Was looking at some new recipes in my inbox.
I don't have to tell people that powdered sugar dusted confections usually don't hold up well when stored for any length of time. Bourbon balls are the worst.
Old World recipes and new ones can be tempting. The best recipes are the ones you are used to making, don't have to stop and look up something again, think, and you've done it often enough that you can plan ahead better and glide through the process.
Probably the shape, but Liz's snowflakes reminded me of timbale cases which are a Swedish tradition, first had them paying a regular visit to some farm relatives where the wife was Swedish (Bishop Hill). So was the MIL and the DIL ended up so mad they moved her to town in a trailer causing a huge flap in the family, and the DIL had it all to herself. She was always so kind and hospitable, and she (DIL) is the one who had some timbale case cookies with coffee for adults. I loved them and when I grew up, I got an iron and made some. My children were positively enchanted by them. Probably not good for you. I like them but like others better. Wish I had the energy and will to make Ferden again this holiday season. Enough. One memory leads to another.
Oh my, who knew? So many different shapes some not great - Pinterest Timbale cases cookies
This one was the click bait for me. Scroll down center right for it, can get a recipe by googling or from the link. I only had 2 rosettes which ended up on a shelf in the basement and rusted, but the one I embedded is enough to make me want to get a new set if that is in it. They come with more shapes now. The set might make a nice gift. Nordic ware makes one, probably other mfr'rs and some on pinterest look improvised. They've lumped in funnel cakes with these but those never appealed to me.
