Wednesday, December 27, 2006

the 34 cookies of Christmas: day 7

Day seven's cookie is one that features a flavor that we grew up with-- maple. I can remember my mother and grandfather telling stories about pouring hot maple sap over snow in the wintertime, watching it solidify into a maple flavored caramel-like candy, and then eating it. We ate maple syrup, maple cream, maple candy growing up... and it only made sense to make a maple cookie at Christmastime. These delicate log shaped cookies are topped with a maple sugar glaze and dusted with toasted and chopped pecans. They are sweet and crunchy, subtle and nutty, and always a crowd pleaser! Each bite brings with it a memory of simpler times-- happy, wintry times surrounded by family. For us, they conjure up winter scenes, like those printed by Currier and Ives. We hope they evoke happy memories for you as well.

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