tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5066108907495516690.post4782212182648219774..comments2008-12-29T07:53:35.270-05:00Chic Cookieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09334429251056133652info@chiccookiekits.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5066108907495516690.post-86130159525819856162008-12-29T07:53:00.000-05:002008-12-29T07:53:00.000-05:00Meaghan, you are a doll! Thanks SO much for your really prompt reply! Since your book was still sitting right next to my computer, I just looked "down" lol and saw your almond cookie recipe right underneath your original sugar cookie recipe. Now that you have cleared up everything so beautifully<BR/>(thanks) I do have one more question,<BR/>do the "almond" version of your cookies come out more like "shortbread" since there is no baking powder? Every holiday season<BR/>I make a cookie called an "empire biscuit" that is basically a shortbread sandwich with raspberry jam in the middle...VERY yummy! Any who...I'll pick one of your delicious recipes to try and I'll let you know how they come out. I'm also computer illiterate, so if you'd like to respond to my question to my email, I can be found at: jlj914@gmail.com<BR/><BR/>All the best to you, your husband, and your baby girl! I have three beautiful girls myself! :-)<BR/><BR/>Joannejlj914http://www.blogger.com/profile/04343456958545247278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5066108907495516690.post-83707473932655535242008-12-28T23:59:00.000-05:002008-12-28T23:59:00.000-05:00Hi jlj914! Thanks for the cookie support! I tried to email you directly but I'm sometimes computer deficient and couldn't find a direct email, so hopefully you check back on this blog. You are completely correct. My sugar cookie recipe here is different from the book. I like the sugar cookie recipe from the book, but over the years, I find this one just works SO much better for me (sigh, if I could go back and undo the past, I'd change the recipe immortalized in print, but maybe for the next book!). If you look at the recipe for almond sugar cookies in the book, the sugar recipe is basically the same, minus the almond and some salt. Whenever I make the almond, they turn out perfectly. Sharp edges, no spreading or bubbling whatsoever, so I don't know why it didn't occur to me to alter the almond recipe for regular sugar cookies. I think the secret is in the simplicity, the use of confectioner's sugar and of ONE egg only. Really, either recipe'd work, I just love this one. Of course, if making the clocks, since you're working just with circles, the spreading wouldn't be as big a deal, but if you're putting them on sticks, it's best to retain the shape. Hope this helps! Good luck with the baking and feel free to send photos or updates!! (meaghan)<BR/>PS, one more thing, this recipe makes fewer cookies than the other recipe(depending on the size of the cookies, about 30 small circles), but rather than double the recipe if you need a lot more, I'd make two separate batches.Chic Cookieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09334429251056133652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5066108907495516690.post-72902539750171886182008-12-28T09:16:00.000-05:002008-12-28T09:16:00.000-05:00Just me again...I was writing the sugar cookie recipe you have here on the blog, next to your recipe in your book, and realized that there is NO baking powder in the recipe here on your blog, but in your book you do have 1 tspn. b. powder in the recipe. Now I'm really confused. Can you help before I bake these cookies?<BR/>Thanks, and have a happy new year.jlj914http://www.blogger.com/profile/04343456958545247278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5066108907495516690.post-33325151322276252342008-12-28T09:03:00.000-05:002008-12-28T09:03:00.000-05:00I'm confused about your sugar cookie recipe! I have your book, and I love it, but the recipe you have in your book for sugar cookies, is not the recipe that you posted here on the blog to make the New Year's cookies.<BR/>Your recipe in the book calls for:<BR/>4 cups A.P. flour<BR/>1/2 tspn salt<BR/>1 tspn b. powder<BR/>2 sticks unsalted butter<BR/>2 cups granulated sugar<BR/>2 eggs<BR/>2 tspns. vanilla<BR/>1 Tblspn. water (optional)<BR/><BR/>I would really like to try and make your "clocks" but would like to know the difference between your recipes before I attmept them.<BR/>Thanks for any light you can shed!jlj914http://www.blogger.com/profile/04343456958545247278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5066108907495516690.post-24954707690216364412008-12-22T20:40:00.000-05:002008-12-22T20:40:00.000-05:00Another "Timeless" Cookie tradition to bring in the New Year! How Beautiful!Rindy Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11638244942133028059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5066108907495516690.post-37954324225883193922008-12-18T09:11:00.000-05:002008-12-18T09:11:00.000-05:00These are fantastic! Oh my god, they're so cute!deehttp://deesays.vox.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5066108907495516690.post-89717749974573726242008-12-18T08:45:00.000-05:002008-12-18T08:45:00.000-05:00These are adorable! Would you allow me to reprint these on a website I work for? It's www.aliciasrecipes.com. I would give you full credit and link back to your blog as well. Let me know and thanks!Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16967409222170903614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5066108907495516690.post-47641093308094026022008-12-18T01:14:00.000-05:002008-12-18T01:14:00.000-05:00Love the idea!My Sweet &amp; Saucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01665002249090805380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5066108907495516690.post-28361580114600644332008-12-17T13:39:00.000-05:002008-12-17T13:39:00.000-05:00Not only is this an adorable idea, but they look delicious as well (this is important!).Cakespyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11540351035366591645noreply@blogger.com