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Holiday recipe: The ultimate gingerbread cut-out cookies

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:25 GMT

“What is a holiday cookie plate without some decorated gingerbread cookies?” writes Dan Langan, introducing his recipe for gingerbread cut-out cookies in his new cookbook, “Bake Your Heart Out: Foolproof Recipes to Level Up Your Home Baking” (Union Square & Co., $29.99). Langan is a baker, blogger and host of the Food Network show, “Dan Can Bake It.”This recipe produces dough that handles well. It’s ready to roll and cut in a single hour, and bakes up chewy or crisp, depending on your preference and baking time. Replacing some of the flour with powdered milk helps control how much the cookies spread during baking, without making them tough. The spice level is “fairly robust” in this recipe, according to Langan, but if you think it might be too much, you can decrease the amount of ground ginger a tad or use lots of royal icing to mellow the flavor.Gingerbread Cut-out CookiesMakes about 30 large cookiesINGREDIENTSCookies:12 tab...

Holiday recipe: Coconut Almond Slice-and-Bake Butter Cookies

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:25 GMT

This holiday season, shake up your cookie tray with this coconut-almond butter cookie recipe from Nancy Silverton. She’s a James Beard Award-winning chef and baker behind Campanile, La  Brea Bakery, Osteria Mozza and Nancy’s Fancy gelato — and a renowned cookbook author whose latest book, “The Cookie that Changed My Life,” shares her tips for making perfect, classic American baked goods.This recipe, she writes, comes from Fred Chino, a baker who’s part of the Chino Farm family in Del Mar, near San Diego.“Where the other butter cookies in this collection are decorated on the edges, this is decorated with a tuft of coconut chips on top,” she writes. “They’re really pretty.”Coconut Almond Slice-and-Bake Butter CookiesMakes about 42 cookiesINGREDIENTS133 grams (1 heaping cup) slivered almonds2 extra-large eggs1 teaspoon pure vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract1 teaspoon pure almond extract300 grams (2 cups plus 2 tablespoons)...

Holiday recipe: Scandinavian honey heart cookies

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:25 GMT

These Danish holiday cookies are so pretty, some people decorate their Christmas trees with them, says Scandinavian baking expert Nichole Accettola, owner of San Francisco’s Kantine Scandinavian bakery and cafe and author of the new “Scandinavian from Scratch” cookbook(Ten Speed Press, $29.99).The first time she encountered these cookies, they were decorated with glossy Christmas-themed  cutouts. Upon further inspection, Accettola says, she found that the “cookie under the chocolate shell was as chewy as a soft oatmeal cookie but more substantial and flavored with all the best warm spices.”Unlike other recipes for these cookies, which advise making the dough an entire month before baking them, her recipe creates cookies that can be baked right away and that produce the same texture and taste. Topped with tempered chocolate and decorated with royal icing, they’re stunning.Honey Hearts (Honninghjerter)Makes 8 to 10 heartsINGREDIENTS3/4 cup plus 1 ta...

Missing woman was killed by man who had a grudge, Mariposa County sheriff says

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:25 GMT

A body found last week in the Sierra National Forest is believed to be that of Wendy Pullins, who went missing in June 2022, the Mariposa County sheriff said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Two missing people are found dead in Sierra foothills Crime and Public Safety | Teen who went missing after leaving work is found dead near Madera Crime and Public Safety | Search for Sierra foothills hiker is scaled back after a week Crime and Public Safety | Coast Guard calls off search for man swept into ocean near Half Moon Bay Crime and Public Safety | Search for missing woman focuses on Sierra Nevada foothills trail Sheriff’s investigators announced in September of this year that Pullins was believed to have been killed, and on Nov. 13 a suspect was arrested in Mendocino County.In earlier statements, investigators said Pullins, 57, had left her home in Ahwahnee on June 14, 2022, intending to driv...

Jill On Money: Charitable giving 2023

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:25 GMT

According to Giving USA’s Annual Report on Philanthropy, Americans were a little less generous last year than they were amid the height of COVID in 2020 and 2021.Related ArticlesBusiness | Middle or upper income? Californians brace for higher electric bills Business | What happened to mortgage rates this week? There’s room ‘to fall further’ Business | QVC helped pioneer shopping from home. Here’s how the company is changing — and competing against TikTok Business | How to set good money examples for kids Business | US targets banks’ billions of dollars in overdraft fees Total giving (individual and corporate donations, bequests and foundation giving) slid by 3.4 percent to $499.33 billion in 2022 from 2021 and the decline was a steeper 10.5%, when adjusted for inflation.While individuals continue to account for nearly two-thirds of total giving, the rotten year for stocks and bonds, as well as infl...

Oakland school district responds to planned 'unsanctioned' pro-Palestine teach-in

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:25 GMT

(KRON) -- The Oakland Unified School District addressed the community Monday after materials circulated last week that promoted a pro-Palestine agenda teach-in for Wednesday, Dec. 6.Organizers shared materials to Oakland teachers last week that alleged that the Dec. 6 action would be an effective use of labor power, that teachers had permission, that students need counternarratives, and that teachers could do more than make a statement. In Monday’s statement, OUSD Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell dismissed these notions and said that she was “deeply disappointed by the harmful and divisive materials being circulated and promoted as factual.”KRON On is streaming live.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }“I know that many of you are aware of the unsanctioned teach-in plan...

Rain returns to Bay Area Tuesday night and will last through Friday

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:25 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Rain is set to return to the Bay Area Tuesday night and will continue through early Friday, according to the National Weather Service. This week's rain event will bring wet roadways that will slow commute times, the NWS said.In San Francisco, there is a 70% chance of receiving at least half an inch of rain between Tuesday and Friday. In Cloverdale in the North Bay, there is an 83% chance of receiving half an inch during that same time period. 3 Bay Area cities named among CA towns with most holiday spirit Forecasters are predicting a brief warming trend Monday that will continue into Tuesday before a trough of low pressure causes unsettled weather to return.Dense Fog Advisory MondayA Dense Fog Advisory has been posted for Monday in the Interior North Bay Valleys and the Northern San Francisco Bay. Visibility could be reduced to as low as 1/4 mile at times, the NWS said. KRON On is streaming live news now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom:...

Ex-ambassador charged with serving as secret agent for Cuba’s intelligence services for decades

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:25 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been charged with serving as a covert agent for Cuba’s intelligence services dating back decades, the Justice Department said Monday.Newly unsealed court papers allege that Manuel Rocha engaged in “clandestine activity” on Cuba’s behalf since at least 1981, including by meeting with Cuban intelligence operatives and providing false information to U.S. government officials.The complaint, filed in federal court in Miami, charges Rocha with acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government. The 73-year-old had a 25-year career as a U.S. diplomat, including top posts in Bolivia, Argentina and the U.S. Interests Section in HavanaHe is due in court later Monday. It was not immediately clear if he had a lawyer.Source

A former American diplomat has been charged with serving as a secret agent for Cuban intelligence dating back decades

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:25 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — A former American diplomat has been charged with serving as a secret agent for Cuban intelligence dating back decades.Source

Former top Ohio utility regulator is indicted in $60 million bribery scheme linked to energy bill

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:51:25 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — Former top Ohio utility regulator is indicted in $60 million bribery scheme linked to energy bill.Source