanne.... no...marzipan is completely different. make sure you check the pkg. when buying it. Marzipan is a paste you roll out & make shapes of fruits, or flowers. hope you like the cookies! Clara

I thought I posted this the other day, but it must have gone into cyber space! Anyway, I made the cookies from the recipe that called for 2 8 oz. cans of almond paste. I couldn't find that at my market, so I used the tubes that are 7 oz. each. They came out flat. The ones on the next tray...

yes! don't they look wonderful?

$15 a pound does sound pricey....until you go to make them yourself. $5.99 for 1 tube of almond paste. This recipe calls for 2 8oz. cans of almond paste. I couldn't find "cans". I got the Odense Almond paste & they are 7 oz. tubes. $10.99 for a 1 pound bag of pistachios. ( you use about 1/2 the...

I know what you mean! I should just get a pkg of oreos & dip them in melted white chocolate & add sprinkles!!!!

last sheet of cookies actually the last 2 sheets. Well these came out a little better, but still about the thickness of a chocolate chip cookie. I took them out when the bottoms were light golden. They taste good, but look nothing like the picture in my first post. I'm not going to try them...

made the cookies..... they came out very flat. That was the 1st sheet. The 2nd just about spread all over the cookie sheet. I took the rest of the dough & mixed some flour, bkg. pdr & 1 egg white. They are in the oven right now. I don't get it!!!!:angry: I think I'm done with trying to make...

recipe for fruitcake drops Hi Kathleen! Sorry I didn't get back to you until now...had to work :sad: Here's the recipe: Fruitcake Drops………………This is a doubled recipe & makes about 5 dozen It would just not seem like the holidays unless I had a few fruitcake cookies in each box of cookies...

Hi everyone & thanks for the warm welcomes! I cook mostly Italian , but like other stuff too. I will experiment while cooking & sometimes if I don't write down what I did, I'll forget the ingredients I used! lol I've been baking cookies forever it seems. Last year I made 20 different...