Mostaccioli: Italian Cookies

Here's a new addition to my quest to master Italian Cookies!

We don't often think of spices when we imagine cookies. These feature cloves. Does cloves in cookies sound odd? Keep in mind that cloves make a minor appearance in many gingerbread recipes. Here, although combined with cinnamon, it is the flavour of cloves that shines through for a startlingly yummy eating experience – of course there is chocolate as well...

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Italian Anise Cookies

As I have mentioned before, I have a wee obsession with Italian cookies and these are stars in my repertoire - especially at Christmas. 

Italians call these cookies "angeletti", and like all Italian cookies you can find thousands of recipe versions online. It is one of those great cookie recipes that comes together fast in a food processor - and they store well!

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Almond Clusters

I may one day blog about my past as a Xmas Grump. Each year, the one thing that could change my spirit was end of term food sharing which tended to involve sweets. With a multi-cultural group, some amazing treats appeared and I used to beg for recipes. These almond clusters appeared more than once and with different cultural roots - Portuguese, Russian, Polish... I have no idea about their origin, but they are fab and a now a KB holiday staple!

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Sweet and Tangy Lemon Cookies

I have always wanted a good lemon cookie recipe and have long been motivated to find one as a treat for my BF who is crazy for lemon. (She loved these! She "hid" them in the freezer and declares they actually taste great right out of the freezer - haha!) I used a recipe from Merry About Town - a blogger I met recently at the Food Bloggers of Canada Conference, but modified the glaze. 

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Chocolate Kiss Cookies

These appeared in Chocolatier 1 (2) 1984. I loved that magazine and those I have survive every magazine purge. They cookies have a shortbread texture with a surprise chocolate filling. We are weeks away from Xmas and if you start your baking ahead of time note that these can be frozen or kept in a tin in a cool location for several weeks.

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Chocolate Chip Coconut Cookies

One of my favourite magazines was Chocolatier. This recipe comes from Volume 1, No. 2 (1984!). I do not recall the year it stopped publishing. It seemed to happen suddenly and without any notice.

This was a classic, oft-repeated recipe in the KB kitchen before it became "empty-nest". Now these tasty cookies occasionally reach fans in a parcel.

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Coffee Almond (Gluten-Free) Cookies

These gluten-free, incredibly tasty cookies serve as a great way to use up leftover egg whites that you may - as I do - have frozen for future use. Links back to the source trail offer a version that uses hazelnuts instead of almonds. Enjoy with your next coffee break!

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