no stress
no snow
no drama
...in my kitchen anyways! (and that's where i'm hiding out next year during the holidays...)
i originally saw these on smitten kitchen and i had no idea what they were. ironically, they showed up in a gift basket later that week at work and i was sold. almond paste AND chocolate...good gawd, count me in!!
in the chaos of making these, i was also chugging out a couple of other baked goods at the same time (for the holiday gift baskets) and these are the only pictures i managed to take. but if this last picture is any inspiration...you'll get your bum into the kitchen now!
happy new year!
7 layer cookies
from smitten kitchen
my own notes...
- i didn't bother to butter the wax paper...i used parchment paper with no problem.
- i totally agree with evenly dividing the jam.
- i actually found them harder to cut when frozen. frozen chocolate has a "snap" to it that just shattered every time i tried to cut it with a serrated knife. i got much cleaner cuts at room temperature using a sawing motion with a standard flat cleaver-type knife.
