Rosemary Cornmeal Cookies with Raspberry Jelly
Ok, seriously, stop with the cookies! Christmas is still a full five days away, and you might not ever want to see a candy, chocolate, or cookie again. Around here, I’ve been bombarded for weeks, and it’s hard to even imagine being interested in eating another sweet. It’s all just too much, for too many days in a row, and that’s hard to say given my profession. Will someone please just make me some Christmas steak or something? I need a little umami in my life!
Enter the deviant cookie. It’s still sweet, but it takes an unexpected twist with the addition of fresh rosemary. I made these beauts for my second seasonal Cookie Exchange, and was really excited at how well they turned out. My friend Robin gave me the idea to make rosemary cornmeal cookies, and I riffed off of that and turned them into a sandwich cookie. Initially, I intended to make a pomegranate jelly* to fill them, but the first store I went into didn’t have pectin, and there was no second store involved, so I opted for an easy jar of sugar-free jelly instead. I don’t think that these cookies were any worse for it.
