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Red White & Blue Cookie Pops

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Red White and Blue Cookie PopsI knew I wanted to bake something cute for the 4th of July.  For Presidents Day of last year I made the cutest double American flag cake. Last year, I didn’t have much time to brainstorm around Independence day so to celebrate I whipped up some simple patriotic bow sugar cookies.  They are cute, but I wanted to make time to bake something super cute this year.  During one of my late night Google searches I came across these adorable red, white, and blue cookie pops.  I have made similar cookies to these in the past, but I used fondant to replicate the lollipop swirl and attached them to a plain round sugar cookie. Here, the cookie dough is tinted, twisted, and swirled and served up just like that!  No icing, just a classic soft sugar cookie on a stick; what could be bad?!How to form cookie pops

Here is a basic step by step picture guide to show you how I made these cookie pops.  For a more detailed tutorial, use the one I used from Carolyn of Occasional Cookies.  She graciously shared her method on a blog I follow called The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle. You can find the tutorial here.

Cookie Pops Ready To Bake

I used my perfect sugar cookie dough to make these cookies, but you can use any sugar cookie dough you like.  Before I twisted the stick through the pop, I chilled the cookies in the freezer for 10-15 minutes, just so the cookies wouldn’t get misshapen.

Best Taste TesterHere’s Charlie, my best taste tester enjoying his cookie pop.  Happy Independence Day!

Speculoos Cookie Spread {recipe}

Cookies, No Bake Desserts

Speculoos Cookie Spread

If you have been following food trends you have definitely heard of hazelnut spread such as Nutella.  You have also come across millions of ways to use it from cookies to cakes, pies, tarts…you name it, and you can find it.  The newest food trend to hit involves speculoos cookies.  These crispy cinnamon spice cookies, or caramelised bisuits are similar to gingersnaps and are usually served around the holiday season.  They originated in Belgium and are the official cookie of Delta Airlines.  Needless to say, they are amazing and every blogger seems to be getting in on this trend including my friend Melinda of Kitchen Tested, and Chanie of Busy in Brooklyn.  Melinda made her own speculoos cookies and then turned that into a cookie spread (she also made vegan speculoos ice cream).  Chanie took the ready made packaged cookies and used them to make Lotus cookie cinnamon buns with speculoos cream cheese frosting.  I am going somewhere in between, using the store bought cookies to create my own non-dairy spread.  I used the Lotus Brand Biscoff Cookies since they are aaaahmazing.  They are sweet, salty, crispy, and perfectly spiced.  I tried to make my own cookies; they tasted good, but didn’t come close to the original.   And since the cookie spreads I have seen are not yet kosher certified, I made my own.  It is probably not quite as smooth as the original secret recipe, but it definitely does the trick!

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Speculoos Cookie Spread
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Serves: 1 cup
 
Ingredients
  • 24 speculoos cookies (I used Lotus Brand)
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • ½ tsp. cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • ¼ cup refined coconut oil, melted and cooled
  • 2 Tbs. vegetable shortening
Instructions
  1. In the bowl of a food processor fitted with the blade attachment, grind the cookies with the brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt until fine.
  2. With the machine running, stream in the coconut oil and mix until combined. You may need to scrape down the sides and mix again to make sure the whole mixture is combined.
  3. Add in the vegetable shortening and mix until smooth.

 

Passover “Oatmeal” Raisin Cookies

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Passover "Oatmeal" Raisin Cookies

I have been going to Kosherfest for quite a few years now.  While it is a lot of fun, and I never leave hungry, I am often underwhelmed in the pastry department…until this year. This year I came across a new and exciting Passover granola cleverly named Matzolah by Foodman’s Original.  Their Maple Nut Matzolah even won for best new Kosher for Passover product of 2012 and I agree!  As soon as I sampled some I knew that I wanted to develop some sort of Passover dessert with it.  The granola has great texture from sweet raisins, crunchy nuts, and is naturally sweetened with Vermont maple syrup.  It sort of tastes like crushed up oatmeal raisin cookies (minus the oats which are not considered Kosher for Passover).

Matzolah Cookies

 I already have delicious Passover recipes for double chocolate nut cookies, chocolate chip cookies, and banana chocolate chip muffins, but I wanted to offer something delicious without going into a chocolate coma.  I was convinced I could use Matzolah in place of oats to make Passover “oatmeal” raisin cookies, and I did!  These cookies are dense and moist with the right amount of crunch.  I like lots of raisins in my cookies so I added extra raisins but it’s totally optional since the Matzolah is already loaded with raisins.  These cookies do not taste like they should be Kosher for Passover which is exactly what I look for in a Passover dessert.  They are a nice change from all those desserts overloaded with chocolate.  If you see some Maple Nut Matzolah this year I urge you to pick some up and try these cookies!  

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Passover "Oatmeal" Raisin Cookies
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Serves: 3 dozen
 
Ingredients
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) margarine
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 cups Maple Nut Matzolah
  • 1 cup matzoh cake meal
  • ¼ cup potato starch
  • 1 package vanilla pudding mix
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • ¾ tsp. salt
  • 2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 cup raisins (optional)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  3. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the margarine with the sugars until combined.
  4. Add in the eggs one at a time and mix until combined.
  5. Add in the Matzolah, cake meal, potato starch, pudding mix, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and vanilla and mix until combined.
  6. Finally, add in the raisins and mix until combined.
  7. Using a cookie scoop or two spoons, drop a 2 tsp. amount of batter onto parchment lined cookie sheet.
  8. Bake for 8-10 minutes until the cookies just start to brown on top. Allow to cool for a few minutes on cookie sheet before transferring to cooling rack because the cookies will be very soft. Once cool they will firm up a bit.

For more information about Matzolah such as where to purchase, check out their website: http://foodmannosh.com.

For more exciting Passover desserts check out the links below!