Sarah Bernhardts
Nielsen’s Pastries
The Mackles’extra is not (wasn’t) the one celeb cookie on the town. A menu mainstay at Nielsen’s Pastries on Decrease Queen Anne is the Sarah Bernhardt, a young, bite-sized almond macaroon topped with a cloud of chocolate mousse and encased in chocolate. It is named after the enduring French stage actress from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Nielsen’s model of the Bernhardt appears to be like prefer it’d be an intense cookie, maybe a dessert finest eaten with a fork, however do not let that mountainous chocolate shell idiot you—this cookie is gentle, nearly ethereal, and every delicate part immediately melts in your mouth.
The Bernhardts are only one part of Nielsen’s annual vacation menu—proper now, it’s also possible to get kringle, marzipan pigs, julekage (sizzling tip: make French toast with it on Christmas morning), potatoes (cream puffs with custard and marzipan made to appear to be potatoes!), and a complete mess of lovable Christmas cookies, together with gingerbread teddy bears, sprinkle-covered sugar cookies, chocolate peppermint shortbread, and Russian tea muffins. Only a greenback a pop!
We’re counting right down to 2025 by sharing a few of our favourite cookies on Slog daily in December! As a result of life is tough, and sugar helps. Will issues get bizarre? Perhaps! There might have been a small fireplace through the first picture shoot! However hopefully, you will additionally uncover some new favourite treats to get pleasure from this season. Observe our day by day suggestions right here! 🍪
