Comments on: Happy New Year!

By: laura

laura — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:53:14 +0000

Sam! I’m sorry, I don’t know how I skipped you. I would LOVE to taste those meringues that your Memere made. Chocolate chips in meringue?! Pure awesomeness.

By: laura

laura — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:31:41 +0000

Hey thanks, everybody, for the comments! It was like a second Christmas hearing from all of you.

Debbie – I love the look of those gingersnaps – the secret is pressing them with the base of a cut glass water goblet. My mum uses the base of a cut glass sugar bowl for hers. You just dip the glass in sugar before you squash a ball of dough. Ta da!

Kristen – those mini marshmallows are the KEY to the wacky cookie face. My only problem is that I like the look of those best, but I’m not that fond of marshmallow. Such troubles.

Courtney – thank you!!! And as much as I’d love to be the banana gram queen, I’m pretty sure you won as many rounds as I did! I’m mainly just feeling lucky that Kristen lives across the country – she’s the real threat here. Don’t let her little ‘decorated’ stunt fool you.

Joe – I’ll remember that. Come over!

Tom – hey, I live with you. I’ll thank you in person.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:03:37 +0000

Great cookie-focused post.

I loved the meringue surprise, it just goes to show that can never go wrong eating things you find in our kitchen.

By: joe

joe — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:26:54 +0000

Laura!!! Ricotta pies are only appropriate on days ending in “Y”. Please abide by this simple rule.

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:30:49 +0000

We never had a Christmas without Memere Couture’s meringue cookies- she made 2 kinds, wintergreen (w/ green food coloring), and peppermint (with red food coloring). The key ingredient, of course, was chocolate chips. Ahh, mint and chocolate! I tried making them at some point, and they are pretty easy- the trick is, of course, is to put them in the oven, turn the oven off, and wait overnight.

That ricotta pie looks fabulous- can you share the recipe?

By: courtney

courtney — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:04:42 +0000

thank goodness my favorite bloggie is back! here’s to a great 2010 where you continue your reign as queen of banana grams.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:14:06 +0000

Oops, I meant to say decorated!

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:13:42 +0000

You didn’t tell me there would be ricotta pie at the party! What an incredible spread! I love your decorate Christmas cookies. I’m going to tuck away the mini-marshmallow idea for next Christmas!

By: Debbie

Debbie — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:17:49 +0000

How did you make your gingersnaps look like that? So cool!

Have you tried Dorie Greenspan’s World Peace Cookies? To. Die. For.

Happy New Year!