HOW DID YOU DO?
1 TO 11 POINTS
YOU CRUMBLED!
So you’re not a star
baker—you can still
make great holiday
treats! Check out
the cookie balls on
page 109.12 TO 21 POINTS
HALF-BAKED
Not bad, but maybe
this is the year to up
your cookie game!
Find tips from pro
bakers on page 110.22 TO 31 POINTS
SMART COOKIE!
Nice job! You’re clearly
ready for something
big this year: Check
out the giant cookie
cakes on page 137.Icebox cookies are
unbaked.T F
Rum balls aren’t
actually alcoholic.T F
Another name for
thumbprint cookies
is kolacky.T F
Pinwheels are a
variety of slice-and-
bake cookie.T F
Making gingerbread
people is a royal
tradition.T F
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TRUE OR FALSE?
SCORE SHEET
1.C These jam-filled almond sandwich
cookies are smaller versions of the
Austrian linzer torte.2.B Molasses gives brown sugar its
color and soft texture.3.A The sugar helps draw out
moisture, making the cookies crisp.4.B The key spice in these popular,
crackly holiday cookies is cinnamon.- (One point for each) Nonpareils
C; Sanding sugar D; Dragées B;
Quins A - A These cookies, also known as
elephant ears and palm hearts, are
made of puff pastry that’s coated in
sugar, rolled into a heart shape
and sliced.
7.(One point for each) Ricotta D;
Biscotti C; Pizzelle F; Rainbow A;
Pignoli B; Florentine E- D Chopped pecans (or sometimes
almonds) give this shortbread a nutty
taste and crumbly texture; polvo
translates to “dust” in Spanish. - D The tradition picked up during
the Great Depression, when parents
wanted to teach their children about
the importance of giving. - C Freda Smith took third place
in the 1957 Pillsbury Bake-Off for
creating these popular cookies.
11. A A cookie press, which extrudes a
soft dough onto a baking sheet, gives
these cookies their perfect shape.
12. C Detail icing used for piping
borders is thicker; the icing used
for flooding is the consistency
of thin yogurt.
13. A Butter and cream cheese give
the Hanukkah pastries their tender
texture. Rugelach are often filled with
brown sugar and apricot preserves.
14. B These cookies call for filling
cutouts with crushed-up hard candies,
which melt during baking.
15. (One point for each) New York B;
North Dakota C; Ohio A; New Mexico D
16. F They get their name because the
dough is formed into a log, then chilled
until firm and sliced.
17. F Keep them away from the kids’
table: Rum balls are unbaked, so they
contain a slight amount of alcohol.
18. T These Eastern European
cookies are usually filled with fruit or
cream cheese.
19.T To make pinwheels, you roll two
different doughs into a log, then slice.20.T In the 16th century, Queen
Elizabeth I enlisted one of her royal
gingerbread bakers to make cookies
that resembled the people in her court.Give yourself one point for each correct answer.
New YorkNorth DakotaOhioNew MexicoMatch the state
to its cookie.15
in the know
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