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[recipe testing] cookies
Dec. 15th, 2009 02:31 pmHad my holiday brunch on Saturday, and decided to also do a cookie exchange this year. I really should stop giving myself so many things to do. I become really ambitious when it comes to cooking -- if only that applied to other aspects of my life, I would be a much richer woman.
Anyway, I made three types of cookies (and a loaf of banana bread on the side):
Earl Grey Tea Cookies [recipe] - Yeah, it's a Martha recipe, but I tried making a small batch of this last year and really liked it. The cookies are a shortbread texture, and with the tea actually embedded in the cookies, it makes for a unique flavor. The boyfriend totally loved this, which doesn't surprise me since he adores tea in any shape or form, and probably also because the resulting cookies weren't too sweet.
Snickerdoodle Blondies [recipe] - I really like the classic simplicity of snickerdoodles. It's just cinnamon and sugar, but really, life doesn't need anything else more complicated than that. The cinnamon-sugar topping makes the resulting bar cookie appear like a cross between a coffee cake and a blondie, but that's just all right by me. I would've preferred it if the blondie part were chewier, but again, that's my personal preference; the recipe's quite good as it is.
Chocolate-Hazelnut Sandwiches [recipe] - This was a little bit of a cheat since they're essentially just sugar cookies (which I cut out in star shapes -- c'mon, it's the holidays!) with Nutella in between. Everything's always better with Nutella, I figure. The RS sugar cookie recipe, to their credit, is super foolproof. I haven't really worked with sugar cookies before (except for the slice & bake types) but I didn't have any issues with their recipe.
Anyway, I made three types of cookies (and a loaf of banana bread on the side):
Earl Grey Tea Cookies [recipe] - Yeah, it's a Martha recipe, but I tried making a small batch of this last year and really liked it. The cookies are a shortbread texture, and with the tea actually embedded in the cookies, it makes for a unique flavor. The boyfriend totally loved this, which doesn't surprise me since he adores tea in any shape or form, and probably also because the resulting cookies weren't too sweet.
Snickerdoodle Blondies [recipe] - I really like the classic simplicity of snickerdoodles. It's just cinnamon and sugar, but really, life doesn't need anything else more complicated than that. The cinnamon-sugar topping makes the resulting bar cookie appear like a cross between a coffee cake and a blondie, but that's just all right by me. I would've preferred it if the blondie part were chewier, but again, that's my personal preference; the recipe's quite good as it is.
Chocolate-Hazelnut Sandwiches [recipe] - This was a little bit of a cheat since they're essentially just sugar cookies (which I cut out in star shapes -- c'mon, it's the holidays!) with Nutella in between. Everything's always better with Nutella, I figure. The RS sugar cookie recipe, to their credit, is super foolproof. I haven't really worked with sugar cookies before (except for the slice & bake types) but I didn't have any issues with their recipe.