c is for cookie, that's good enough for me!
In the spirit of Christmas and as a response to all these friends list cookie posts, I give you a looong ramble containing my thoughts on yaoi cookies.
The paternal unit likes to make pfeffernuesse cookies, apricot-filled cookies, and elaborate sugar cookies filled with date-nut filling for Christmas. These are widely acknowledged as 'Christmas cookies' and are only meant to be consumed on Christmas. I like the apricot-filled, will eat the sugar cookies, but can not stand the pfeffernuesse. No one really likes them. And yet, every year, we make the damn pfeffernuesse with their spicy-molassass taste and the sprinkles that won't stay on. They're also hard, thinner cookies, and I prefer cookies to be thick, chewy, and soft. I was always amazed that Santa ate them every year.
Looking back on my cookie repertoire, I can see a definite pattern in preference. As I said before, the cookies I tend to like are thick, chewy, and soft. They need to have evenly-distributed sugar and flavor as well- I don't like jam thumbprint cookies. I'm not fond of the soft, crumbly, powdery tea cookies, either. I like cookies to have a richness to them, so lots of butter and sugar! And as for texture, I'm totally cool with anything thrown in the batter: coconut, chocolate or butterscotch chips, nuts of any variety, bits of toffee...whatever strikes the fancy of the chef.
I like big peanut butter cookies. They're the only sweet peanut butter product that I will eat, actually. Typically, peanut butter candies remove the saltiness of peanut butter entirely and give it a sort of saccharine-sweet flavor, when the saltiness of the butter is what I find appealing. Peanut butter cookies maintain the salt and sweet balance, while offering the rich, doughy cookie texture. Mmm.
Other cookies I enjoy: plain old unembellished chewy sugar cookies, white chocolate macademia nut, and ginger chocolate.
I think my favorite cookies really are chocolate chip. It's hard to get better than that old classic. Just enough chocolate that it doesn't overwhelm your taste buds, and they're just so tempting when you get them straight out of the oven. Those little chips become miniature globs of molten chocolate goodness! And of course, the perfect complementary beverage is a nice, cold glass of milk.
In fact, the only cookie that breaks tradition of big, soft, and chewy is the girl scout cookie of paradise: the thin mint. I suspect them of lacing the product with an addictive substance, because I constantly buy these things and consume them like mad. Even made cheesecake crust with them. (It was delicious.) Chocolate and mint is such a winning combination. I don't like mint very much on its own, but paired with chocolate- especially dark chocolate, it becomes delectable.
So, what are your favorite cookies, people?
The paternal unit likes to make pfeffernuesse cookies, apricot-filled cookies, and elaborate sugar cookies filled with date-nut filling for Christmas. These are widely acknowledged as 'Christmas cookies' and are only meant to be consumed on Christmas. I like the apricot-filled, will eat the sugar cookies, but can not stand the pfeffernuesse. No one really likes them. And yet, every year, we make the damn pfeffernuesse with their spicy-molassass taste and the sprinkles that won't stay on. They're also hard, thinner cookies, and I prefer cookies to be thick, chewy, and soft. I was always amazed that Santa ate them every year.
Looking back on my cookie repertoire, I can see a definite pattern in preference. As I said before, the cookies I tend to like are thick, chewy, and soft. They need to have evenly-distributed sugar and flavor as well- I don't like jam thumbprint cookies. I'm not fond of the soft, crumbly, powdery tea cookies, either. I like cookies to have a richness to them, so lots of butter and sugar! And as for texture, I'm totally cool with anything thrown in the batter: coconut, chocolate or butterscotch chips, nuts of any variety, bits of toffee...whatever strikes the fancy of the chef.
I like big peanut butter cookies. They're the only sweet peanut butter product that I will eat, actually. Typically, peanut butter candies remove the saltiness of peanut butter entirely and give it a sort of saccharine-sweet flavor, when the saltiness of the butter is what I find appealing. Peanut butter cookies maintain the salt and sweet balance, while offering the rich, doughy cookie texture. Mmm.
Other cookies I enjoy: plain old unembellished chewy sugar cookies, white chocolate macademia nut, and ginger chocolate.
I think my favorite cookies really are chocolate chip. It's hard to get better than that old classic. Just enough chocolate that it doesn't overwhelm your taste buds, and they're just so tempting when you get them straight out of the oven. Those little chips become miniature globs of molten chocolate goodness! And of course, the perfect complementary beverage is a nice, cold glass of milk.
In fact, the only cookie that breaks tradition of big, soft, and chewy is the girl scout cookie of paradise: the thin mint. I suspect them of lacing the product with an addictive substance, because I constantly buy these things and consume them like mad. Even made cheesecake crust with them. (It was delicious.) Chocolate and mint is such a winning combination. I don't like mint very much on its own, but paired with chocolate- especially dark chocolate, it becomes delectable.
So, what are your favorite cookies, people?