I’m aware of what month it is. As I sit here writing this, it’s July. People are firing up grills, complaining about humidity, and pretending they enjoy zucchini from their neighbors’ gardens. Meanwhile, I’m about to tell you about one of the coziest autumn baking recipes I’ve made. In my defense, I did make these in the fall. My camera roll can prove it. The only thing that didn’t happen in autumn was me sitting down to write about them. Apparently my recipe review backlog has become as overstuffed as my Pinterest boards. Fortunately, good cookies don’t care what the calendar says.
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Hazelnut Cookies (or: Almond Cookies That Look Like Crimes Against Cats)
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
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