2009 was the year that CL recruited a host of talented and experienced home cooks and professional chefs to write recipes for us. The result was more than 200 recipes ranging from peanut butter cookies to braised rabbit, and almost everything in between. Here are our ten favorite sweet recipes of the year (find the top ten savory recipes here). Of course, if these don't get your pots thumping and saliva flowing, check out the CL Cookbook, where you'll find all the recipes from this year and CL's past.
By Susan Filson
The dough for these cookies is super easy to make. They're icebox cookies, meaning that you can make the dough ahead of time and just keep it in the fridge or freezer, slicing off what you need as you desire. The finished product is nothing short of sublime! Who knows? If enough of us do, maybe we actually can get a little closer to world peace.
By Colleen Sachs
Colleen Sachs had one goal: a tasty dessert that could be enjoyed by friends who can't tolerate wheat products. That limitation turned into an advantage thanks to these pillowy, meringues topped with ripe fruit fresh from the farmers' market.
8 more tasty treats after the break:
This article appears in Dec 30, 2009 – Jan 5, 2010.