{"id":13627,"date":"2016-11-12T08:41:13","date_gmt":"2016-11-12T13:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=13627"},"modified":"2016-11-12T08:41:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-12T13:41:13","slug":"its-that-cookie-time-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/12\/its-that-cookie-time-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s That Cookie Time of the Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While we many of us are\u00a0planning some great get-togethers for Thanksgiving, it is not too early to start making plans for the cookies and special treats for the whole holiday season. Today I am adding this recipe for shortbread to my list of treats to bake during the holidays. This particular recipe calls for 4 ounces of Pinot Noir. Of course, when you open the bottle for the recipe be sure to plan to enjoy the rest of the bottle for dinner that night!<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<br \/>\nKathy<\/p>\n<p><b>Chocolate Almond Shortbread with Pinot Noir Dried Bing Cherry Puree<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Ingredients<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Chocolate Almond Shortbread:<\/i><\/p>\n<p>8 ounces butter (at room temperature)<br \/>\n2 ounces granulated sugar<br \/>\n1 ounce powdered sugar<br \/>\n1 ounce cocoa powder<br \/>\n1 teaspoon vanilla<br \/>\n\u00bd teaspoon salt<br \/>\n8 ounces all purpose flour<br \/>\n1 ounce chopped almonds<\/p>\n<p><i>Pinot Noir Dried Bing Cherry Puree:<\/i><\/p>\n<p>8 ounces dried Bing cherries (or other Fruit)<br \/>\n4 ounces J Pinot Noir<br \/>\n2 ounces water<\/p>\n<p><b>Directions<\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>Chocolate Almond Shortbread<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1. In mixer on low speed blend butter, sugars, cocoa, vanilla and salt. Then add flour, and nuts. Roll out dough between two pieces of parchment paper to 1\/8 of an inch.<\/p>\n<p>2. Chill dough in refrigerator for one hour; this will make it easier to cut into desired shapes.<\/p>\n<p>3. Bake 350\u00ba for 8-10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><em>Pinot Noir Dried Bing Cherry Puree<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1. Combine all the above in small saucepan and bring to a boil, then adjust heat to low and cook until cherries are soft, about 10 minutes. Pour into blender and puree.<\/p>\n<p>2. Allow mixture to cool then place in a pastry bag for piping.<\/p>\n<p>Recipe provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jwine.com\">J Vineyards &amp; Winery<\/a> located in Healdsburg, California.<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"It's That Cookie Time of the Year!\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=13627\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While we many of us are planning some great get-togethers for Thanksgiving, it is not too early to start making plans for the cookies and special treats for the whole holiday season. Today I am adding this recipe&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[1737,477,64,583,3721],"class_list":["post-13627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-and-food","tag-cookies","tag-holidays","tag-pinot-noir","tag-recipe","tag-shortbread"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13627"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13628,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13627\/revisions\/13628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}