Contender for my favorite cookie of all time: Raspberry Linzers

Gluten-free Vegan Christmas Cookie Series, Part 2 of 3!

I have a bit of a hoarding problem. Only a touch, nothing that would get me hauled onto the show or anything, but it’s true that with a few select items, I have a bit of a problem. One of them, along with cookbooks,  is cooking magazines. I still have pretty much every cooking magazine I have ever either purchased or received by subscription. Yes, it’s a little excessive, and yes, I really should go through and do some serious clearing out – but sometimes it pays off. And this weekend was one of those times.

Some of my very favorite food magazine editions are the holiday collections or specials (rivaled only by the grill & garden spectaculars of summer), and three such holiday specials are front and center for me every year since they came out: a holiday issue of Bon Appetit, a cookie compilation from Cook’s Illustrated, and the December 2005 issue of Gourmet (RIP, sniff). In each, I’ve found versions of what might be, if forced to choose, my very favorite cookie of all time, the raspberry jam-filled sandwiches made with a hazelnut dough, rolled out and cut beautifully, then showered in powdered sugar. I have a major weakness for raspberry anything, and this is the perfect setting for it. Read the rest of this entry →