Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

Friday, November 06, 2009

Chocolate Almond Cookies



Chocolate cookies with almond bits embedded. They are not too sweet and rather crunchy. A nice snack that goes with coffee or tea. I think I will make more of these during Christmas.

Thursday, November 05, 2009

Polvorones



I have been neglecting this blog a little for the last few weeks. In between, I was actively addicted to games on Facebook, discussion threads in some forums, as well as shopping sprees at the malls. I was also away on a short vacation. Having realized the seriousness of my addiction to Facebook, I decided I should pull myself away from those games for a while and do something more constructive, like BAKE SOMETHING!!! I also realized that Christmas season is approaching, so I should start thinking about what to bake for family and friends this coming December. As a start, I tried baking these Latin-American and Spanish traditional shortbread called Polvorones. They have a 'melt-in-the-mouth' texture and are usually served during the festive seasons like Christmas. I made a small batch for testing and it was well received by my sons! Now that I am in the mood to bake again, I am going to find a few more recipes and try them out one by one during the pockets of free time that I have in between sending and fetching my sons to and from school.