New Recipe for 2017 #12 - Hazelnut Lace Cookies

I got this recipe from a Betty Crocker booklet called Cookies & Bars that I got in a General Mills box that my darling Aunt Mary sends me every Christmas.

I had made another recipe that day and realized that it didn't make enough food, so I tried this recipe. There is a real sweet spot as far as baking these cookies. Don't bake long enough and you won't be able to get them off the cookie sheet. Bake them too long and they burn. The line between those two is quite thin.

These turned out well. They were delicious, but not my cup of tea.

 A single cookie 

Three cookies

New Recipe for 2017 #11 - Kerry Apple Cake

For the March meeting at work, I decided to make something Irish for St. Patrick's Day. I grabbed the cookbook Best of Irish Home Baking by Biddy White Lennon that I had purchased in Ireland in 2005. Going through the recipes I came across Kerry Apple Cake and gave it a try.

First thing, don't follow the mixing directions. They are hopeless. Mix the sugar, butter, and egg and then put in the flour. I ended up putting in an extra egg to get anything resembling dough. I have a sneaking suspicion that large apples in Ireland are a bit smaller than apples in the U.S. It took awhile to get the apples mixed in. Apple pieces were flying out of my Kitchen Aid mixer left and right -  even with the bowel shield on.

For the topping, the recipe only calls for a 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon or nutmeg or cloves. I put in 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg plus a bit of cardamon. 

This cake was delicious!

New Recipe for 2017 #10 - Brown Butter Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

I got this recipe from the blog She Wears Many Hats.

It is so delicious that I had to get them out of the house before I ate them all. Had to get them out so fast that I didn't have time to take a picture.

They really don't need the pecans, so you can skip that ingredient.