So after my disappointment with the Honey Florentines I wanted to make a cookie. A dense, rich, hearty, comforting cookie. I found exactly what I needed.I would've made these a long time ago had I had vegetable shortening in the house. It's not something I normally keep on hand, and I kept forgetting it in my grocery trips, but I finally remembered it.
These were well worth the wait. They are delicious. They are dangerous.
They were much easier to make then I expected. The cookie itself is very similar to Grammy's Chocolate Cookies, but of course smaller, and you don't have to refrigerate the dough before baking. I always like that because I can make them on the spur of the moment and I don't have to wait hours or a day before baking.
I have to admit I slacked off a bit and skipped a step when it came to the cream filling. The recipe says to put the cream filling into a pastry bag fitted with a coupler and squeeze a bit out onto the cookie. Well once I made the filling I realized how ridiculous that was. The filling was very thick. It was just butter, vegetable shortening, and confectioner's sugar, so it was like a very heavy buttercream. It was way too thick to put in a pastry tube so I just dropped a tablespoon full on the cookies. It worked out beautifully.
Did I mention these cookies are delicious? It's the type of cookie that's almost a chore to eat, but it's so worth it. The cookies are chewy in the center but a bit crunchy on the outer edges and when you bite into it the cream filling squishes out. You can pull them apart and eat each one separately, or have fun and just eat it as a sandwich. It's not too messy.
It is a very rich cookie. You can't really eat too many of them, unless you're crazy like I am and you can't stop eating them. I had to give them away otherwise I would've eaten all of them in a day and I'm sure I would've gotten pretty sick from that.
Recipe predicts: 2.5 dozen.
Actual: 1.5 dozen. Oops.
22 recipes down, 153 to go.
Be careful Miriam. I know you get plenty of exercise at the gym but still ;-)
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I was going to also mention that I like to freeze a good portion of my cookies and like them just as well or better and you can't eat as many that way and also no worry of ants.( Holy run-on sentence - lol)
ReplyDeleteI do the same with my chocolate/candy as well.
On the same token, I also like to put cookies in the microwave,some of them taste like they were just baked,even out of a package.
We need to get more people to read your blogs. :-)
These were the most amazing cookies ever!! Loooooved them! (Amie)
ReplyDeleteThanks Amie! I wanna make more of them. :)
ReplyDeleteMyche....I'm actually not working out enough, unfortunately. I only work 1 day a week at the gym and that's usually the only time I work out lol. I'm gonna get into a better habit of working out, though....starting tomorrow. :D