The End of Delicious

This is the End My Friends...

Here is the Cookie Central Shortlist 2012. I will ask each of our cookies

 to step up and introduce themselves:

Hi, my name is Chocolate Citrus Truffle. You can find my recipe on the Land O’ Lakes website.

Heath Bar Shortbread here, deliciously dipped in chocolate, (basically because she can’t make a

recipe without trying to fancy it up.) Google me if you want my recipe.

Kourambiedes is my name.  I’m Greek. She found me in an old Joy of Cooking cookbook. But, like Heath Bar Shortbread said, she just can’t leave well enough alone. So, because she didn’t like the idea of putting a clove in each cookie and, because she didn’t have Ouzo on-hand, she substituted sherry, in which she steeped the cloves for 24 hours before removing them and using the steeped sherry.

That's me on the right there, next to the cappuccino brownies and chocolate-covered strawberries. She actually had to pull this photo out of the archives, because, and I'm not kidding, I got scooped up before she could even take a picture of me. As you can probably tell, I have the distinction of being the top favorite of the girls this weekend. They call me “Pinks” but, my real name is Cherry White Chocolate Shortbread. And this is crazy, but google me, maybe?

I’m called Strawberry and Cream. I am brand new to her list and I don’t mind saying, I also was a hit with a couple of young ladies who sampled me this weekend. You can find me on the King Arthur website, but be forewarned: I require special molds.

I’m the big brother of Strawberry and Cream. I’ve been around, if you know what I mean. My name is Chocolate-Filled Walnut Cookie. You can find a version of me on the King Arthur site, but like my little sister said, you can basically throw away the mold when you make us.

Hi, (blush) I’m, uh, my name is Butter Mint. I'm kind of shy. I came from the Land O’ Lakes website. I think she added a light mint-scented buttercream, and then sprinkled on some pink finely-chopped Andes chocolate mints. The girls did so like me. They even asked her to quadruple me for next year. I overheard them call me the sleeper fave. Tee-hee!

I'm Chocolate Cherry Cookie and the bee-atch, uh, I mean, the Boss, is leaving me off the list next year. Can you believe this? She said I was nothing but trouble and I spread too much. Whatever that means. I'm suspicious that it was something she did wrong. All I'm sure of is that her husband liked me, liked me a lot. I'm wondering if she's just jealous.

I wasn’t on the longlist, but somehow she finagled to get me on the shortlist. My name is Linzer. And like my cousins Choc and Strawb, I originated on the King Arthur website. But, just between you & me, I overheard her say, when she read the recipe, “That’s way too much cinnamon! I’m cutting in half.”

Hey, s'up? I’m your basic butter cookie. She prefers the Land O’ Lakes recipe version of me, in which I have the name Best Ever Butter Cookie. The name says it all. And do I clean up nicely. Oh, and she made me say it, otherwise I wouldn't bother to mention it - The cookies  in this photo were decorated by one of the girls at "cookie central" & so are not a true depiction of her own precious little cookies.

And last, but not least... I’m the other basic, go-to cookie. I’m Scandinavian and my name is Spritz. She loves me because I make it so easy for her to look like she’s some kind of pro. I do require a cookie press, but I’m worth the investment, a little make up and I look like I belong in the finest bakery. ;-)