Caramel-Dipped Hazelnut Meltaway #Christmas #Cookies from Cleo Coyle's Coffeehouse Mysteries

Do you bake cookies for the holidays? Baking cookies is one of my longstanding joys. As a girl, I was my beloved Aunt Mary's little assistant, helping her fill gift trays (and decorated coffee cans) with Italian cookies, including Anginetti and Angel Wings, aka "Bow Tie" cookies. If you'd like those recipes, simply click the images below...

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As for today's festive cookie recipe, readers may remember it from the culinary mystery series that I write with my husband. 

Caramel and hazelnut are among the most popular flavors for coffeehouse lattes, which is why we included a version of this recipe in our 14th Coffeehouse Mystery, Once Upon a Grind. To learn more about the book and the other recipes included in it, click here or on the image below. 

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Lime Meltaway Coolers: A Beautiful Cookie for Parties from Cleo Coyle

These Lime Meltaway cookies also known as Lime Coolers or Key Lime Coolers are delectable cookies, beautiful for party trays and they freeze wonderfully, too. 

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You can use any lime to make this tender, delicious cookie, but Key limes will give you the very best flavor. So what's the difference between Key limes and the larger limes that I see in my grocery store? Keep reading and you'll find out! 

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~ Cleo Coyle, author of
The Coffeehouse Mysteries

An earlier version of this recipe post was chosen as a "Top 9" of over 4,000 posts from food bloggers around the world by the editors of Foodbuzz (2011).

Best Ever Pecan Pie Bars by Cleo Coyle

Pecan pie bars are an impressive treat to display on cookie trays for parties, holidays, or any time of year, and this is the very best recipe for them. I know what you're thinking. Given the many recipes that exist out there, how could I possibly have the best one?

Cleo Coyle writes two
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 series with her husband.
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And may you... 

Eat with joy! 

~ Cleo