Ready to snuggle in for a nice glass of eggnog and a spicy holiday romance book but aren’t sure which Christmas cookie you should pair with which book?
Don’t spend hours thinking about it! Let me take the guess work out of your cookie conundrum and tell you which cookies pair well with your holiday romance book of choice.
Book #1:
Cookie Suggestion: Cinnamon Palmiers. (Recipes online, but AllRecipes has my favorite one here.) You’ll want something with a little cinnamon or peppermint for this “spicy” book. Just, uh, wash your hands after you’re done eating because you may need your hands free.
Book #2 –
Cookie Suggestion: Snowball Cookies. (IYKYK. Winky wink. It also helps if you look at the map at the front of the book.) Happy snowballing.
When you’re done laughing about snowballing, here’s one of the many online recipes. https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/snowball-cookies-recipe/
Book #3-
Cookie Pairing: Keeping with the “Nick” theme, (and I mean dick theme,) I’ll go with a biscotti. Hey, I wanted something dick shaped for this one. Try the recipe below that walks you through flavoring to taste.
Just remember…it’s a BISCOTTI. Not the real thing.
Try the recipe here: https://kristineskitchenblog.com/classic-biscotti-recipe/
Book #4 –
This is for my sweet/clean friends. This book has no spice to it, unless you consider kissing spice. (No judging here.)
Cookie Pairing: A classic, sweet romance calls for a classic, sweet cookie, so I’m going with classic spritz cookies. You can find a recipe here.
Book #5-
Now back to our spicy programming…
Cookie Pairing: Bon Bons.
I look at this book and think, “Balls.” I mean…there are two gentlemen on the cover. Lots of balls calls for lots of bon bons.
My favorite recipe is my grandmother’s, but it’s long gone, so I use this one every year since it calls for coconut. (Oh look, more nuts.) https://www.southernplate.com/grandmamas-bon-bons-recipe/
Allergic to coconut? There are plenty of recipes that call for different filler.
Book #6 –
Need some great cookies to impress your boss at the holiday Christmas party? Hmmmm…sounds familiar.
Cookie pairing: Stained glass cookies. Try this recipe to impress even the prickliest of billionaires. https://www.cookingclassy.com/stained-glass-cookies/
Happy reading this holiday season!
Author Tori Ross (The Smutty Book Lady) 