61 cookie recipes done and 149 to go

Expresso Brownies, Lemon Pistachio Biscotti and Almond Cream Wafers. The brownies are classified as bar cookies, the Biscotti is twice baked - hence the term biscotti = twice baked in Italian, and the Almond Cream wafers are refrigerator cookies; you make up the dough in a cylinder, chill it for at least 24 hours and then cut and bake.

Dutch Almond Cookies, Currant Squares and Chocolate Chunk Biscotti. The Dutch Almond cookies are refrigerator cookies - easy, easy. The Currant Squares came together nicely though it did take some time because you had to soak the currants to plump them up before you can incorporate them into the batter. And the Chocolate Chunk biscotti. Biscotti is simple to put together but this dough was a messy blob and not any fun to work with. However it all came out in the oven and met with rave reviews.

Cheescake Brownies, Loaded with Chocolate Chip Cookies and Aunt Ida's Poppy Seed Cookies. I really like the poppy seed cookies. Both the chocolate chip and the poppy seed cookies are drop cookies. Drop cookies are "dropped" on the cookie sheets and baked. The cheesecake brownies are luscious, a rich chocolate layer on the bottom and a creamy cheese layer on the top. A great cookie to take to a pot luck. 

Bittersweet Chocolate Shortbread Squares, Peppery Cheddar Coins, and Langues de Chat. The shortbread squares are a bar cookie, lots of butter, sugar, and flour. the Peppery Cheddar coins are what Nick calls a savory cookie - they are from his chapter entitled: Cracker and Savory cookies. These had a lot of butter and no eggs and were a bit too fatty for my taste, though I loved the thought of pepper and cheddar. The Langues de Chat are a piped cookie. That is the batter is put in a pastry bag and 'piped' onto the cookie sheets. I thought I had a disaster on my hands with this recipe. I did everything according to the directions, but I was less than satisfied with the result. In any case I took them to our church's coffee hour and was ready to jettison any leftover cat's tongues (langues de chat). To my surprise I was at church later in the week and a woman raved about the cat's tongues! Imagine my surprise.