Hanukkah Gifts Recipes

"I love discovering new flavors of tea. Through traveling both domestically and internationally, I have had to the opportunity to try some of the most exotic and interesting teas. Now lets be honest, the Midwest is not exotic, but we do have some of the most amazing places for food and drink. Not far from our house there is the most amazing tea store..."

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Ingredients: cornstarch, fresh mint, limes...

"I'm not Jewish and I can not remember where I found this recipe but I absolutely love it. The cookie itself is a bit tangy from the cream cheese and the dried apricots and raspberry preserves add some sweetness along with the cinnamon sugar. The preparation is a bit time consuming but its well worth the effort."

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Ingredients: cream cheese, dried apricots...

"This recipe came from an old Mrs. Field's Cookie Cookbook. Originally the cookies are designed to be like ravioli cookies. You take one of the cut out circles, put some of the chocolate topping on it, them top with another cookie and press around the edges with a fork. You are then supposed to sprinkle with powdered sugar. I prefer to make them as if..."

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Ingredients: chocolate chips, salted butter...

"Gooey caramel filling melts into irresistible buttery pastry! The caramel may leak a little while baking, so be sure to use parchment. Cooking time does not include refrigeration time (at least 4 1/2 hours). Rugelach may be frozen, unbaked. You need not defrost before baking, but increase baking time by 5-7 minutes. This recipe is from Jayne..."

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Ingredients: cream cheese, light brown sugar...

"A low fat recipe that produces a very tasty cranberry bread."

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Ingredients: Egg Beaters egg substitute, orange zest...

"From the cookbook, "The Spirit of Christmas", published by Leisure Arts. You can buy the white, medium, or dark chocolate disks at your local grocery store, either in the bulk section, bakery area, or baking aisle. If you prefer, you can melt together 6 ounces of chips or baking chocolate (except unsweetened) and 1 tablespoon of shortening..."

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Ingredients: cream of tartar, egg whites...

"This egg-free and dairy-free recipe for a chewy gingerbread cookie is from Sarah Kramer's cookbook, "La Dolce Vegan!" (2005) and reprinted in today's local paper. For vegan frosting, use five parts icing sugar to one part water, blending until thick. or you can use chocolate peanut butter spread. Dough must chill for 2-4 hours. (While..."

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Ingredients: hot water, molasses...

"These are crisp on the surface with a soft and gooey centre. These are great for the holiday season as the white powdered sugar contrasts dramatically with the deep brown chocolate crevices and they look as though they are covered in snow. The recipe is from "Bakewise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking" by Shirley Corriher. These..."

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Ingredients: confectioners' sugar, egg yolks...

"This is a fool-proof, basic recipe for traditional biscotti from Susan Rosso's mother. Rather than baking the cookies twice, place the sliced cookies inside a warm oven for 30 to 60 minutes. This renders the biscotti satisfyingly firm rather than jaw-breakingly hard. (Susan Rosso has a great site called Food Blogga.)"

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Ingredients: oranges, zest of, eggs...

"These are big, crisp, and slightly crackled cookies, with as much or as little kick as you want (depending on how much pepper you add). The sugar topping makes for a lovely presentation and a great texture contrast. From one of my favourite cookbooks, "Baking: From My Home to Yours", by Dorie Greenspan. These cookies keep well. (Dough..."

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Ingredients: fresh coarse ground black pepper, cracked black pepper...

"These are really delicious and chocolately drop cookies from the cookbook, "Baked: New Frontiers in Baking" by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito. Dough needs to be refrigerated for at least 6 hours. Don't overbake these—they're at their best when slightly gooey. This recipe can be halved."

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Ingredients: dried cherries, eggs...