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Greetings!
I couldn’t wait! I was planning to share this on Monday, but you’ll want to make these over the weekend. This cookie is the favorite in our house each and every Christmas. These are my dad’s all time favorites. It’s just not Christmas without them. They’re light, crunchy, sweet and a little messy! I’m overdue to make them this year. I have to time it so we have them soon enough, but also so they last until Christmas. I guess I can always make more!
Yesterday was our 32nd wedding anniversary. We worked together in the bakery preparing kits for this weekend, and just hung out,. Then we ordered take out, and watched a new episode of Grey’s Anatomy. It was a great day with a great guy!
New Classes are open!
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a Scandinavian Baking Class coming up on December 28th over Zoom. Jacqui Sharpe from Fika Bakery in Three Lakes, WI and I will be co-teaching. She’ll be teaching a few from her kitchen and I’ll be in mine. It’s a Monday evening, starting at 6:30 PM. She has SO much great information on Sweden’s love of pastry and customs.
We’re really looking forward to teaching together. We met over Instagram when we were both vacationing in Door County. We followed each other’s posts, then one day when I had traveled to Wisconsin’s north woods, I popped in to say hi. Well, as they say, the rest is history. I hope you’ll join us for this cozy baking spiced evening.
I’ve also added more classes in January. These are new. There’s a class all about CHOCOLATE!. History, tempering, ganache, and more. It’s a new class and one you’ve been asking for!
I’ve also scheduled a Macaron Class and a Croissant Class for those wanting a refresher or ready to jump into the world of French Pastries! These are great classes for giving. Just head over to the CLASSES page to register.
Pecan Crescents
Pecan Crescents
I’ve been baking at the holidays since I can remember. As we got older our job in the baking changed. One of my first jobs was shaping the crescents. Make a double batch, these will go fast!
Makes about three dozen
Ingredients:
1 cup shortening
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/4 cups pecans, chopped
2 cups all purpose flour
1 Tbsp water
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
powdered sugar for rolling the warm cookies
Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F.
Mix the the ingredients together to form a dough.
Pinch off a walnut sized piece of dough. Roll between your palms to make a log shape. About 2- 2 1/2 inches in length.
Place on the parchment lined baking sheet. Bend the log to form a crescent shape.
Bake 12-15 minutes, until barely golden brown.
When cool enough to handle, roll in powdered sugar.
Stay tuned for Cookie #4!
Stay healthy, be safe & kind
xo
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