This was a wonderful segment. Please have Sara Moulton back again! With all her experience at Gourmet and her shows she would be great as a regular guest. I'd love to know more about her and her career.

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thanks so much for the cookie segment, it really got me in the holiday spirit!

This is for "Suh from NJ ". My husband is also allergic to eggs so when I bake I use Egg Beaters from Fleishmans.

I would like an explanation of why some cookie recipes call for sweet (unsalted) butter and then have salt as an ingredient. Why is salt an ingredient in a cookie - for the chemistry, or for the taste?

Would appreciate some vegan cookie recipes.

Speaking of Ruth Reichl, can the LL Show bring her back as a monthly guest, pleeeeease??? I know Gourmet is defunct, but she is still amazing and I love her intelligence and the sound of her voice.

My son is suffers from an egg allergy. Are there any good cookie recipes that don't require eggs, or is there a good egg substitute out there (besides the powered mix)?

Xanthan gum is an additive that can replace gluten when used with alternative flours. I mix a gluten-free flour that substitutes well with almost all traditional flour recipies.

3 c brown rice flour
1/2 c tapioca flour
1 c arrowroot starch or potato starch
1 1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum

I think the best Cristmas cookies are
the Greek Kourambiedes

Most cookie recipes contain white flour - can you suggest ways to substitute almond flour or coconut flour in traditional recipes?

You should taste a marble cake which my mother makes!! (: it is sooooo delicious (:

My mother made an anise Christmas cookie using baker's ammonia. We would buy it at the drugstore. Is baker's ammonia still available?

For the Trios recipe, when do you add the jam/preserves? Before or after baking? This step is not described in the recipe.

Thanks for the recipes, but the link for Mocha cookies isn't working :(

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The link to the Mocha cookies is working again - happy baking!

You should taste a marble cake which my mother makes!! (: it is sooooo delicious (:

You just mentioned peoples' avoidance over the years from adjusting cookie recipes and playing with different options. One that sticks in my mind is the Tablespoon of water in Nestle toll house cookies. It is unnecessary to include it in the recipe, yet I and everyone I know puts it in there every time

You must must must try Dorie Greenspan's recipe for Cocoa Sables from her new book Around My French Table. I made them, gave them to my son, he gave them to his girlfriend and her brother texted to say that these were the BEST cookies he had ever tasted. I take them to work and everyone loves them.
Great show!
thanks

I tinker with every recipe I use, except for cookies.

Southern-style sand tarts are the absolute finest cookie in the world. They are essentially butter cookies with diced pecans (like pecan sandies), shaped into crescents and coated with powdered sugar. Don't mess with it!

Sara, do you happen to know any recipes for German butterhorns? My aunt used to make these amazing ones with almonds and age them for a few weeks before serving them. I can't find a similar recipe anywhere!