Cooking
I normally do my baking on the weekend; Matt's around to watch Alex, or he can be offered to his grandparents (trust me, there's very little arm-twisting involved) for a few hours.
Occasionally, I can get something made during the week, but I generally reserve my 'free' time for things like doing dishes and laundry!
So, last weekend, I made two kinds of cookies for Matt.
The first was a White Chocolate Chip and Cashew Cookie.
Not a combination that comes immediately to mind, but hey...white chocolate. I'm so there.
The cookie itself was very moist...I think that came from the molasses (again, not something I would have thought of), but according to Matt it's very yummy.
The second was a ravioli cookie. A mint ravioli cookie.
I was intrigued.
The 'pasta' part is a very tasty butter cookie; so good, in fact, Matt would have eaten it plain.
However...
For the 'meat' of the ravioli, the recipe called for a creme de menthe candy, cut in half.
I used what I was familiar with, Andies Candies.
Once they're completely cooled, you drizzle the ravioli with 'sauce', made of melted semisweet chocolate.
I tried one, and thought it was pretty nice.
Matt, on the other hand, raved about them all night. So, I'm thinking they were a hit.
The cookies weren't too difficult to make (both this and the white chocolate/cashew recipe called for the dough to chill an hour), but it did involve rolling out the dough, cutting it into the appropriate number of pieces and turning it into something resembling a pasta.
It's likely I will make them again...if asked.
Sorry I don't have pictures; we're just not set up to do that (at the moment).
If you're interested in the recipes, just let me know!
- Mondays With Maida - Chocolate-chip Pillows
Page 194 in the old book / page 222 in the new book Wouldn't you know... chocolate finally shows up again and Denny is away for the week on travel. It would be hard to imagine anyone not liking these little pie-shaped cookies filled with chocolate...
- Mondays With Maida - Ischler Cookies
Page 171 in the old book / page 206 in the new book I knew these were going to be a hit - how could they not? Two cookies, rich with butter and ground almonds, are sandwiched together with some sweet and tart apricot jam and then given a crowd-pleasing...
- Mondays With Maida - Maxines
Page 130 in the old book / page 167 in the new book These cookies, a brown sugar cookie surrounding a chocolate almond center, are stunning to look at, but in my opinion don't live up to their looks. I was disappointed by the chocolate center. I...
- Blogging By Mail: Tea & Cookies & Pups From Portugal
My lovely BBM package from the Lovely Rita of Clumbsy Cookie, in Portugal, arrived yesterday morning! Rita took some time to read my various blogs, to get a sense of 'me', and I'm happy to say she captured my likes perfectly! We already...
- Birthday Cookie
I'd already made a cake for Alex's birthday party, as well as cupcakes to send to school on the actual day. So, for his much-smaller family birthday dinner, I was kind of out of ideas. One of Alex's classmates share his birthday, and her...
Cooking
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I normally do my baking on the weekend; Matt's around to watch Alex, or he can be offered to his grandparents (trust me, there's very little arm-twisting involved) for a few hours.
Occasionally, I can get something made during the week, but I generally reserve my 'free' time for things like doing dishes and laundry!
So, last weekend, I made two kinds of cookies for Matt.
The first was a White Chocolate Chip and Cashew Cookie.
Not a combination that comes immediately to mind, but hey...white chocolate. I'm so there.
The cookie itself was very moist...I think that came from the molasses (again, not something I would have thought of), but according to Matt it's very yummy.
The second was a ravioli cookie. A mint ravioli cookie.
I was intrigued.
The 'pasta' part is a very tasty butter cookie; so good, in fact, Matt would have eaten it plain.
However...
For the 'meat' of the ravioli, the recipe called for a creme de menthe candy, cut in half.
I used what I was familiar with, Andies Candies.
Once they're completely cooled, you drizzle the ravioli with 'sauce', made of melted semisweet chocolate.
I tried one, and thought it was pretty nice.
Matt, on the other hand, raved about them all night. So, I'm thinking they were a hit.
The cookies weren't too difficult to make (both this and the white chocolate/cashew recipe called for the dough to chill an hour), but it did involve rolling out the dough, cutting it into the appropriate number of pieces and turning it into something resembling a pasta.
It's likely I will make them again...if asked.
Sorry I don't have pictures; we're just not set up to do that (at the moment).
If you're interested in the recipes, just let me know!
- Mondays With Maida - Chocolate-chip Pillows
Page 194 in the old book / page 222 in the new book Wouldn't you know... chocolate finally shows up again and Denny is away for the week on travel. It would be hard to imagine anyone not liking these little pie-shaped cookies filled with chocolate...
- Mondays With Maida - Ischler Cookies
Page 171 in the old book / page 206 in the new book I knew these were going to be a hit - how could they not? Two cookies, rich with butter and ground almonds, are sandwiched together with some sweet and tart apricot jam and then given a crowd-pleasing...
- Mondays With Maida - Maxines
Page 130 in the old book / page 167 in the new book These cookies, a brown sugar cookie surrounding a chocolate almond center, are stunning to look at, but in my opinion don't live up to their looks. I was disappointed by the chocolate center. I...
- Blogging By Mail: Tea & Cookies & Pups From Portugal
My lovely BBM package from the Lovely Rita of Clumbsy Cookie, in Portugal, arrived yesterday morning! Rita took some time to read my various blogs, to get a sense of 'me', and I'm happy to say she captured my likes perfectly! We already...
- Birthday Cookie
I'd already made a cake for Alex's birthday party, as well as cupcakes to send to school on the actual day. So, for his much-smaller family birthday dinner, I was kind of out of ideas. One of Alex's classmates share his birthday, and her...