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10 x December 21, 2017 - January 3, 2018 x www.SouthwestOrlandoBulletin.com<br />
I know the holiday season has arrived<br />
at our house when my favorite<br />
grocery store starts carrying Andes<br />
Creme de Menthe baking chips.<br />
These little minty morsels elevate<br />
everyday chocolate chip cookies to<br />
a special seasonal treat. (Find the<br />
cookie recipe on the back of the<br />
bag.)<br />
For Holly McCall of Winter<br />
Garden, it’s the buttery, melt-inyour-mouth<br />
cookies she makes every<br />
season.<br />
“The recipe came from my friend,<br />
Monty, so we call them Monty’s<br />
Melting Moments,” she said.<br />
For Ann Dannenfelser of<br />
MetroWest, it wouldn’t be<br />
Christmas without the chocolateand-cherry<br />
Belgian macaroons her<br />
grandmother taught her how to<br />
make.<br />
Alison Madrid of Ocoee and<br />
her family celebrate the season by<br />
making pizzelles, decorative Italian<br />
waffle cookies baked in a special<br />
iron.<br />
“I grew up making them with<br />
my grandparents,” she said. “My<br />
FOODIE FOR<br />
grandmother would make the batter,<br />
and my grandfather would press the<br />
cookies with the pizzelle iron. [The]<br />
tradition continued with my mom<br />
THOUGHT<br />
‘Tis the Season For Treats<br />
Residents Share Their Holiday Favorites<br />
by Kirsten Harrington<br />
Andes Creme<br />
de Menthe baking<br />
chips turn everyday<br />
chocolate-chip cookies<br />
into a special seasonal<br />
treat.<br />
making the batter and my dad pressing<br />
the cookies at their house. Now,<br />
I have my own iron and make them<br />
with my kids at home.”<br />
People of Madrid like to share<br />
these anise seed cookies with friends<br />
and neighbors.<br />
In Puerto Rico, coquito, a thick coconut-flavored<br />
rum punch takes center<br />
stage at Christmas and New Year<br />
celebrations, and Orlando’s Gabe<br />
Medina continues the tradition with<br />
his grandfather’s recipe. It is these<br />
recipes that are passed down through<br />
families or shared by a friend that<br />
create long-lasting memories that linger<br />
even after the last cookie crumb<br />
or sip of punch is gone. There’s still<br />
time before Christmas to make another<br />
batch of your favorite or try a new<br />
one to share with a friend.<br />
Monty’s<br />
Melting Moments Cookies<br />
Ingredients:<br />
2 cups all-purpose flour<br />
1 cup cornstarch<br />
1 cup powdered sugar<br />
1 1/2 cups of butter<br />
courtesy of Holly McCall<br />
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