ktula declared these are the best cookies I’ve made so far. That says a lot because ktula doesn’t sugar coat it when it comes to criticism.
The original recipe is easy and fool proof. It’s comforting to know good things in life can be so simple.
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My second cookie challenge is Chocolate-Molasses Cookies from Martha Steward site.
Normally I experiment when I’m cooking. Baking is no exception, I can’t help but to tamper with original recipe ingredients – I replaced butter with apple sauce, and semi-sweet chocolate is now 60% bitter-sweet chocolates.
I brought a few finished cookies to work to share with Lara, a talented studio artist also a baking veteran. She tasted it and was able to tell I didn’t follow the recipe exactly.
The cookie was more densed than she expected. She explained when butter was swapped with apple sauce, the protein in the recipe was taken away, therefore affected the texture of the cookies.
As for me, I liked the cookies. Then again I never not like anything I made. Ktula didn’t like it though. The taste is “too healthy” for his liking. Fine, I’ll use butter next time.
I think very highly of those who bake good cookies. Naturally I want to master this art of pastry making. Last week I made several trips to stores, getting ingredients and baking goods for my very first attempt to baking cookies.
I found an Oatmeal Cookie recipe online that looked simple enough for novice like me. Slowly and unsurely, I measured and mixed according to the recipe.
It was my first time using electric mixer. In fact, it’s my first time using mixer of any kind. I was careful not to make a mess.
End products came out of the oven looking more like oatmeal cereal bars than cookies. They did taste fine though.
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