Wednesday was the last night of cookie baking, then I shifted over to apps. I made the hazelnut truffles, a recipe from the December 2001 Gourmet, that seems to be one of those issues with just a lot of good stuff – these truffles (hotly debated in the recipe forums – “Not really a truffle – it’s a brownie with ganache on top…”); butternut squash lasagne; shrimp sticks – just search Epicurious with “december 2001”. I made the windmill cookies, slice & bakes, an easy version of Speculaas, not requiring molds, that taste just like the grocery store ones, only better. And I made the fig bars, that are Italian, but seem Israeli to me, because of the fig and oranges in them. And peppermint stick brownies, that I wasn’t going to make this year, a special request from Al.
