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Let’s get to it, clock’s tickin’!

Everyday Recipes (Quick Holiday Cookie Edition)

My wife is the primary baker in our household, so I asked her what she thought for this one:

• These peanut butter cookies, apparently properly know as Peanut Butter Blossoms - which I only learned as I wrote this down - always show up this time of year at my house. She uses butter instead of shortening. They’re good. Enjoy!

• She also makes these Ginger Cookies, which are great and never stick around long enough to give anyone as a gift.

• Finally, these Seven Layer Cookies and these Rainbow Sprinkle Cookies are on her list to try next time the urge to branch out strikes.

Project Time

• A cocktail that takes 2 days to make is clearly a project. This is an all out, made from scratch Egg Nog for your holiday party. I have not yet made this, and have to admit that I am both slightly intimidated AND am not sure I have enough friends to consume it - but this is from Michael Ruhlman, who is also putting out a Cocktail version of his book Ratios (pre-order here) - so I’m confident it’ll reward the effort.

• You should also check out the original Ratios, for food, to find lots of great tricks for breaking away from recipes by learning a few basic… you guessed it, ratios.

Something Fun (or Interesting)

• So how did eggnog become a Christmas thing? I’ll admit that having not grown up with it I thought the whole thing was pretty weird… until I tried it and now find myself drinking at least a gallon (oh god, did I really say that out loud here) each holiday season 🙂 

• Turns out eggnog tastes pretty good with a little booze mixed in, but that still doesn’t answer my question. Thankfully this article does, at length:

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