Twix Cookies

My favorite candy bar has long been the Twix. The crunchy cookie, the ooey gooey caramel, and the melt-on-your-hands-and-in-your-mouth chocolate has made itself a home in my heart. And so, when I saw these cookies for the first time, I knew I had to make them. Pronto.

The shortbread cookie is phenomenal. It has a wonderful salt/sugar combination and is just the right texture. It converted me from an "I like shortbread on occasion" to an "I love shortbread, feed me moooore" kind of girl. The shortbread could easily stand alone, but when combined with the chocolate and caramel? Let me just say you will no longer be buying Twix bars from the supermarket.

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Sour Cream Sugar Cookies

My little sister is graduating from high school this weekend. This means that she is now property of the beast known as the Real World, but (much more importantly) this also means she is having a graduation party. With cake. And ice cream. And cookies.

My sister has been a ballet dancer for over ten years, so these cookies are an ode to her and her many accomplishments. The ballerinas are doing a lovely arabesque (yes, I did have to ask exactly what that pose was). How my sister can balance on the tips of her toes will continue to remain a great mystery to me. It appears to defy everything I know about physics. And I know a lot about physics.

So, dear sister, congratulations and good luck for the future! My first advice to you as a diploma carting member of society is to keep these cookies far away from me or you will not get the chance to bite off some itty bitty ballerina limbs for yourself.

These sugar cookies are sweet (but not too sweet), soft, and fluffy. They puff up nicely in the oven and stay that way. Forever. Your sugar cookies no longer have to be two-dimensional! Flower petals can really blossom. Pumpkins can have the correct dimensionality. Santa Claus can have the appropriate amount of chub. The possibilities are truly endless. Now go forth and be creative.

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