Lakota Bakery, 1375 Mass Ave, Arlington MA
This place specializes in cookies, and they are delicious. The only bad thing about my experience was that I paid for 6 cookies, but only got 5. I should have made sure to keep count myself.
It was the weekend after thanksgiving and I got some turkey cookies! They were on sale and they are chocolate dipped shortbread which are my favorite. Shortbread lasts for days so I was really happy I got some overflow cookies. Lakota's shortbread was delicious and buttery with great texture.
The other five cookies I got: florentine, pistachio shortbread, mint sandwich cookie, lemon macaroon, and apricot linzer cookie.
The florentine was the highlight of the five. It was amazing. I asked the chef what the ingredients were. They included shaved (?) almonds, cherries (I don't remember what kind), a little flour. I never made florentines in school, but there is a recipe in my baking book. It doesn't include any kind of cherry flavoring, but the wikipedia article on florentines says they are traditionally made with candied cherries. Hm.
I haven't been touring Boston looking for florentines (i've really only tried two others), but Lakota's are awesomely delicious.
The pistachio shortbread was good, but I don't think I've ever had a pistachio before, so I wasn't sure what I was supposed to be tasting.
The mint sandwhich cookie was good, but rather sweet. The filling was very green, and I wish it was a little more naturally colored to reflect the natural ingredients in the cookie.
The lemon macaroon was a suprise because it had a lot of frosting, which I thought was going to be cookie. The frosting was really sweet and I couldn't taste the cookie much.
The apricot linzer was pretty good. I loved that the thickness of the apricot filling was exactly the thickness of the cookie underneath. It was good, but I think I prefer the classic sandwich style with powdered sugar.
This place specializes in cookies, and they are delicious. The only bad thing about my experience was that I paid for 6 cookies, but only got 5. I should have made sure to keep count myself.
It was the weekend after thanksgiving and I got some turkey cookies! They were on sale and they are chocolate dipped shortbread which are my favorite. Shortbread lasts for days so I was really happy I got some overflow cookies. Lakota's shortbread was delicious and buttery with great texture.
The other five cookies I got: florentine, pistachio shortbread, mint sandwich cookie, lemon macaroon, and apricot linzer cookie.
The florentine was the highlight of the five. It was amazing. I asked the chef what the ingredients were. They included shaved (?) almonds, cherries (I don't remember what kind), a little flour. I never made florentines in school, but there is a recipe in my baking book. It doesn't include any kind of cherry flavoring, but the wikipedia article on florentines says they are traditionally made with candied cherries. Hm.
I haven't been touring Boston looking for florentines (i've really only tried two others), but Lakota's are awesomely delicious.
The pistachio shortbread was good, but I don't think I've ever had a pistachio before, so I wasn't sure what I was supposed to be tasting.
The mint sandwhich cookie was good, but rather sweet. The filling was very green, and I wish it was a little more naturally colored to reflect the natural ingredients in the cookie.
The lemon macaroon was a suprise because it had a lot of frosting, which I thought was going to be cookie. The frosting was really sweet and I couldn't taste the cookie much.
The apricot linzer was pretty good. I loved that the thickness of the apricot filling was exactly the thickness of the cookie underneath. It was good, but I think I prefer the classic sandwich style with powdered sugar.
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