Lab Christmas Cookie Bake
I was bummed because I was unable to attend the cookie bake at my aunt's this year and was talking to some people at lab about it, and we decided to do one at lab. It was a huge success! My contribution: dulce de leche cookies, or alfajores. I made butter shortbread cookies and sandwiched them with dulce de leche a friend had brought me back from Argentina. Some other cookies we had: chocolate chip, shortbread filled with hazelnuts and chocolate, chocolate macaroons, lime balls, lemon bars, Turkish shakerpare, lemon cookies, Russian tea cookies, Turtle bars, and sugar cookies with nuts. This cookie bake is gong to make me chunky, but soooo worth it! The recipe I used for the shortbread was one from Epicurious , but modified a little: INGREDIENTS 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) salted butter, at room temperature 1 1/3 cups sugar 3 egg yolks 2 tablespoons vanilla extract 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons cream 1. In the bowl of a mixer, combine butter, sugar, and cream and mix on medi...