To kick off the winter holiday season, Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park, launched its 1st annual Chocolate and Cheer Cookie exchange. I was invited to mix and mingle, sip on wine, and sample an incredible array of seasonal cookies at the soiree, which was held in the beautiful Rouge Room at the hotel. I enjoyed Fairmont's modern take on the cookie exchange, and it took the stress out of holiday baking since all attendees went home with three dozen gourmet cookies of their choice, wrapped in custom luxury packaging.
Santa is coming to town tonight, so you can make these delectable cookies for him!
Gingerbread Men
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| photo by colleen sweitzer |
ingredients
3c All
Purpose Flour
1½t Baking
Powder
¾t
Baking Soda
¼t
Salt
1T
Ground Ginger
1¾t Cinnamon
½t
Ground Cloves
6T
Butter
¾c
Brown Sugar
1ea Eggs
½c
Molasses
2t
Vanilla
1t
Lemon Zest (optional)
preparation
Cream butter
and sugar
Beat in eggs
gradually, then molasses and vanilla
Separately
combine dry and spices and mix into butter/sugar
Wrap with
plastic and chill 1 hour
Roll out and
cut onto parchment lined sheet
Chill
Bake at 300*
convection / 325* convention for 10-12 minutes
Candy Cane Peppermint Bark
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| photo by colleen sweitzer |
ingredients
8oz Semi
Sweet chocolate
1t
Canola Oil
½t
Peppermint extract
8oz White
chocolate
1t
Canola Oil
25
Peppermint candies crushed, we like Brach’s Starlight Mints
preparation
Melt white
chocolate with oil and flavor with mint – spread onto wax paper
Let set
Melt dark
chocolate with oil – spread onto white chocolate, sprinkle with crushed candies
Divinity
Cookies - Pecan Meringue Crunch
ingredients
2/3t
Pecans
8 ea
Egg whites, large eggs
2c
Sugar
1t
Vanilla
½t
Cinnamon
1/8t
Salt
preparation
Toss nuts
with 2 egg whites until damp
Add sugar,
vanilla, cinnamon and salt – toss until evenly coated
Bake on silpats
at 300* convection / 325* conventional for 8 minutes increments
Stir
Test to make
sure they’re toasted all the way through and candy coating is dry
Meringue:
1c whites
2c sugar
Put sugar in
pot and add enough water to moisten, cook to 123* F
Whip egg
whites to stiff
Add sugar
syrup slowly to whipped egg whites with mixer on high speed
Once the
mixture cools to room temperature, fold in candied pecans
Scoop the
cookies onto a parchment lined baking sheet using a 1 ounce scoop
Bake at 150*
until dry – approximately 1-2 hours
Spiced Hot
Chocolate Fudge
ingredients
10 oz
Chocolate (60-70%)
1 can Sweetened Condensed Milk
1
t Vanilla
¼
t Baking soda
Pinch
Salt
1/3
t Cayenne Pepper
1
t Cinnamon
preparation
Melt
chocolate over double boiler
Warm sweet
condensed milk in pot with vanilla, salt, cayenne and cinnamon
Mix together
with baking soda
Santa's
Sugar Cookies
ingredients
1c
Sugar
1c
Butter
3oz Cream
cheese
½t
Salt
½t
Almond Extract
½t
Vanilla Extract
1ea Egg
Yolks
2¼c All
Purpose Flour
preparation
Cream butter
and sugar and cream cheese
Add salt,
extracts, yolks and flour
Chill for 8
hours
Roll 1/8” to
¼” thick and cut
Chill
Bake at
300*convection/325* conventional for about 8-10 minutes – gold brown edges
Royal Icing
4oz
Confectioners’ Sugar
3oz
Egg Whites
Whip whites
to frothy
Add sugar
gradually; beat until glossy, desired consistency
Holiday
Crispy Wreath
ingredients
30
Large Marshmallows
¼c Butter
½t
Vanilla
4½c
Cornflakes
Red Candy (M&M’s)
Green Food Coloring
preparation
Melt the
marshmallows and butter
Add the
vanilla and food coloring
Add
cornflakes
Shape and
decorate (use gloves with pan spray)
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Seasonal cookies are always incredible at the soiree and you are very lucky to taste them at the beautiful Rouge room. If I was not occupied in buy dissertation online I will surely be there to try them out
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