Gourmet Shares Best Cookie Recipes from 1941 to 2008
Peanut butter cookies are a big hit in my circle of friends during the holidays. Photograph by Allison Hemler.
Just in time for this year's round of holiday parties, Gourmet dug around in their archives to find their favorite cookies from 1941 until now. All of the recipes are unchanged from their original publication, though many from the early years include slight changes or explanations. The holiday season is the perfect time to overindulge and test out as many of these as possible. It's time to break out the KitchenAid mixer!
Though I'd probably eat every cookie listed (except those with alcohol—I'm a purist), these are my personal favorites:
1955: Biscotti Di Regina
1972: Dutch Caramel Cashew Cookies
1989: Brown Sugar Ginger Crisps
2006: Pistachio Cranberry Icebox Cookies
Do you have a favorite cookie recipe to share for the holiday season?
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2 Comments:
I love to make molasses crinkles or snickerdoodles to keep around the house, and beautiful linzer cookies to give as gifts. I have to say, though, I made those 2006 cranberry pistachio cookies and stacked them up in clear gift bags as gifts for friends, and they were a HUGE hit! I'll went with linzer last year, but I'll probably make them both this time around (in addition to chocolate salted butter caramels, nut brittle, and parmesan black pepper biscotti--all of which are on epicurious.com). Ooh, this is making me excited for the holidays!!
ChristineB at 2:16PM on 12/04/08
I've made the pistachio cranberry icebox cookies several times and they are delicious. They're really simple, but look and taste like you spent hours on them. Easier to make as rounds than squared off like the recipe says, though.
Merkin at 4:45PM on 12/04/08