This recipe for Hazelnut Cookies from Little Upside Down Cake came into my life the way most good ideas do. Casually. Confidently. With zero warning that it would humble me aesthetically while emotionally nourishing me through butter. On paper, these are hazelnut cookies. In practice, I did not have expensive hazelnut flour. What I did have was almond flour, which I swapped in without regret or apology. The result was less “elegant European hazelnut biscuit” and more “luxury almond shortbread that could ruin your self control.” The dough itself is extremely pleasant. Butter and sugar get creamed together until they
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Punitions
from Paris Sweets by Dorie Greenspan Punitions, or “Punishments” in English, is a butter cookie which lends itself well to different topping. According to Dorie Greenspan and her research, this cookie gained i’s name through grandmothers wheedling children by telling them to take their punishment and giving them a cookie. Cute, eh? That was SO not my childhood. And like any sane person on hearing the title of the cookie, my boyfriend said, “Are you sure you want to make those? They sound… ominous.” But I went THERE. I made them. And you know what? They tasted like hella good