The first recipe I made was the pear and ginger bites. They called for dried pears but I had fresh pears sitting in my fruit bowl so I opted to use those instead. These little bites were bursting with flavor. I loved the fresh pear and crystalized ginger combination that was paired with slivered almonds and the sweetness of sugar. The lemon icing only added to this cookie and these cookies literally taste like Christmas.
The second recipe I made were the turtle bars. I am not a huge fan of pecans but I do love shortbread, chocolate, and caramel. I found the cookie part to be slightly greasy but it seemed to work with the saltiness from the nuts, the buttery caramel, and the sweetness of the chocolate. The ladies at work raved about these little jewels.
1 T. crystalized ginger
½ t. baking soda
1 large egg
½ c. brown sugar, packed
½ c. sugar
½ c. butter
1 t. vanilla
½ c. slivered almonds
1½ c. flour
½ t. cinnamon
¼ t. baking powder
1½ c. powdered sugar
3 T. softened butter
2 T. lemon juice
Kirsten
Heather,
I'll have the pear bites to feel virtuous and the turtle bars to fill my chocolate cravings. Thanks for giving me the link to include in my upcoming Band Fruit Fundraiser Recipe Round Up! It will be published on 12/4/2013!
Kim
The pear ginger cookies with fresh pears sound so good! Your cookies look great, and I love the imagery of the cookies smelling/tasting like Christmas! Thanks for sharing!