COOKIE FEST!

So today I had my YLC meeting (I always bring something tasty with me) and Elizabeth had book club (which she asked me to bake something for). Thus I decided to make not one, not two, but THREE different types of cookies today.

Type 1: Lady Fingers
I had never eaten, let alone made, a lady finger so I had no idea what I was doing. The batter was slightly sweet and fluffy. I had to use a pastry bag to draw little lines of soon-to-be-cookies on the sheet. Well I only had a decorating bag (a much smaller version of what I needed) and so I made a big messy. I had dough on my fingers, on the floor, the stove top. It was a sticky gooey mess. I must say that the lady fingers turned out really nicely. They looked so pretty with their light dusting of powdered sugar and they got plenty of compliments.

Type 2: Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies
I am used to eating hard peanut butter cookies that last more like stale toast with peanut butter than anything else. These cookies were the complete opposite. There was a lot of roasted peanuts in the batter as well as the peanut butter. This made the flavor really intense and tasted really fresh. An easy cookie to make and always something people like.

Type 3: Swedish Jelly Slices
These have to be the best cookie I have ever eaten. They were a little complex to make but they turned out so yummy. Instead of forming individual cookies I made three long cookies, created a valley in the middle of each cookie, and filled it with apricot jelly. This was then covered with almond slices and baked. The apricot jelly was so perfect for these cookies. It wasn't to sweet and was a bit tart and did really well in the oven. When everything was done baking I drizzled a royal icing all over the almonds and jelly. The presentation was very nice. You cut the long cookies diagonally so the whole thing looks really fancy. I think these may become my signature thing to bake, you know if I ever need one...

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