var _sf_startpt=(new Date()).getTime() Mema's Christmas Cookies | SAVEUR Skip to main content (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=234201426681220"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); HomeSign upLog in RecipesRecipes Recipes HomepageRecipe CollectionsMenusRECIPE OF THE DAY e-newsletter INGREDIENT ChickenBeefPorkShrimpFishPasta CUISINE ItalianMexicanFrenchAmericanAsianMiddle Eastern COURSE Main CourseAppetizersSaladBreakfast/BrunchDessertSide Dish OCCASION Cocktail PartyBirthdayBackyard BBQThanksgivingChristmasEaster TechniquesTechniques Techniques HomepageSAVEUR e-newsletters Selecting IngredientsStoring & PreparingKnife SkillsBakingStocks & SaucesRoastingGrillingFryingCheesemakingPreserving TravelsTravels Travels HomepageHotelsTravel Advisory BoardCulinary Travel Awards UNITED STATES ChicagoFloridaLas VegasLos AngelesLouisianaMiamiNew YorkSan Francisco CENTRAL AMERICA MexicoHondurasCosta Rica SOUTH AMERICA ArgentinaBrazilChilePeruVenezuela EUROPE EnglandScotlandWalesBelgiumFranceItalyLondonLuxembourgNetherlandsParisRomeSicilySpainSweden ASIA Hong KongIndiaThailandTokyo AFRICA AfricaSouth AfricaNorth AfricaKenya CARIBBEAN CaribbeanCubaDominican RepublicJamaicaPuerto Rico MIDDLE EAST Middle East KitchenKitchen Kitchen HomepageSIMPLE WEEKNIGHT MEALS e-newsletter One Good FindTools & ProductsDesignEntertainingFoodsBooks & Reference Wine & DrinkWine & Drink Wine & Drink HomepageDINNER PARTY e-newsletter WineSpiritsBeerNon-Alcoholic AboutSweepstakes & PromotionsPhotosVideosMarketTaste of SAVEURSites We LoveIn the MagazineGet the Digital EditionNewsletter Sign-UpSubscribe to SAVEUR Recipes «Previous Post Next Post» Dec 16, 2013 Mema's Christmas Cookies By Phillip Basone christmasHoliday 1 Comment var pwidget_config = { track: "query", copypaste: false, click: "true", }; post_widget(".customIcon", {click: "true", }); Save Print Email Enlarge Credit: Helen Rosner Like any kid, the thing I looked forward to the most about Christmas was the presents. But my favorite gift was never found under the tree; rather, it was on the kitchen table. Growing up in a household where neither of my parents cooked, food was never the focus of our holidays—except for one thing: the Christmas cookies made by my grandmother, who we called Mema. These soft, tender, Italian-style vanilla cookies were doused in a glaze spiked with so much liquor that if you ate too many you risked getting a little tipsy, then showered in rainbow ball sprinkles. The result was so colorful and festive that it was hard to look at a platter without smiling. Some years the cookies were large, other years they were small, sometimes they were burnt slightly or undercooked; they were never technically perfect, but to me, they spoke of Christmas in a way nothing else could.
Even in the last few months of her life, when she was in the late stages of cancer, Mema's cookies were still waiting for me on the kitchen table come Christmas. “Thats what I wanted to do,” she would say to me, firmly defending the time she spent in the kitchen making them. Now, almost a year after her death, I find myself in the kitchen making my Mema’s cookies this holiday season, carefully following her handwritten recipe. I know her version—ever-changing, always perfect—won’t ever be waiting for me again, but every time I taste one it’s almost like she's there with me.
See the recipe for Mema's Anise-Almond Sprinkle Cookies » var pwidget_config = { track: "query", copypaste: false, click: "true", }; post_widget(".customIcon", {click: "true", }); Save Print Email «Previous Post 2013 Gift Guide: Gifts for the Beer Lover Next Post» Cold Weather Dinners More from Saveur.com Tartiflette Greg Higgins Ginger Cookies Dipped in Honey (Yak Kwa) Breakfast of Champions, Vegas Style Meet the 2013 BFBA Winners: Thug Kitchen Related Links Recipes Anise-Almond Sprinkle Cookies Comments (1) by trzmiel on 2013-12-17
please fix the link! i really need this cookies ;)
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