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Color Me Seasonal: January!

thefrancofly_Jessie Kanelos Weiner_Color me Seasonal January

Phew, 2016! 2015 wrapped up into a very fine year for me.  It was the first year where I can proudly say I was making it as a bona fide full-time living artist, a big feat for a professional fruit & veg doodler.  But the biggest news of 2015 was that I nailed my first US book deal with Rizzoli New York.  But I promise to share the process and all the juicy details very soon… 

partridge 2Fast forward to 2016, and said book will be released March 15th, 2016, Edible Paradise: A Coloring Book of Seasonal Fruits and Vegetables (Rizzoli’s Universe Imprint).  Coloring  books found a bit of a renaissance in 2015, promising to re spark everyday creativity and hit the overloaded mind’s refresh button. But Edible Paradise is more than just your kid’s chicken-scratched Frozen activity book.  It sets its readers of all ages on an enchanted journey, discovering the seasonal delicacies and creatures found in forests, fields, gardens, and urban farmer’s markets all in richly detailed freehand drawings. But in the humble opinion of its creator, the true beauty of the book lies in the hands of whoever colors it in.

You may be asking yourself, “I still can’t even write ‘2016’.  Why should I preorder a book that comes out in March?” The truth is, although I would love that you picked it up at your local mom & pop bookshop, in the current Amazon economy, the success of book sales are dependent on preorders.  Ever wonder how a new release is already a New York Times Bestseller the day it comes out?  Preordering largely determines that.  Ordering now not only promises you can attack it with your colored pencils ASAP, but it gives my editor a little vote of confidence.  It also increases the chances I can publish more passion projects like this one in the future. Preorder here.

In any case, I wish you joy and balance in 2015!  And thanks for your support in making this another Technicolor New Year!

–jkw

Hazelnut & Nutella Thumbprints

Nutella cookies recipe 3

Ask any French person what “cookie” means to them.  It is nothing other than a round, chewy, chocolate chip-studded package of Pepperidge Farm.  I know for a fact.  That was my cookbook editor’s reference point for a “real cookie”.  Thanks again globalization! Whatever may count as a Christmas cookie, I still hang onto my tradition of giving something sweet and homemade to my nearest.  The latest to make its way onto my roster is my Hazelnut & Nutella thumbprint cookies.  Their form is classically American, but the flavor is heavy on hazlenuts with the added allure of Nutella.  I know it’s the devil, but for me it still represents the matinal promise of European indulgence.  So whether they get the French pass as being a cookie or not, they will add a little euro appeal to any cookie plate.  Happy baking!

cookie 1

Hazelnut & Nutella thumbprints

for 20 à 22 cookies

Preheat oven to 350°F. In the bowl of a food processor, pulse together the flour, hazelnut powder, hazlenuts, baking powder and salt until the hazelnuts are finely chopped. In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar 5 minutes until light and pale in color. Add the egg, vanilla and mix until combined. Add the flour mixture little by little, mixing until just incorporated. Form the dough into 4 cm balls and roll in the canne sugar until completely coated. Place the balls on a cookie sheet covered in parchment paper. Push a thumb into the cookies to create a hole. Bake the cookies 14-18 minutes until firm and lightly golden brown. Cool completely on a wire rack. Fill each cookie with a teaspoon of Nutella®.

Ingrédients

190 g all-purpose flour

125 g hazelnut flour

100 g toasted hazlenuts

1 teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon fine sea salt

220 g unsalted butter, room temperature

70 g sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

60 g coarse canne sugar

200 g de Nutella®

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Noisettes & Nutella® thumbprints

pour 20 à 22 cookies

Préchauffez le four à 175 °C. Dans le bol d’un robot, mixez la farine, la poudre de noisettes, les noisettes, la levure et le sel en un mélange homogène avec de petits éclats de noisette. Dans un saladier, battez le beurre et le sucre 5 minutes en un mélange mousseux. Ajoutez l’œuf et la vanille. Incorporez la farine aux noisettes puis mélangez jusqu’à l’obtention d’une pâte homogène.  Formez des boulettes de pâte de 4 cm de diamètre puis roulez-les dans la cassonade. Déposez-les sur une plaque recouverte de papier sulfurisé. À l’aide du pouce, faites un trou profond dans chaque boulette. Faites cuire 14 à 18 minutes jusqu’à ce que les cookies soient fermes et légèrement dorés. Laissez-les refroidir sur une grille. À l’aide d’une petite cuillère, remplissez chaque cookie avec le Nutella®.

Ingrédients

190 g de farine

125 g de poudre de noisettes

100 g de noisettes entières, torréfiées

1 cuillerée à café de levure chimique

½ cuillerée à café de sel

220 g de beurre à température ambiante

70 g de sucre

1 œuf

1 cuillerée à café de vanille

60 g de cassonade

200 g de Nutella®

Looking for a detoxifying gift to yourself to ring in a healthier and less stressful New Year?  Preorder my forthcoming book Edible Paradise: A Coloring Book of Seasonal Fruits and Vegetables (Rizzoli’s Universe Imprint).