The Times' top cookie recipes
HOLIDAY BAKING SPECIAL
Drumroll, please: Our Top 10 (But there are plenty more, too!)
The results are in: The Times tasting panel gathered recently in The Times test kitchen to taste and judge two dozen entries to the Great Cookie Challenge. Here are our Top 10. Still want more? We've got plenty of recipes for you to try this holiday season. If we missed any of your favorites, please e-mail us at food@latimes.com.
Recipe: Panforte with candied quince
Panforte is kind of like the Italian version of fruitcake -- a dense, chewy fruitcake at that. But if all of your memories are bad ones, you have to try you this version, from Elisabeth M. Prueitt and her husband, Chad Robertson, owners of San Francisco's acclaimed Tartine Bakery. This recipe version, from their book "Tartine," is a bit complicated, but it makes one of the best panforte we've tasted -- here or in Italy. You can use any type of chopped, dried or candied fruit, in any combination, as a substitute for the fruits in the recipe as long as the total amount is about 4 1/2 cups (25 ounces).
March 19, 2008
Recipe: Hazelnut meringues with orange sherbet
Total time: 1 1/2 hours, plus 2 hours drying time for the meringues
COOKING
Chiller cookies
FINDING a stash of cookie dough in the refrigerator (OK, even if you put it there yourself) is like discovering a spa gift certificate in your Christmas stocking: It promises near-instant gratification and delicious enjoyment. After all, this season maybe you've already cured and roasted a turkey, baked three pies, whipped up a couple of gallons of eggnog and set up a fantastic brunch for the morning-after crowd. Making refrigerator cookies, so fantastically simple, qualifies as kitchen relaxation therapy.
December 13, 2006
Gingerbread macarons
Total time: 2 hours, 50 minutes (includes resting time before baking) plus cooling time for compote
December 13, 2006
Raisin-filled sugar and spice cookies
Total time: 55 minutes, plus chilling time of 2 to 3 hours
Apple-butter-filled gingerbread cookies
Total time: 1 hour, plus 4 hours chilling
Sesame tuiles
Total time: 30 minutes, plus 1 hour chilling
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