This is Week 10 of our 12 Weeks of Christmas Cookies posts and I haven’t been able to bake this week, so I decided to just post three of my favorite cookies from last year.
It’s Hanukkah right now and it would be the perfect time to bake these fabulous Orange Cranberry Rugelach cookies that I made last year. I used Dorie’s rugelach recipe, Dorie Greenspan’s Rugelach Secrets, but flavored it with orange and cranberries. I loved these flaky, sweet and tart little treats.
Another of my favorite cookies from last year is the World Peace cookie. It is a chocolate shortbread cookie but a little bit chewy because of the brown sugar in them. If you’re a chocolate lover you need to make these.
Martha Stewart’s Lime Meltaways really do melt in your mouth. They have a crunchy/sandy texture and sweet/tart taste that I love. A great addition to a Christmas Cookie tray.
I want to thank everyone for all the prayers, love and sweet thoughts you’ve been sending the past week. Mom’s service was yesterday and everything smoothly. It was beautiful; just the way she planned it. I am so fortunate to have such a great family and wonderful friends. Thank you all.
This post is part of a 12 Weeks of Christmas Cookies blog hog. Be sure and check out all of the fabulous cookies the other 12 weeks of Christmas Cookies bakers baked up this week.
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I wanna live in a corner of your house GF! What great cookies! xo
Rugelach are wonderful and so are those two other types of cookies! *drool*
Cheers,
Rosa
Ohhh that looks great.
The world peace cookies are simply amazing especially straight from the oven.
Love all the three cookies, so yummy!
I love, love, Love Rugelach! But I’ve never made them so I really need to change that. The cranberries sound ideal, now I need to write the ingredients on my grocery list.
World Peace is at the top of my favorites list. A cookie everybody should try! Hugs!
I’ve been thinking about you all week. I’m glad everything went well. All of these cookies look amazing.
I’m so glad that the service for your mother went as she had planned. I love your cookies choices. Rugelach were such a special treat when we were growing up. My mom had a patient (she was an RN) who would bring us a beautiful box of them each holiday season. Try as we would our version never tasted as good as those we received as a gift.
Mimi
What a great selection of holiday cookies. I’ve tried the lime meltaways before and also thought they were delicious. But, I guess now I need to try your world peace cookies too because they’re definitely calling my name.
I discovered Rugelach cookies 2 years ago and have fallen in love with them since. I can’t wait to make a batch of them very soon. I’ll have to come back to get your recipes and blend them with mine.
Thanks Barbara…these selections put me in a very festive mood ;o)
Ciao for now,
Claudia
Oh, three in one! They all look fabulous. Those meltaways sound extra tempting!
Your Orange Cranberry Rugelach cookies have my name written all over them! And I think I can use leftover orange-cranberry relish that I make every Thanksgiving (my favorite part of the dinner) for them too. Excellent!
I can see why these are three of your favorites! I especially want to try the World Peace cookies.
I’m glad your mother’s service went beautifully, Barbara.
I would be honored to be served with a couple of your rugelach. It looks perfect.
Your cookies all look wonderful. But the lime ones are really calling out to me!
I LOVE the concept of a World Peace cookie! Chocolate solves all problems (for me anyway). Glad to know your Mum’s service went well, sending lots of good feelings your way.
coooookies! i love all of them, especially the lime ones!
Great choices! I love the World Peace cookies as well. I’ve made mine with white chocolate too, for a twist. I’ll have to try the lime meltaways; that’s one I haven’t tried yet! (((hugs)))
I’ve been collecting all your cookie recipes Barbara and I can’t believe how many awesome recipes I’ve got already, some I haven’t seen before. Love these additions too, the lime ones, I think are tempting (or should I say temptingest)
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What a great change-up for the rugelah! Much as I love the cinnamon, walnuts and raisins, you can’t beat orange and cranberries for the season.
Also, meltaways have always been a favorite around here.
Those world peace cookies are definitely a favorite of mind. The other look great also!
Ah, rugela, my heart just melted
Love all of these! I’m not sure which to try first!
I have my eyes set on the world peace cookies!
What a lovely trio of cookies, Barbara! The World Peace Cookies especially caught my eye…they look fantastic!
You know I don’t think I’ve ever made Rugelach! But it looks so scrumptious I’ll have to fix it. I’m glad your mom’s service went just as she would have wanted it
xxx
I never tried making rugelach before, but they look really good! The chocolate chip cookies look irresistible!
So many cookies! I just bought the stuff to make rugelach
I hope it turns out as good as yours!!
A set of gorgeous cookies, but I especially love the rugelach because I know how tricky these can be to make.
Woo hoo great cookies! I LOVE rugelach and love your very holiday flavors. I mean orange and cranberry in rugelach? Brilliant! And ooh those chewy chocolate Peace Cookies are fabulous! I think I got cookies to bake!
All three of your delicious looking cookies have made me hungry! It’s going to be tricky to decide which to make first…
this look so amazing..i know my husband would go crazy over the rugelach..:)
They all look delicious! I have made the lime meltaways and thought they were delicious!
Part cookie . . . part pastry. What’s not to love? Yours look luscious!
Your Orange Cranberry Rugelach is gorgeous! I’ve made the World Peace Cookies and the Lime Meltaways, but Rugelach is something I’ve never made. It looks delicious!
I (and my kids) adore rugelah and when I discovered them years ago thanks to Rose Beranbaum of cake bible fame, I was an instant convert; I am going to need to take a closer look at these orange cranberry ones: yummmy!!!!
i love rugelach, but have never made it myself! these look awesome – the orange cranberry flavor combo is perfect for the holidays. i will definitely try making these soon!
Those lime meltaways are melting my dislike of cookie baking. They look wonderful!
~ingrid
I read at the bottom of your post that your mom had a “service”? I must have missed something but I’m sorry to read that your mom has passed.
~ingrid