REINDEER BAR
A mid-morning stop at the Reinder Bar to celebrate National Cookie Day is a must!A warm-up with a cup of hot Mexican Coffee pairs perfectly with cookies.
The recipe is from The San Antonio Tex-Mex Cookbook
A little Kalhua and cinnamon turn regular coffee into a fiesta in a cup
- 1-1/2 oz Kahlua or other coffee liqueur
- 1 cup fresh brewed coffee
- 1 tablespoon whipped cream
- A dash of cinnamon
- Garnish cinnamon sticks
Directions:
- Combine coffee liqueur and coffee
- Top with whipped cream
- Sprinkle a dash of cinnamon
Today, there were choices on the cookie tray. I picked a Mexican Wedding Cookie also known as Snowball Cookie or Russian Tea Cake and a Dark Chocolate Kiss The recipe for the Russian Tea cookies was previously posted https://sockfairies.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-june-wedding.html
Bake cookies at 350 degrees. This was a new recipe posted in Southern Living's December 2024 issue that I gave to the cook at the Reindeer Bar. The cookie is a brownie bite with a crunch. They were a hit, and the tray had to be replenished several times.
Chocolate Kiss Cookies
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons half-and-half
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa (Hershey Dark Chocolate was used)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 32 unwrapped milk chocolate kisses
- Jinglr mix nonpareils
Directions:
- In a small bowl, place jingle mix nonpareils. You will use the full bottle.
- Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking soda in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Cream together butter and sugars until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the egg, extract, and half and half. Mix well.
- Add flour mixture to the creamed mixture on low speed just to combine.
- Chill the dough for 30 minutes. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Flour hands and roll dough into 2-inch balls. Roll in jingle mix. Bake for 7 minutes. Add chocolate kisses, pressing slightly into the dough, and bake for 1 minute more.
- Cool cookies on a wire rack.
I haven't made Russian tea cakes (which is what I called them) in years. Maybe I need to bake some retro cookies.
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