I was very, very pleasantly surprised by these. As I said before I was doing a whole bunch of Passover cookies, and this one actually had Passover in the title so I had to make them.
Again, these look like normal cookies, don't they? But they are not made with flour like normal cookies. They are actually made with matzo meal and matzo farfel.
Don't get me wrong, I like matzo. But I never would've thought it could make a decent chocolate chip cookie. I mean, matzo tends to be a bit...dry. OK, that's an understatement; it's very dry. The dough itself was very dry. It was hard to form into balls because it would just kind of fall apart into little chunks. It has eggs in it to hold it together, but it's just not quite enough to really form a solid dough. But the baking process really works some magic and they come out as actual whole cookies! And they taste really good!
It's seriously surprising. They're not moist but they're not crunchy either - they actually have a really nice texture. And because there's no leavening they're a lot lighter. They're satisfying but you don't get that heavy dense feeling like you sometimes get from cookies.
These were so good that after I gave them all away (which was only to 1 person because it didn't make a lot) I made more of them for my family and some other friends. I actually made a double batch so I could share with lots of people, because they're so delicious.
Yield:
Recipe predicts: 2 dozen.
Actual: 1.5 dozen.
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Don't get me wrong, I like matzo. But I never would've thought it could make a decent chocolate chip cookie. I mean, matzo tends to be a bit...dry. OK, that's an understatement; it's very dry. The dough itself was very dry. It was hard to form into balls because it would just kind of fall apart into little chunks. It has eggs in it to hold it together, but it's just not quite enough to really form a solid dough. But the baking process really works some magic and they come out as actual whole cookies! And they taste really good!
It's seriously surprising. They're not moist but they're not crunchy either - they actually have a really nice texture. And because there's no leavening they're a lot lighter. They're satisfying but you don't get that heavy dense feeling like you sometimes get from cookies.
These were so good that after I gave them all away (which was only to 1 person because it didn't make a lot) I made more of them for my family and some other friends. I actually made a double batch so I could share with lots of people, because they're so delicious.
Yield:
Recipe predicts: 2 dozen.
Actual: 1.5 dozen.
44 recipes down, 131 to go.
Hi Miriam,
ReplyDeleteLet me vouch for these cookies---they are marvelous! I gobbled them all throughout the day. The chocolate flavor is excellent, and these are a very satisfying substitute for flour cookies.
I actually like them better than flour cookies. Or maybe it's just the "Passover spice" that's in them.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Maryann! I'm glad you enjoyed them.
ReplyDeleteThe Passover Spice is definitely the secret. ;)