December Meme: macaronielbow asked

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December 5--Favorite holiday recipe? Is there story behind it?


Probably my very favorite recipe is peanut butter kiss cookies. I like it because it looks labor intensive and is so not, and it's very American. All the cookies I grew up with were European-style—I love them but I suck at making them. So the peanut butter cookies are a tradition in our family and for the kids, it's not Christmas unless we have them—just like it wasn't Christmas until I'd snuck the first vanillekipferl off the tray.

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[gingersnap1224.livejournal.com]

Yum! Can we have the recipe?

[emeraldsedai.livejournal.com]

We had a German neighbor who babysat us and lavished affection on us. When I think of European-style cookies, I think of her. I had to look up vanillekipferl (the name didn't ring a bell) but they must be a lot like the so-called Russian tea-cakes that Ida made for us. Yum!

What are peanut butter kisses?

[tabaqui]

Awwwwww!

Just like, it's not xmas to me without pfeffernüsse cookies. So good!

[macaronielbow.livejournal.com]

Yeeeesss. Chocolate and peanut butter. Yum. I've been meaning to try out this recipe for years.

[tifaching.livejournal.com]

OMG, peanut butter kisses. My mom, rest her soul, made them every Christmas and my brother would eat them all. She also made a refrigerator cookie with chocolate and oatmeal that were awesome.

In what way are European style cookies different?