Okay, I know I say this about a lot of things, but these are my favorite Christmas cookies of all. They're buttery and rich, yet delicate and finely textured. I can't help it if I have a long list of favorite things. Don't even get me started on brown paper packages tied up with string.
In a rare instance of perfect timing during this crazy holiday season, Dorie Greenspan's sablés were the TWD pick for this week just when I had to provide cookies for an open house at the La Jolla Historical Society. And in addition to being timely and delicious, they come together in a snap and you can keep the dough in the fridge or freezer to slice and bake whenever you need a few.
Last Christmas I made them several times because they disappeared quickly, and at Easter I made a batch using pink sugar instead of the pretty yellow you see here. I've also tried making them with red and green sugar, but the yellow is my favorite. It plays up the golden buttery flavor of the cookie, I think. Thanks Bungalow Barbara for giving me an excuse to make yet another one of my favorites!
5 comments:
they look gorgeous in yellow! i have more savory dough in the freezer, and think i'll bake them off for a christmas treat with cocktails!
Thank you for baking along with me this week!
The yellow sugar is lovely. I'm glad you like them!
I need to get more sugars!! These really are a very versatile and yummy cookie.
these look yummy!!
Thanks everybody! I'm thinking I need more of these for next week - they are sooooo good!
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