Angela Stefano (“Ang,” unless she’s in trouble) is the editor-in-chief of The Boot and a senior writer for Taste of Country. Based in Nashville, Tenn., but with her heart in Buffalo, N.Y., she enjoys boxing, exploring record stores and dog-sitting some very sweet pups. A graduate of Boston University’s College of Communication and a former Boston Bruins intern and game-night staffer, she also enjoys a good hockey game and often employs a good dose of Northern-bred sarcasm and self-deprecation.
Angela Stefano
Heavenly Cutout Cookies
Hey, it's Brian Russel. I chose Donna Frost’s Heavenly Cutout Cookies. I love cutouts, and I’m always looking for new cutout recipes, and hers sounded yummy. I looked at several different cutout cookies, but with a last name like Frost, how can you go wrong? Looking fo...
Sea Salt and Caramel Treasures
Hey, it's Heather Davis, and I chose Tammy Comerate’s Sea Salt and Caramel Treasures. I recently discovered the deliciousness of caramel and sea salt together, and now it is my most favorite food EVER!
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Tammy Comerate
Sea Salt and Caramel Treasures
Approx. 6 do...
Hazelnut Stars
Diane McMullen
Hazelnut Stars
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups finely ground hazelnuts
A pinch of baking powder
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 package (Dr. Oetker) vanilla sugar
11 tbsp. unsalted butter
Filling
3 tbsp. raspberry jelly (melted slightly in microwave till spreadable) or chocolate / hazelnut spread (Nutella)
Glaze
1 cup confectioner's sugar
2-3 tbsp. hazelnut...
Italian Chocolate Cookies
Kate Cullen
Italian Chocolate Cookies
17 1/2 cups flour
4 cups sugar
1/2 tsp. cloves
7 tbsp. baking powder
10 ounces of grape jelly
2 bags of chocolate chips
1 dozen eggs
2 lbs. Crisco
Mix sugar and Crisco until creamy, beat in eggs and jelly...
Chocolate Nut Dream Bars
Linda Martin
Chocolate Nut Dream Bars
Base
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter (room temp.)
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup flour
Combine sugar and butter. Mix in vanilla, salt, then the flour. Press over bottom of 19x9-inch pan...
Sugar Cookie Cutouts
Susan Marmion
Sugar Cookie Cutouts
1 cup sweet butter (NEVER margarine!)
1 1/2 cups sugar
Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
2 egg yolks
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 cup sour cream (never fat free or low fat...
Sugar Cutouts
Coleen Smith
I make the best sugar cutouts. I have over 900 cookie cutters -- something for every occasion, and if I don't have one, I make a template out of cardboard and trace around it with a paring knife.
So here is my recipe.
Sugar Cutouts
1 cup of butter (softened -- only unsalted butter)
2/3 cup sugar
Cream them together, and add:
1 egg
1 tsp. pur...
Peach Cookies
Karen Cwalina
Peach Cookies
-3 eggs
-2 cups sugar
-1 cup vegetable oil
-1 tsp. vanilla extract
-4 tsp. baking powder
-1/2 tsp. salt
-1 cup milk
-6 cups flour
Filling is peach jam. Decoration is peach liqueur, yellow and red food coloring , sugar and mint leaves or other green stems...
Chocolate and Vanilla Chip Biscotti
Christina Priola
Chocolate and Vanilla Chip Biscotti
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup margarine or butter softened
3 eggs
1 cup white vanilla chips
1...
Linzer Cookies
Katie McCabe
Here is an old favorite that I have changed just a bit to make the most delicious Linzer Cookie. It is a family/friend favorite at Christmas, and now the "secret recipe" is revealed here.
We use the finest homemade seedless raspberry jam we can find at local farm/Amish markets or other favorite jams...
Sour Cream Cutouts
April Nader
Sour Cream Cutouts
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tsp. vanilla
3 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
mix all together, chill dough. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes.
Skinny Blondes
Lindsay DiLucente
Skinny Blondes
Beat on medium speed, 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce, 1/4 cup canola oil and 3/4 cup granulated sugar until well combined.
Then, beat in 1 egg and 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla.
In a separate bowl, whisk together 1 1/4 cup flour, 1/4 + 1/8 tsp. baking s...