The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Book: 100 Best Recipes from the Star Tribune's Holiday Cookie Contest by Lee Svitak Dean and Rick Nelson

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    • Ingredients: cornstarch; eggs; egg yolks; lemons; dulce de leche; unsweetened coconut flakes; unsalted butter
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  • KCKB on November 24, 2024

    Took a second pass at the Frosted Cashew Cookies (p. 62), using salted butter this time, and I do think they are tastier this way. Also, it’s a thick dough that doesn’t spread much, so I flattened the dough balls a bit before baking, and I like that change as well. I prefer a flatter, thinner cookie over a thicker, chunkier one. Your mileage may vary …

  • KCKB on November 17, 2024

    The Frosted Cashew Cookies (p. 62) would benefit from more salt, especially in the frosting. The recipe specifies unsalted butter (as do most baking recipes), but the cookies taste a little flat and the frosting is just really, really sweet - the nuance of the brown butter gets lost. Will make again, but with salted butter next time, or else with some extra salt in both the dough and the frosting.

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  • Frosted cashew cookies

    • hbakke on December 22, 2021

      The cookie tasted fine, perhaps a little boring, but the frosting was delicious (as with everything involving browned butter). The combination of cashews with the browned butter was tasty. I would make these again.

    • KCKB on April 25, 2026

      These would benefit from more salt, especially in the frosting. The recipe specifies unsalted butter (as do most baking recipes), but the cookies taste a little flat and the frosting is just really, really sweet - the nuance of the brown butter gets lost. Will make again, but with salted butter next time, or else with some extra salt in both the dough and the frosting.

    • KCKB on April 25, 2026

      Took a second pass at these, using salted butter this time, and I do think they are tastier this way. Also, it’s a thick dough that doesn’t spread much, so I flattened the dough balls a bit before baking, and I like that change as well. I prefer a flatter, thinner cookie over a thicker, chunkier one. Your mileage may vary …

  • Cardamom orange sugar cookies

    • olivia_35w3k2 on March 27, 2026

      Tasty every time. However, I skip the butter-glass-spices-squish step as it’s terribly sticky and frustrating in my warm kitchen. I just roll the balls in the spicy sugar and press them flat with the bottom of a glass/measuring cup. These are a family favorite!

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  • ISBN 10 1517918170
  • ISBN 13 9781517918170
  • Published Nov 05 2024
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 328
  • Language English
  • Edition 2
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher University of Minnesota Press

Publishers Text

A fresh batch of deliciously distinctive recipes from the Star Tribune’s beloved annual cookie contest—with even more recipes, enticing photographs, and bakers’ stories.

Cold winters call for warm kitchens and cookie baking, especially around the holidays. The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Book, a compendium of Minnesota’s rich baking traditions and innovative recipes, stirs up winning treats from twenty years of the Star Tribune’s popular holiday cookie contest.

Significantly expanding and updating its 2018 predecessor, The Great Minnesota Cookie Book, this collection features thirty-five new recipes, including Grasshoppers and Dark Chocolate Fig Rolls, Tiramisu Twists and Cardamom Cherry Buttons, Diablo Snowballs, Spumoni Squares, and Maple-Roasted Walnut Delights. This sweet-tooth treasure trove of cookie recipes will inspire bakers to discover how many ways flour, sugar, butter, and eggs (plus several unexpected ingredients) can be combined to create new favorites for the holidays—or any time of year.

The best of the best, these contest-winning cookies are accompanied by beautiful photographs and baking tips, insights, and essays. Indulge in these delightful, mouth-watering recipes while Minnesota’s best bakers share stories of cherished holiday traditions, recall memorable cookie moments, and celebrate how baking brings us together.

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