{"id":1997,"date":"2009-12-07T18:59:49","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T23:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/?p=1997"},"modified":"2018-11-06T20:51:27","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T20:51:27","slug":"holiday-sweet-countdown-top-5-favorite-christmas-sweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/holiday-sweet-countdown-top-5-favorite-christmas-sweets\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Sweet Countdown &#8211; Top 5 Favorite Christmas Sweets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>\nI know people who don\u2019t care for \u201csweets\u201d!<\/strong> Don\u2019t care for sweets? It\u2019s unimaginable to me, especially at the holidays. Everyone has a favorite holiday sweet, the trouble for me is deciding which of my favorite holiday sweets is number one.<\/p>\n<p>Since comparing a holiday cake to cookies for Christmas is unfair, a sort of apples to mistletoe comparison, I\u2019ll have to categorize first.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OaZ1-dl_ukc\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nDoes a particular holiday sweet become a top 5 favorite because of how it tastes, or on the memory<\/strong> of traditional Christmas cookies prepared with Grandma? Some holiday desserts are enjoyed other times of the year, but the most valuable and anticipated sweet Christmas dishes are those we only make in December.<\/p>\n<p>So, with those loose criteria in mind, I will count down my top 5 favorites in the Holiday Sweet category this week, beginning with Number 5\u2026(jingle bells, please)<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n5 &#8211; Linzer Tarts<\/strong> \u2013 I grew up in a town with a fantastic German family bakery. While I could have a linzer tart any day of the week, we never seemed to buy them outside of the holiday season. Family would arrive for the holiday dinner, each with a square box tied in red and white striped string from the bakery, each containing the almond flour cookies surrounding the raspberry filling.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll never have access to a bakery like in my childhood, but I do have basic cooking (and baking) methods at my disposal. Use the creaming method with this formula for my favorite Linzer tart cookies I\u2019ll be preparing as my fifth all time favorite holiday sweet.<\/p>\n<p>Butter 19.5 oz 550g<br \/>\nConfectioners Sugar 9 oz 250g<\/p>\n<p>Almond Flour * 5.25 oz 150g<br \/>\nConfectioners Sugar* 5.25 oz 150g<br \/>\n*(sift above two together)<\/p>\n<p>All Purpose Flour 35oz 1000g<br \/>\nEggs 4 each 4 each<br \/>\nVanilla &amp; salt TT TT<\/p>\n<p>Mixing Method: Creaming Method<\/p>\n<p>Roll this dough into \u00bc inch sheets, cut with fluted round cutters, and bake the cookies. Once cool, top with raspberry jam and make a sandwich. Top with confectioners sugar.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/events.genndi.com\/register\/169105139238437402\/afc0f3bfe5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Holiday468x60\" src=\"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/HolidaySuccess250x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<BR><br \/>\n<BR><br \/>\n<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are your Top 5 Favorite Holiday Sweets?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":24091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[45,46,47],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[1545,1543,1536,1538,1535,1120,1540,1305,1539,1541,1533,501,1534,1531,726,1532,1546,1537,1544,1542],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1997"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1997"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}