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Meatballs and Tomatoes from Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

This is one of my go-to meatball recipes. I adapt it to include pesto if I have some on hand, but the recipe is great made as stated in the instructions, as well. There are a lot of milk-soaked bread crumbs... read more >

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Chocolate Lover's Cookies and Brownies

By Beatrice Ojakangas
Crescent - 1990

Once you shuck enough pistachios to yield 1/2 cup, the rest is very easy and quick. This recipe makes a very tender shortbread-type cookie (kind of like the Danish cookies you can get in a big blue cookie tin) with chocolate coating one end and heavenly pistachios covering the chocolate. Shelling the pistachios is a bit of work, but the result is worth it.

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Tassies are just wonderful little cookies, no matter what's in the middle, and these are no exception. The filling is like a little bit of brownie. Add that to a delectable pastry crust outside, and this is one delicious cookie.

A tip: roll the pastry into a 1-inch (2.5-cm) ball, then place it in the tassie tin. Then press down with a small lightly-floured pestle to shape it. This technique makes it very easy to fill your tins with the pastry dough.

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This recipes makes a very tender shortbread-like cookie with a wonderful almond flavor. The chocolate coating on one side makes these look very festive and taste fantastic.

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These are not really ravioli, but the title just refers to the square shape of the cookie and that they are filled. The exterior is crisp and lightly chocolatey, and the inside bursts with raspberry jam when you bite into one. They are time consuming and a bit troublesome to make, but yield a very special cookie. If you want to impress someone, these cookies are a place to start. Be sure to use butter in the dough, and they will have excellent flavor and texture.

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For a while, I made these many, many times in a row. They were my favorite cookie for a long time, and still rate very high. The sunflower seed coating on these makes them truly fantastic. The 1/2 whole wheat flour also gives them a great texture and flavor. These are much better than regular chocolate chip cookies, in my opinion.

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