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Holiday Pinwheel Cookies

Dec 9 by Anita Leave a Comment

These holiday pinwheel cookies have become my daughter Isabelle’s favorite new way to celebrate the season. We made these cookies over the weekend, and now I have a plate of them next to me as I’m wrapping presents and writing Christmas cards. What more festive way to welcome the holidays? I made these cookies as […]...

Filed Under: Cookies, Recipes Tagged With: christmas, cookies, pinwheel cookies, rodelle, vanilla

Totoro Cookie Box

Dec 23 by Anita 2 Comments

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all my readers! Thanks for visiting my site and for all the lovely comments you leave here and on my social media – I appreciate them all! For my Christmas cookies this year I was inspired by the beautiful cookie box trend that’s been around for a while on […]...

Filed Under: Cookies, Recipes Tagged With: christmas, cookie, cookie box, totoro

Spiced Christmas Sablés

Dec 5 by Anita Leave a Comment

Happy December! I’m proud to join in again on Rodelle’s yearly holiday cookie campaign with these spiced Christmas sablés. These simple cookies that are rolled and then cut out with cookie stamps have started a new holiday tradition in our household! Click here to jump to recipe These cookies were inspired by the French Christmas […]...

Filed Under: Cookies, Recipes Tagged With: christmas, christmas cookies, cookies, rodelle, sables, spiced christmas sables

Christmastime is Here: Totoro Linzer Cookies

Dec 14 by Anita 16 Comments

Happy holidays! It’s the season of  joy and wonder and wishes come true, and these Totoro linzer cookies might make it just a bit more magical. I was struggling for Christmas cookie inspiration this year. Rescue came in the form of Isabelle, who in just the last couple of weeks decided to fall in love […]...

Filed Under: Cookies, Recipes Tagged With: christmas, cookies, linzer, totoro

Dessert Lover’s Holiday Gift Guide 2016

Dec 13 by Anita Leave a Comment

After cookbook recs, here’s my holiday gift guide 2016. Just a couple weeks left until Christmas! While I’ve been crossing names off my Christmas list, I’ve also been adding more and more items to my own wish list – occupational hazard of shopping? Does this happen to anyone else? So much for being virtuous and […]...

Filed Under: Reviews, Tools Tagged With: chocolate, christmas, gift guide, heath, holiday, king arthur flour, nordic ware, nutty cups, rodelle

Alphabet Cranberry Linzer Cookies

Dec 15 by Anita 10 Comments

Alphabet cranberry linzer cookies – the classic holiday cookie updated with a spiced cranberry filling and letter cutouts to spell your warmest holiday wishes. Cookie swaps are one of my favorite parts of the holiday season: since I never have enough time to make all the different cookies I’ve been dreaming of, going to parties […]...

Filed Under: Cookies, Recipes Tagged With: almond, christmas, cookie, cookie swap, holiday, linzer, rodelle, vanilla

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Anita Chu, also known as pastrygirl, is a baker, writer, and photographer with a passion for pastry. She trained at Tante Marie's Cooking School and is the author of Field Guide to Cookies, Field Guide to Candy, and Lollipop Love. Anita lives in San Francisco with her husband, daughter, and dog Max. More about pastrygirl

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