Candy Canes

Holiday cookie recipe: Almond candy cane cookies

2012-12-02 12:29:00

Kristen Johnson of Santa Monica was one of the 10 winners of last year's Los Angeles Times Holiday Cookie Bake-Off with almond candy cane cookies: "My mother, Wendy Johnson, had me brainwashed as a child. Chocolate cake with almond frosting for my...

Recipe: Almond candy cane cookies

2011-12-15 00:00:00

"My mother, Wendy Johnson, had me brainwashed as a child. Chocolate cake with almond frosting for my birthday? Yes! Sugar cookies with almond flavoring? Delicious. It wasn't until I was in college and I made my roommate the homemade chocolate cake with...

Santa Claus is coming to town ... for dogs and cats

2009-11-28 16:33:40

Eat the candy cane -- or just look at it?

2009-12-25 16:32:33

Peace and love cause a big stir in Atwater Village

2008-12-12 00:00:00

Little Atwater Village pulled out all the stops last week at the ceremony to light its Christmas tree, a redwood that towers handsomely over the commercial drag. No one had ever seen a crowd like this -- 1,400 people jammed into a bank parking lot, quite...

Recipe: Peppermint stick and white chocolate ganache macarons

2013-03-05 10:40:00

Recipe courtesy of Wanda Hall of Les Petits Bisous in Havre de Grace. Makes roughly 30 regular-sized macarons. Ingredients �3 ounces heavy cream �3 ounces white chocolate cut into small pieces �2 small candy canes, crushed �Whites from 4 eggs �6...

Geneva pastry chef to attempt world's longest candy cane

2012-12-06 00:00:00

Chef Alain Roby is no stranger to using his culinary creations to break records. On Saturday, he'll attempt his third entry into the Guinness record book, this time for the world's longest candy cane. He's already on the books for the tallest...

Taking the Kids: Lighting up the holidays

2012-11-29 12:30:00

Ready to light up the holidays? I'm not talking about the strings of holiday lights you are busy hanging around your house. (Why is it they're always so tangled when you take them out?) I'm talking about holiday light displays that seem to go up...

Holiday cheers: Our 12 shots of Christmas

2012-12-05 16:50:26

Test Kitchen bonus: Twists on holiday cookie classics

2012-11-28 16:44:56

Enjoy the Holidays With Some New Haven-Made Cupcakes

2012-12-18 11:35:00

'Tis the season to indulge, am I right? It's cold outside, dark most of the time, and it's safe to say a fair number of us are just plain grumpy. Either from braving the lines while holiday shopping, or due to a lack of sun-provided Vitamin D. Holiday...

Refrigerating dough saves time, enhances flavor

2012-12-18 21:54:00

�All that dashing and dancing in the kitchen adds up to a lot of time around the holidays. Anything you can do ahead is bound to help. �That may be enough motivation to make cookie doughs in advance and stash them in the refrigerator, ready to bake....

Hours after the owner of a 1998 yellow Porsche Boxster reported his car stolen in St. Augustine in December 2011, St. Johns County deputies said they found the car with the suspect, Chase Cameron, inside. Among the items in the car: candy canes stolen from a Christmas tree lot.

2013-02-27 17:44:38

Chances are pretty high that as you're putting together your New Years party, you're just as busy cleaning up from Christmas and you've got an excessive amount of candy canes lying around. So do the right thing and put those canes to use: Crush them up and dump them into a bottle of vodka.

2012-12-26 04:42:34

'Elves' raise their hands in desperation for having too many candy canes to make during a musical performance Tuesday at McCabe Elementary School in El Centro.

2012-12-22 01:08:00