’Twas 10 nights before Christmas, and all through the (publishing) house, many creatures were stirring, yes, even a… OK, I’ll stop. Our annual holiday party and 2nd annual cookie swap offered so many ways to make merry: caroling, carousing, delicious food, Raising the Bar’s irresistible Whiskey and Ginger Punch—and an interdepartmental smackdown. The adversaries: Suzie (Editorial) and Angela (Sales). The challenge: Bourbon Balls. The prize: Bragging rights—and an excuse to eat booze-infused cookies.
Angela brought the heat with Sheila Lukins’s decadent Kentucky Bourbon Balls (from Celebrate!), rich with pecans, cocoa, and plump golden raisins. Suzie threw down with a recipe from Lauren Chattman’s upcoming Cookie Swap Cookbook (fall 2010), in which buttery shortbread meets melted chocolate and mingles over a drink of Kentucky’s finest.
The winner? Luckily for all, it was a draw. As someone in the Art department remarked (on condition of anonymity), “It’s really hard to choose; partially because they’re both delicious—and also because now I’m a little tipsy.”
Dancing, dining, singing, cookie swapping (and just a hint of bourbon)—’twas very merry, indeed!
Angela’s Kentucky Bourbon Balls from Celebrate!
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