This winning decorated cookie charmed us with its sophisticated look and pleasing chocolate-pepperminty flavor. Cook over low heat until melted, stirring until smooth. Chocolate drizzle:ġ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 2 tablespoons butterĢ tablespoons milk ½ cup sifted powdered sugarĬombine ingredients in the top of a double boiler. In bowl, combine all ingredients and mix well. ½ cup chopped pecans ½ cup flaked coconut Filling:ġ package (8 ounces) cream cheese, room temperatureĢ cups sifted powdered sugar 2 tablespoons flour While cookies cool, prepare filling and chocolate drizzle.įill indentations of cooled cookies with filling, then pipe on the chocolate drizzle. Press thumb gently into center.īake in preheated oven 12 to 15 minutes or until done. Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Add flour mixture to butter mixture and mix well. In medium bowl, mix butter, powdered sugar and vanilla thoroughly. ½ cup sifted powdered sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extractįilling (see recipe) Chocolate drizzle (see recipe) Happy baking! Holiday cooking winners Choco-Butter Sweetsġ cup (2 sticks) butter, room temperature Other category winners appear on these pages with red recipe titles. The recipe originally won the thumbprint cookie category. The judges liked the cookie for its mix of creamy and crisp textures and its rich flavors, which include pecans, coconut and chocolate. She noted that it can be made in stages: The base can be baked and the filling mixed, and both refrigerated, until you have time for assembly. So she substituted a powdered-sugar Russian-tea-cake dough and liked that better. She didn't like the granulated-sugar cookie base - it was too sweet. Stohs And to all a good bite!Ī three-part concoction consisting of a buttery cookie base, a mound of flavorful cream-cheese filling and a chocolate drizzle won Fern Duffy the grand prize in our holiday cookie contest.ĭuffy, who lives in Lake Geneva, said she got the recipe for her Choco-Butter Sweets from a friend about 40 years ago. Recipes included family favorites, yummy experiments and adaptations of recipes from cookbooks and magazines.Īll in all, it was a delicious project for the food staff, with winners that indeed were as good as gold. Ingredients, flavors and techniques varied widely, but we did note some recurring themes, including cranberries, pistachios and coconut. You'll find many of these recipes inside. Nearly 200 recipes for cookies of every stripe and shape were entered by some 125 home bakers in the Journal Sentinel's Holiday Cookie Contest.īars, drop, shaped, no-bake, cutout, ethnic, filled . . . we screened them all, testing about five dozen before settling on 10 winners and 22 finalists. (Names and addresses will be withheld upon request.) Past columns can be found at Column compiled by Joanne Kempinger Demski.We asked for cookies - and we struck gold! To request a recipe, write 'You Asked for It,' Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Box 371, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0371 fax to (414) 224-2133 e-mail to Requests must include complete restaurant name and address (only businesses still in operation will be considered), as well as your name, address and phone number. Remove a third of the beans and puree in food processor. ![]() ![]() Add seasonings and cook 2 minutes.Īdd beans, stock and reserved bean soaking liquid and simmer, half-covered, about 20 minutes or until beans are very tender but not falling apart. Sweat vegetables, covered, 10 minutes, stirring regularly. Add olive oil, onions, carrot, celery and garlic. Place large soup pan on stovetop and bring to medium heat. Salt and pepper to tasteFresh mint for garnishĭrain liquid from beans and reserve 1 cup of the liquid to use later. ![]() Coquette Cafe Turkish Black Bean Soup Makes 8 to 10 servingsĢ cups dried black beans, rinsed well, then soaked overnight in four times their volume of hot tap water (covered)ĥ large cloves garlic, peeled and finely dicedġ ½ tablespoons ground cumin2 tablespoons ground coriander He said he has also made variations of this recipe - for example, one with chiles. It's a very simple recipe, but it has a lot of flavor with all the spices in it.' Sometimes we will put a recipe together because we have certain ingredients on hand. Michael Bressler, chef de cuisine, sent the recipe, which he said he developed at the restaurant. ![]() A Milwaukee reader requested the recipe for a bean soup that was a special at Coquette Café, 316 N.
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