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Community Picks — Holiday Confections
by victoriaspencer
• November 3, 2011
• 69 Comments
Any Food52 member is welcome to help us test our Community Pick candidates, so go call dibs on the recipe you'd like to test in the comments section below! We'd love to see some new testers in the mix. Don't forget to email us your notes (about 100 words) to [email protected] by next Tuesday at 5pm (EST).
We'll collect your comments, decide the official list of Community Picks and publish your evaluation in the headnote if the recipe is selected as an Community Pick (with credit, of course!). And even if the recipe you test isn't chosen as an Community Pick, please feel free to leave your testing notes in the recipe's comments section. Constructive criticism is always encouraged!
Comments (69)
almost 5 years ago sunstan
Everyone's Favorite White Cookie. My daughter and I would love to test them. I bake, she tests....
almost 5 years ago Kitchen Butterfly
:-), love the 'you-snooze-you-lose' phrase!
almost 5 years ago luvcookbooks
Meg is a trusted home cook.
I see now that the quince recipe dilemna was already neatly solved... so thrilled tha tquince is getting publicity...
almost 5 years ago luvcookbooks
Meg is a trusted home cook.
trying to request the quince kolacky
have quinces, will test, having trouble getting this to add
almost 5 years ago luvcookbooks
Meg is a trusted home cook.
have quinces, will test kolacky if not already called
almost 5 years ago fiveandspice
Emily is a trusted source on Scandinavian Cuisine.
Good heavens! This is a you snooze you loose sort of group isn't it?! It's probably better for me not to be testing anything, since the last thing I need this weekend is a sugar high. Thanks Niknud or HLA - whichever of you actually winds up making them! - for testing my cookies!
almost 5 years ago fiveandspice
Emily is a trusted source on Scandinavian Cuisine.
Good heavens! This is a you snooze you loose sort of group isn't it?! It's probably better for me not to be testing anything, since the last thing I need this weekend is a sugar high. Thanks Niknud or HLA - whichever of you actually winds up making them! - for testing my cookies!
almost 5 years ago VanessaS
Thanks for testing them!
almost 5 years ago hardlikearmour
hardlikearmour is a trusted home cook.
Good news, Niknud! I got quince so I will make the kolacky if you will make the serinaker!
almost 5 years ago lorigoldsby
Thank you HBH! I hope you enjoy them!
almost 5 years ago lorigoldsby
Sorry that I missed a chance to test! Thank you for the CP nom!
almost 5 years ago JessicaBakes
Enjoy!!
almost 5 years ago VanessaS
Hmm, you could use apples or pears (with less water and less cooking time), but it won't turn pink and won't be as thick, and I can't guarantee that it would end up well, so I'm not sure.....
almost 5 years ago hardlikearmour
hardlikearmour is a trusted home cook.
They sort of look like a hybrid between a yellow apple and a pear.
almost 5 years ago Niknud
Rachael is a trusted home cook.
Thanks, hla! Keep me posted - I'll check back in a bit! Mind uploading a picture of a quince at some point so I don't feel so foolish again....at least as far as this is concerned.
almost 5 years ago hardlikearmour
hardlikearmour is a trusted home cook.
Niknud, I need to go to the grocery today, and if they have quinces (which is a possibility as the grocer I use generally does carry them in season) I will make the kolacky and you can do the serinakaker. I'll report back in a couple of hours!
almost 5 years ago victoriaspencer
Victoria is the Editors' Picks Editor of Food52.
Sorry I missed that hardlikearmour had already called them, we're having some tech difficulties with comments today. Apologies
And Niknud, quince kolacky are still available if you can get your hands on some quince.
almost 5 years ago Dabblings
Thanks for testing my recipe. I hope you like them as much as we do :)
almost 5 years ago Niknud
Rachael is a trusted home cook.
Not sure the elusive fruit is available in my neck of the woods. Ok, ok, I admit...I've never laid eyes on a quince before and wouldn't recognize one if it bit me in the tush. Wouldn't want to substitute anything since it's such a big part of the recipe. They sound delicious, but if I can't lay hands on the key ingredient I should probably pass. Unless, of course VanessaS gives the green light for a substitute (and can suggest one!). :)
almost 5 years ago victoriaspencer
Victoria is the Editors' Picks Editor of Food52.
Sorry I missed that hardlikearmour had already called them, we're having some tech difficulties with comments today. Apologies
And Niknud, quince kolacky are still available if you can get your hands on some quince.