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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Hungarian Ham and Bean Soup

Though the Winter has been mild, we still crave hearty soups this time of year. This rustic soup is guest- or even restaurant-worthy to those who are open to "country style" food. With hunks of hearty brown bread (and beer) you'd be satisfied and have no room for dessert! 

It absolutely captures my memory of a smoked ham bean soup. If you have about two hours, cozy up reading while the aroma of this soup fills the house.

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Almond Rings

My local deli sells a puff pastry almond ring and every once in a while I cave in and buy one for myself as a treat.  When a store sells a nice treat, we should perhaps just "go with it", but I recently became a bit obsessed with trying to replicate it. 

I served it to a gathering of high school friends. This got a thumbs up from all and BFF rated it better than the one sold at the deli - blush! (That doesn't mean I will stop buying them.)

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