Husk your own Hazelnuts
Ok, so I have limited knitting news. Mainly because I spent most of yesterday husking my own hazelnuts for some lovely cookies.
Oh yeah. It’s not as fun as it looks. Little bits of hazelnut skin flying through the air! But here is where those little hazelnuts ended up:
I skipped the triple-chocolate part (dark, milk and white chocolate chips) opting instead for dark chocolate chips, dried cranberries (instead of fresh) and chopped pecans. And here they are all dressed up:
And in my limited knitting news, here’s what arrived for me in the mail yesterday!
I love detailed close-up photos.
And I’ll leave you here with a progress photo of where I am on the last scarf — three-quarters done. It will be finished tonight! I mean, this afternoon… between baking this cake and making the sauce for this pasta dish. Hey, you can’t make Christmas dinner in one day!
Merry Christmas!
How mean of you to post pictures of all of those yummy looking cookies knowing we can’t taste them! They look awesome. My husband is the Christmas baker at our house, so I will be sure to show him your cookies. He will be most jealous!
Hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas!
Ooh, all of the cookies look soo good! I make white chocolate/dried cherry and cranberry oatmeal cookies. My family’s current favorite. Merry Christmas to you!
Your cookies look fantastic! Hmmm, do I have enough time tomorrow to make some like that? Answer - yes, I have time, but I can never make them look that good!
BTW, I love your blog! It’s definitely one I try to look at often. Your photos are so beautiful and your knitting - don’t even get me started!
Have a Merry Christmas!!
I made those same cardamom butter squares. They were in this month’s issue of Gourmet magazine, I think. Yours look much better than mine. Happy Holidays!
Your photos are so beautiful, as always. Resolution for 2005: Learn to take better photographs.
Your pics are amazing. Thanks for sharing them. Love the scarf too. Merry Christmas!!
Oh my goodness! Those all look absolutely delicious! The cookies and the knitting. How wonderfully inspiring! Thank you for sharing these.
And a Happy Holiday to you!
merry christmas! yummy! everything looks amazing!
WOW! You are amazing. Those coockies look yummy!
i’m adding the better photos resolution to my new year’s list as well. your site always delights me! the scarf looks beautiful and the cookies look yummy. happy holidays…