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Lori Wilde | The Christmas Cookie Collection with Free Recipe
October 29, 2013
Believe it or not, Christmas is breathing down our necks and I have the good
fortune to be writing a Christmas story right now. It's always nice to be living
the season you're writing about. My current release, THE
CHRISTMAS COOKIE COLLECTION, is an anthology of Christmas tales set in
Twilight, Texas. In the spirit of getting ready for the holidays, I'm including
one of my all time favorite cookie recipes. Growing up, these cookies were
always in our holiday cookie jar. I'm not sure where my mom got the original
recipe, but I make them every year. Thumbprint Cookies
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups of all-purpose flour
¾ cup granulated sugar, plus ½ cup for rolling
½ cups unsweetened Dutch cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt.
½ cup butter
2 large eggs, whisked
½ cup confectioners' sugar
1 jar maraschino cherries
Directions:
Stir together ¾ cup of granulated sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt in
a medium bowl. Add melted butter and eggs and combine. Cover and refrigerator
dough for 30 minutes.
While dough is chilling, preheat oven to 325 degrees and line 2 baking sheets
with parchment paper. Place confectioners' sugar and the remaining ½ cup of
granulated sugar on two separate saucers or bowls. Take a tablespoon of dough
and roll it in first the granulated sugar and then in the confectioners' sugar.
Position 1 inch apart on baking sheets. Lightly flatten each ball and make a
deep ½ inch indentation in the center with your thumb. Place a maraschino cherry
into the indention.
Bake 8-10 minutes. Let cool on baking sheet for one minute, then transfer to
cooling rack to cool completely. I hope you enjoy them as much as my family and I do. Happy holidays!
Carrie:
When she was just eighteen, Carrie and her high school
sweetheart,
Mark Leland, snuck off to Las Vegas after graduation and got married. When they
returned home, Mark's parents forced them into an annulment and Mark didn't
resist.
Now he's got a second chance at redemption, but what will win out? His coveted
career and fast track lifestyle? Or the one true love who has the power to erase
the mistakes of the past?
Raylene:
After her husband leaves her for keeping a dark secret,
Raylene
hires a young woman who is down on her luck, only to discover the woman is the
daughter that she sold at birth in order to give her husband his start. Can the
Christmas season bring the redemption she so desperately seeks and reconnect her
to the love of her life?
Christine:
Everyone in Twilight knows that Christine Noble can mix
up the
most delectable concoctions and turn them into amazing Christmas cookies. And
the whole town also knows she can't seem to find the ingredients for finding
true love. Then through the doors of her shops strides Eli Borden-the man she
still thinks of as "the best kisser ever."
Lori
Comments
11 comments posted.
Re: Lori Wilde | The Christmas Cookie Collection with Free Recipe
This is on my list.
(Pat Lieberman 9:26am October 29, 2013)
Your latest book has it all.....one that once you make the cookies, you can take a few for yourself, sit down in your favorite comfy chair with a nice cup of tea and read, read, and read to the very last page. Besides, you doesn't like cookies and a good book? Thank you.
(C Culp 10:06am October 29, 2013)
Thank you for the recipe, Lori!! I've made thumbprint cookies before, but mine had a yellow batter, and were rolled in finely chopped nuts, and filled with jelly instead of a maraschino cherry. I'll have to give this one a try. As for your book, I know it's going to be a winner!! Who doesn't love a Christmas story, with cookie recipes to boot? I'll be getting my hot chocolate ready, and keeping my favorite seat free, so I'll have a place to get cozy. I'll also make sure to have plenty of flour on hand, and see what other goodies I'll have to pick up from the store, so I can add to my collection, since it's my favorite time of year to bake!! Have a wonderful Christmas!!
(Peggy Roberson 12:27pm October 29, 2013)
Looking forward to reading your book and trying your cookie recipe.
(Carol Woodruff 6:38pm October 29, 2013)
Thanks for the cookie recipe. I have never made thumbprint cookies before. Love to see how they will turn out before I share.
(Kai Wong 12:30pm October 30, 2013)
Thank you for the cookie recipe - they are one of my favorite kinds! Your
book sounds wonderful! Thanks for the chance to win!!!
(Linda Brennan 8:22pm October 30, 2013)
Thanks for the cookie recipe - the nieces and I will have fun
making the thumbprint cookies!
(Mary C 9:22pm October 30, 2013)
Yummy - saved that recipe!
(Diane Sallans 5:28pm October 31, 2013)
Thank you for sharing a family recipe. I appreciate the chance to win this book; it sounds like a good read.
(Leona Olson 5:49pm October 31, 2013)
I've made a version of these but I'll try adding cocoa the
next time. Thanks for the recipe and I can't wait to put my
fingers in the centers of the cookies and hold your book in my
hands.
(Alyson Widen 8:19pm October 31, 2013)
Thanks for the recipe. I always make several different kinds of cookies around the holidays and trade with neighbors. This will be a new variety. I would love to win a copy of The Christmas Cookie Collection.
(Linda Harrison 1:23pm November 1, 2013)
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