"I didn't tell anyone at the office, and when it was in the paper, people were coming out of the woodwork and saying, 'Omigod!' " she said. The joy of competition: Baxter was a 2018 finalist with her Marzipan Almond Shortbread.
"It was also a happy thing to have the kitchen smelling great." Pandemic baking: "Working at home was hard for me, and baking was definitely a good stress reliever," she said. Our suggestion: This buttery, flaky shortbread lends itself well to cutouts beyond simple rounds, opening up the possibilities of bells, trees, stars and other festive shapes. Instead, pat the dough into the bottom of a little pan, score it so you can cut it, and then bake it as a bar cookie." "But this is a very forgiving dough, and you don't have to roll it out. "The first time I tried, I did it overnight and thought, 'Huh, the flavor could be stronger.' The next time it was closer to four days, and I thought the rosemary had started to break down and get a little weird."īaker's tip, part 2: "I like sandwich cookies," she said. Judges' reaction: "To say that 'I kind of love it' is an understatement." "The unexpected pop of rosemary seals the deal." "This is the best use of rosemary in a sweet application that I've ever encountered."īaker's tip, part 1: "Keeping the rosemary in the sugar for between 24 and 72 hours feels right," she said. I make vanilla sugar with vanilla beans and granulated sugar, and that made me wonder: Could I do that with rosemary and brown sugar?" I like brown sugar, for the color, and because it makes things more rustic. I wanted to try a sweet version, because I love the scent of rosemary. "I've made them with pink icing for every single Valentine's Day."Įureka moment: "My friend Molly makes this rosemary shortbread," she said. "I've made them a million times," she said. It's great." A formula for shortbread cookies resonated with her ("Shortbreads are my favorite kind of cookie," she said), and she eventually developed a habit of forming them into sandwiches and filling them with a simple buttercream icing. "I just went through it and baked everything I could," she said. The scoop: Elevating a quietly elegant shortbread cookie with citrus and herbal flourishes is a recipe for blue-ribbon success.Ī winning history: When she was 11 years old, Baxter, eager to escape from her brothers, took refuge in the kitchen and immersed herself in a special-edition copy of "The Fanny Farmer Cookbook" published for her father's employer, Corning Glass Works.
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