Little baked things, like bread but ... sweet and crumbly
Because of some conversation on Tumblr, I decided that this weekend was Fereldan Food Weekend and set out to make some interestingness. The first thing I tried - ironically the quickest and easiest of the dishes on offer - was what I call Sten Approves +100 Chocolate Chip Cookies with Seheron Spice. Because I am a fangirl and an utter dork.
My base recipe was Felix's Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies, but I made the following changes:
1) At the 'flour/bicarb/salt/baking powder' stage, I added a quarter-teaspoon of nutmeg, a teaspoon of ginger powder and a teaspoon of cinnamon.
2) Instead of just softening the butter, I melted it down on the stove on low heat, adding a quarter-teaspoon of whole clove. I let that stand for a few minutes then strained the cloves out, then added the sugar/eggs/vanilla extract.
3) Instead of chocolate chips, I crumbled a half a bar of chilli chocolate and half a bar of orange chocolate into the resultant dough.
After that, I followed the recipe as written. Then I tasted the dough. Raw chocolate chip cookie dough is always awesome, but this was truly spectacular.
Then I baked them and tasted the result.
I HAVE CREATED THE ULTIMATE COOKIE. Seriously, try this. It is gorgeous.
Next up? Alistair's Fereldan Lamb and Pea Stew (with Improvements by Leliana).
Cross-posted from http://thessalian.dreamwidth.org/1000885.html. Comments here or there; either way works fine.
My base recipe was Felix's Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies, but I made the following changes:
1) At the 'flour/bicarb/salt/baking powder' stage, I added a quarter-teaspoon of nutmeg, a teaspoon of ginger powder and a teaspoon of cinnamon.
2) Instead of just softening the butter, I melted it down on the stove on low heat, adding a quarter-teaspoon of whole clove. I let that stand for a few minutes then strained the cloves out, then added the sugar/eggs/vanilla extract.
3) Instead of chocolate chips, I crumbled a half a bar of chilli chocolate and half a bar of orange chocolate into the resultant dough.
After that, I followed the recipe as written. Then I tasted the dough. Raw chocolate chip cookie dough is always awesome, but this was truly spectacular.
Then I baked them and tasted the result.
I HAVE CREATED THE ULTIMATE COOKIE. Seriously, try this. It is gorgeous.
Next up? Alistair's Fereldan Lamb and Pea Stew (with Improvements by Leliana).
Cross-posted from http://thessalian.dreamwidth.org/1000885.html. Comments here or there; either way works fine.