The secret ingredient is crack

[ashoemaker]

It's cookie baking time again. Thanks to a recent post by tony_m, I've also tried making these evil, evil cookies. I followed a suggestion from one of the comments to add about 3/4 teaspoon of good cinnamon. Yum! Even the dough is de-lish! I've never been so diligent in scraping a bowl of cookie dough clean. Oh, the cookies themselves are great too.

Comments

[tony_m]

Oooh, I didn't see that about the cinnamon. Oh Noes!!! I guess I'll have to make these all over again.

Re: cookies

[ashoemaker]

Did I say there was bad cinnamon? ;) However, good cinnamon has a more intense flavor than so-so cinnamon. It also has (and I'm going to start to sound like a wine snob here) more depth and character -- like listening to a quartet instead of just one instrument.

P.S. My brother works for McCormick so I have to pimp better quality spices.

Re: cookies

[cplpunishment]

As a general rule, fresher spices are better. As with most things, they lose potency with time.