Apricots Stuffed with Marzipan and Covered in Chocolate

Since it is past the whole Christmas thing, I can now reveal something that I prepared as a Christmas present for my brother and his girlfriend. The last time I made something covered in chocolate was in January and I completely forgot that it was actually pretty easy. I wanted the present to be quite different from the classic Christmas cookies and feel like something better than just chocolate covered fruit.

Taking the recipe from Delicious Gifts by Jess McCloskey that I got last year, I knew that the extra marzipan and cognac will make my present special. I didn't know though that the result of such a simple recipe would make a deliciously chewy chocolate treat that will put any store bought box of chocolates to shame.

In the end, they were a great success. Their only flaw was that they disappeared too quickly and that there was only 20 of them but since they are so easy to make, I might just make some more in a very near future :)

Pistacio-lingonberry Sugar Cookies

The Winter is Coming.

It's been coming for some time and I hear there will be dragons. In any case, it meas that Christmas is coming too and there is a need for Christmas cookies at such time. I liked the mince pies I made last year so I will be making those again but I wanted to bake something easy as well. Sugar cookies are practically the easiest type of cookies but for the special occasion I wanted them special too. Using a lot of pistacio nuts and dried lingonberries made the plain chewy cookies special and added great mix of flavor to the usually plain sweetness of sugar cookies.