Happy Monday! I thought I would help start your week off right with a delicious baking post! Baking is truly my passion. I bake to escape, to relax, to share with others and to enjoy the yummy goodness that follows the baking. During the holidays, I am a baking fiend. Since Thanksgiving is just around the corner and Christmas is a short 41 days away, the (cookie) craze is starting. While my hubby was playing golf the other day, I made my first batch of holiday cookies, Food Network’s Spoon Cookies. And no, I did not listen to Christmas music while doing so (okay, that’s a lie…I did listen to Christmas music while I made these). 
Here is the finished product!
I found the recipe for these Spoon Cookies in 2007 via the Food Network’s 12 Days of Cookies. You get an email each day with a new cookie recipe. Amazing. These cookies are so delicious and have a shortbread consistency. The cookies get their name from the spoon shape they have. You use a teaspoon to shape the dough and voila…a spoon cookie is born! The recipe says to fill the middle with a berry jam, but I am a sucker for Nutella and thought it would be a nice addition. Turns out, I was right. They are so yummy. Nutty, buttery, and crumbly. You can get the recipe here: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/spoon-cookies-lusikkaleivat-finland-recipe/index.html
Can you see the flecks of butter running through the cookies? YUM!
The secret to these cookies is the browned butter. You really have to let it cook for at least 15 minutes (or longer), like the recipe says. The darker the butter, the nuttier the flavor and the more delicious the cookies will be. My mom and I made a batch a few years ago and the butter was so dark, there were black specks running through the cookies. They were cookie perfection.
I hope that you will add the Spoon Cookies to your holiday cookie line up! They are so easy and so delicious. I am going to go eat one right now!
Happy Baking!
xo
Amy
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