My company moved in to a new suite on Friday and I thought that I should honor our first day of actually having real desks by cleaning out my baking jar. Do you have one of these? Some sort of container that has tied-off bags of various types of candy chips or coconut with like a quarter cup of leftover product in them? Well I was getting sick of looking at mine so I threw these cookies together. I am sure they already exist elsewhere in the baking sphere and are probably called a "turtle" something or other, but for my purposes tonight they are...
MISTER MOMS - yields about 2 dozen medium sized cookies
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla, almond, or orange extract
1 1/2 cups sifted AP flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup to 1/2 cups dark chocolate chips or 3 oz. baking chocolate, chopped
1/4 cup to 1/2 cups caramel or peanut butter chips
1/4 cup to 1/2 cups toasted chopped pecans
1 tsp orange zest (optional)
Okay so sift together flour, soda, and salt in a small bowl. Cream butter and the two kinds of sugar in a larger bowl until light. Add the egg and mix well. Throw in your extract. Incorporate dry ingredients in three parts and mix well. Stir in nuts and chips with a rubber spatula.
Here I am going to add a special equipment note. If you don't have one of these, get one.
This small ice cream scoop with the little release mechanism is oh so helpful, and while two spoons still work, I appreciate the efficiency and uniformity the scoop offers. Plus, it is cute.
(If you are a meat friend or family member, you may notice from these pictures that I have succeeded in growing out like three of my nails. I have found that they are also helpful tools. Oh, a meat friend is someone you know in real life, like in the flesh as opposed to just virtually. It's a term my sister uses frequently and I think it's really catching on.)
The base of this dough (meaning everything minus the chips and nuts) is a great starting point for making up a cookie that uses your excess coconut, dried fruit, candied ginger and zests, nuts, etc. My mom makes a version with orange zest, dried cranberries, chocolate chips, and oats. Everyone loves them.
I let you know how these ones go over. They have certainly...OMG Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is on Lifetime. Gotta go.
1 comments:
Goood idea. I should pass this onto Bent's mom who has been collecting dozens of packs of things like ground nutmeg and gumdrops in her cupboards since the 80s. Proud to call you a meat friend, although it makes me feel ishy just saying it. Good work on the nails- hope no one else tries to bite them off!
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