Recipe: Chocolate Truffle Cookies with Cherries & Walnuts — Recipes from The Kitchn

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I have been chasing this cookie for years: Something deeply chocolatey and almost brownie-like in the middle, but with a crisp exterior. Something studded with tart cherries and crunchy bits of nut.

Something, well, like this cookie you see before you. Queue the hallelujah chorus and pour yourself a glass of milk — I am beyond thrilled to finally have this cookie securely in my recipe box.

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How To Decorate Cookies with Icing: The Easiest, Simplest Method — Cooking Lessons from The Kitchn

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Skip the royal icing. Skip the pastry bags and the piping tips. Embrace your lazy inner baker. If you covet those glossy, perfectly iced sugar cookies but never felt like your pastry skills were quite on par with doing it yourself, I think I can help. This is the simplest, most straight-forward way to decorate cookies with icing that I know.

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Win a Wüsthof & Microplane Knife & Grater Collection — Holiday Giveaway from The Kitchn

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Gift: Wüsthof & Microplane Knife & Grater Collection
Store: Wüsthof & Microplane
Value: $529

This is the season for giving and receiving, and every year we extend our thanks to you, our fabulous readers, with a set of giveaways. This year we narrowed the list of goodies down to just five of our all-time, hands-down favorites. Every cook needs a good knife (or two) so today’s big gift is a collection of some of our personal favorite knives and accessories from Wüsthof and Microplane, including a stellar chef’s knife and the only bread knife you’ll ever need.

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