Holiday Bliss (A week before Holiday Buzz)
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Today I'm kicking off an entire month of holiday recipes and contests. To wit: At the end of this post, I have two links where you can enter to win an autographed copy of my new book (one from a former police officer and loyal follower of this blog). Stay tuned and keep checking my online coffeehouse for more fun giveaways and recipes.
And speaking of recipes...
I'm happy to confirm that today's holiday recipe was inspired by the famous Cranberry Bliss Bar at Starbucks, a blondie bar with dried cranberries, cream cheese icing, and white chocolate drizzle.
The Starbucks Bliss Bar is a gorgeous pastry for the holiday season, but it's not the only inspiration for this post. Last year, I found out exactly how good cranberry and cream cheese are together when I combined them for my post on what to do with leftover cranberry sauce after Thanksgiving dinner.
If you missed my "Baby Berry Pastries" post, you can download an illustrated PDF of the recipe by clicking here.
Cleo's Baby Berry Pastries made from leftover cranberry sauce. To download a PDF of this recipe, click here. |
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So getting back to those Holiday Bliss Cookies...
If you do still have some cranberry sauce leftover from Thanksgiving dinner, this is an outstanding use for it. And if you don't, well, make some more. You'll be glad you did.
Cleo Coyle’s
Holiday Bliss Cookies
with "Pink Chocolate" Icing
The cranberry sauce in this recipe is not overpowering. It simply gives the cookie a light, fruity taste. Still, if you're not a fan of cranberry sauce, you can easily replace it with cherry preserves--or strawberry or raspberry preserves. The cookie is a very pretty one to include on holiday dessert trays. Presentation tip: Even if you swap out cranberries for cherry or strawberry preserves, use loose, whole cranberries as a decorative accent (as I did in my photos) to make your cookies really shine. May you bake and eat them with joy!
~ Cleo
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~ Cleo Coyle
(and read) with joy!
~ Cleo Coyle
New York Times bestselling author of
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